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When Rana Pratap succeeded his father on the throne of Mewar, Akbar dispatched a series of diplomatic embassies to him, entreating the Rajput king to become his vassal.
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This had led to the siege of Chittorgarh in 1568, during the reign of Udai Singh II, ending with the loss of a sizeable area of fertile territory in the eastern half of Mewar to the Mughals.
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The Rana of Mewar, who was also the head of the distinguished Sisodia clan, had refused to submit to the Mughal. 13.1 Mughal-era historians on the battleĪfter his accession to the throne, Akbar had steadily settled his relationship with most of the Rajput states, with the exception of Mewar, acknowledged as the leading state in Rajasthan.A few of his men under Jhala Man Singh covered his retreat in a rearguard action, as the Mughals went on to claim victory. Despite initial successes by the Mewaris, the tide slowly turned against them and Pratap found himself wounded. Sources differ on the strength of respective armies but agree that the Mughals outnumbered the Mewari troops by a factor of four to one. The site of the battle was a narrow mountain pass at Haldighati near Gogunda in Rajasthan. When the Rana refused to personally submit to Akbar, war became inevitable. Akbar was intent on securing a stable route to Gujarat through Mewar when Pratap Singh was crowned king (Rana) in 1572, Akbar sent a number of envoys entreating the Rana to become a vassal like many other Rajput leaders in the region. However, the rest of the wooded and hilly kingdom was still under the control of the Rana. The siege of Chittorgarh in 1568 had led to the loss of the fertile eastern belt of Mewar to the Mughals. The Mughals were the victors and inflicted significant casualties among the Mewaris but failed to capture Pratap, who escaped. One could not stop posing beside the great & brave son of our mother land who never bowed down even before the ruler who ruled nearly all of india.The Battle of Haldighati was a battle fought on 18 June 1576 between cavalry and archers supporting the Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal emperor Akbar's forces, led by Man Singh I of Amber. Upon reaching there, we were all awestruck by the majestic stature of that kind & at the highest of altitude. We didn’t realize how huge it is till we actually went up there.
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While returning back we discovered that there is a huge statue in memory of great maharana pratap. The historic tale of the battle of haldighati fought by the maharana Pratap against the ruler of india, Akbar was also told to us. Even the beautiful sculptures at the entrance of the museum are no less in terms of beauty & aesthetics. There had been a brief documented life cycle of the great maharana pratap beautifully narrated by the guide models of his great warriors small scale prototypes of forts which holds key role in his life an artificial rural village of old times few handicrafts shops for tourists etc. After paying respect to the great Chetak, we reached the Maharana Pratap Museum which have been put up quite well by the Archaeological Survey of india in order to maintain & treasure the history of india for all Indians. While on my Udaipur trip dated we started our outing for the day beginning with our traversing through haldighati to Chetak Samadhi followed by this amazing Maharana Pratap Museum.