Maharana Sangram Singh is commonly known as the Rana Sanga. Maharana Sangram Singh was the Rajput ruler of Mewar, which was located within the geographical boundaries of the present-day India’s modern state of Rajasthan. Maharana Sanga ruled between the 1509 & 1527.
The scion of the Sisodia clan of the Suryavanshi Rajput, Rana Sanga succeeded his father, Rana Raimal as the king of the Mewar in 1509. He fought against the Mughals in the Battle of the Khanwa, which ended with the Mughal victory and he died shortly thereafter on the March 17, 1527.
The crisis of the succession led Maharana Sangram Singh to the throne and bringing the forth other mighty warrior son of the Mewar who fought for his kingdom till the last drop of his blood.
Conquest of Malwa:
After 1st ascending to throne of his home kingdom, Mewar , then the consolidating power there, Maharana Sanga moved his army against the internally troubled neighbouring of Malwa.
Under rule of Mehmod khilji, Malwa was torn by dissension. Wary of his Rajput Wazir Medini Rai’s politically weak Mehmod sought outside the assistance from both Sultan Ibrahim Lodi of the Delhi and the Bahadur AShah of the Gujarat whereas the Rai on his part, request the Rana Sanga to come to his aid. Thus began prolonged the war between the Mewar against the Muslim sultans of the North India.
Battle of Khanwa
The battle of Khanwa was fought near the village of the Khanwa about the 60 kilometres west of the Agra on the 17 Mar, 1527. The Battle of Khanwa was the second major battle fought in the India by the 1st Mughal Emperor Babur after the Battle of Panipat. As the Mughal Empire expanded it new opponents especially in the regions around the Agra and inside the Rajputana. After defeating the Ibrahim Lodi who reunites behind the prestigious Muslim Rajput ruler Khanzada Raja Hasan Khan Mewati of Mewat.
He had crushed the Gujarat and conquered the Malwa and now close to the Agra. It was at this juncture that he had heard that the Babur defeated and slain the Ibrahim Lodi and was now the master of Delhi Sultanate.
Maharana Sanga believed that the Babur had plans to leave the India, indeed from all information he was getting it seemed that the Babur was getting ready to consolidate his newly gained northern holdings, Rana Sanga decided in the miscalculation of the Barbur’s strength and the determination to wage the war against the Mughal invader.
As the first move, he coerced the Afghan princes like Mehmud Lodi and the Hasan Khan Mewati to join him. Then he ordered Babur to leave India. Initially he hoped to attain this by sending his vassal Sardar Silhadi of the Raisen as emissary. Silhadi who went to Babur’s camp was won over by Babur. Babur accepted that to rule North India he may have to engage in battle with Rana Sanga and hence had no desire for retreat. Babur and Silhadi hatched a plot. Silhadi, who held a large contingent of 30,000 men would join Babur’s camp at critical moment of battle and thus defeat Rana Sanga. Silhadi who went back to Chittor, told Rana that war is a must.
The battle, which lasted for not more than 10 hours, was bitterly contested and became an exceedingly brutal affair. At the critical moment of battle, the defection of Silhadi and his contingent caused a split in the Rajput forces. Rana Sanga while trying to rebuild his front was wounded and fell unconscious from his horse. The Rajput army thought their leader was dead and fled in disorder, thus allowing the Mughals to win the day.
Rana Sanga was whisked away to safety by the Rathore contingent from Marwar and once he became conscious he learnt of the defeat. But Rana Sanga, unwilling to admit defeat, set out once more to rebuild his military and renew war with Babur. He vowed not to set foot in Chittor till Babur was defeated by him.
It was also suggested that had it been the cannon guns of the Babur, Maharana Sanga might have achieved the historic victory.
Rana Sanga died shortly after this battle in 1527 at the Baswa on Mewar's northern border.
Resources:
http://www.eternalmewarblog.com/rulers-of-mewar/maharana-sangram-singh/
The scion of the Sisodia clan of the Suryavanshi Rajput, Rana Sanga succeeded his father, Rana Raimal as the king of the Mewar in 1509. He fought against the Mughals in the Battle of the Khanwa, which ended with the Mughal victory and he died shortly thereafter on the March 17, 1527.
The crisis of the succession led Maharana Sangram Singh to the throne and bringing the forth other mighty warrior son of the Mewar who fought for his kingdom till the last drop of his blood.
Conquest of Malwa:
After 1st ascending to throne of his home kingdom, Mewar , then the consolidating power there, Maharana Sanga moved his army against the internally troubled neighbouring of Malwa.
Under rule of Mehmod khilji, Malwa was torn by dissension. Wary of his Rajput Wazir Medini Rai’s politically weak Mehmod sought outside the assistance from both Sultan Ibrahim Lodi of the Delhi and the Bahadur AShah of the Gujarat whereas the Rai on his part, request the Rana Sanga to come to his aid. Thus began prolonged the war between the Mewar against the Muslim sultans of the North India.
Battle of Khanwa
The battle of Khanwa was fought near the village of the Khanwa about the 60 kilometres west of the Agra on the 17 Mar, 1527. The Battle of Khanwa was the second major battle fought in the India by the 1st Mughal Emperor Babur after the Battle of Panipat. As the Mughal Empire expanded it new opponents especially in the regions around the Agra and inside the Rajputana. After defeating the Ibrahim Lodi who reunites behind the prestigious Muslim Rajput ruler Khanzada Raja Hasan Khan Mewati of Mewat.
He had crushed the Gujarat and conquered the Malwa and now close to the Agra. It was at this juncture that he had heard that the Babur defeated and slain the Ibrahim Lodi and was now the master of Delhi Sultanate.
Maharana Sanga believed that the Babur had plans to leave the India, indeed from all information he was getting it seemed that the Babur was getting ready to consolidate his newly gained northern holdings, Rana Sanga decided in the miscalculation of the Barbur’s strength and the determination to wage the war against the Mughal invader.
As the first move, he coerced the Afghan princes like Mehmud Lodi and the Hasan Khan Mewati to join him. Then he ordered Babur to leave India. Initially he hoped to attain this by sending his vassal Sardar Silhadi of the Raisen as emissary. Silhadi who went to Babur’s camp was won over by Babur. Babur accepted that to rule North India he may have to engage in battle with Rana Sanga and hence had no desire for retreat. Babur and Silhadi hatched a plot. Silhadi, who held a large contingent of 30,000 men would join Babur’s camp at critical moment of battle and thus defeat Rana Sanga. Silhadi who went back to Chittor, told Rana that war is a must.
The battle, which lasted for not more than 10 hours, was bitterly contested and became an exceedingly brutal affair. At the critical moment of battle, the defection of Silhadi and his contingent caused a split in the Rajput forces. Rana Sanga while trying to rebuild his front was wounded and fell unconscious from his horse. The Rajput army thought their leader was dead and fled in disorder, thus allowing the Mughals to win the day.
Rana Sanga was whisked away to safety by the Rathore contingent from Marwar and once he became conscious he learnt of the defeat. But Rana Sanga, unwilling to admit defeat, set out once more to rebuild his military and renew war with Babur. He vowed not to set foot in Chittor till Babur was defeated by him.
It was also suggested that had it been the cannon guns of the Babur, Maharana Sanga might have achieved the historic victory.
Rana Sanga died shortly after this battle in 1527 at the Baswa on Mewar's northern border.
Resources:
http://www.eternalmewarblog.com/rulers-of-mewar/maharana-sangram-singh/
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