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Sangram Singh I (12 April 1482 – 30 January 1528), commonly known as Rana Sanga, was the Rana of Mewar from 1508 to 1528 CE. A member of the Sisodia dynasty , he controlled parts of present-day Rajasthan , Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh with his capital at Chittor . [ 4 ]
Raj Singh I: 1652–1680 Jagat's son. Fought against Mughals many times. Regained territory and increased the wealth of the kingdom. Fought against Aurangzeb, but eventually poisoned by Aurangzeb's loyalists. [22] [23] [24] Jai Singh: 1680–1698 Raj's son, Struggled to regain captured parts of Mewar from Mughals. [25] Amar Singh II: 1698 ...
Rana Vikramaditya [1] (b.1517 – d.1536) was the Sisodia Rajput ruler of Mewar Kingdom,younger son of Rana Sanga and the elder brother of Rana Udai Singh II. He was unpopular amongst the nobles of Mewar .
Raj Singh carried out sudden raids on Mughal and Malwa forces keeping them terrified. [111] Such raids often created heavy disruption in Mughal forces. At the height of the Rajput-Mughal war in 1680, Raj Singh died, possibly due to poisoning by Aurangzeb loyalists or by illness and fever. [112] He was succeeded by his son Jai Singh. [113]
The Ranas of Mewar led other kingdoms in their resistance to outside rule. Rana Hammir Singh defeated the Tughlaq dynasty and recovered a large portion of Rajasthan. The indomitable Rana Kumbha defeated the Sultans of Malwa, Nagaur and Gujarat and made Mewar the most powerful Rajput Kingdom in
The history of Rajasthan is about 5000 years old. The history of Rajasthan can be classified into three parts owing to the different epochs- Ancient, Medieval and Modern. Rajput clans emerged and held their sway over different parts of Rajasthan from about 700 CE. Rajputana “land of the Rajputs” was Rajasthan's old name under the British ...
According to writer Purushottama Śamaśera Ja Ba Rāṇā, the Kunwar family belonged to the House of "Gehlauta Chhettriya" which was one of the 36 Raj Bamshis (royal caste). [13] The cadet branch of the Kunwars, the Rana dynasty, claimed to be Rajputs of western Indian origin, rather than the native Khas Kshatriyas despite they spoke Khas ...
The history of human settlement in the western Indian state of Rajasthan dates back to about 100,000 years ago. Around 5000 to 2000 BCE many regions of Rajasthan belonged as the site of the Indus Valley Civilization. Kalibangan is the main Indus site of Rajasthan, here fire altars have been discovered, similar to those found at Lothal. [1]