Maharana Pratap vowed to conquer entire Mewar and for this, he pledged to leave all the royal pleasure and decided to live in the jungle. #8.Pratap remained uncaptured in his lifetimeĪkbar always dreamt of capturing Maharana Pratap but he could never succeed. Jhala Maan who had a close resemblance to Rana Pratap advised him to leave the battlefield as his dear horse chetak got injured, Jhala Maan wore his crown, the Mughals attacked Jhala Maan mistaking him to be Maharana Pratap and Jhala Maan was Killed.
While resuming to the feet Chetak’s leg got injured by the sword tied to the tip of elephant’s trunk #7.Jhala Maan Singh impersonated Rana Pratap
Maharana Pratap’s brave attack on Man Singh #6.Chetak’s Injury It is claimed that the height of Maharana Pratap is more than 7 feet but the concrete proof of the same is not found but it could be possible. Some people also claim that the total weight of the same exceeded 200 kg but in the museum the mentioned weight is 35 kg. Maharana Pratap possessed both might and mind, his might can be judged from the fact that he used to fight on the battlefield while carrying an armor, spear, swords together weighing more than 35 kg. Pratap fought this battle with amazing war tactic, the Mughal army was made to fight in the narrow mountain pass known as ‘Haldighati Darra’ where it was difficult to enter for the huge army altogether. Maharana Pratap’s army created a lot of casualties to the Mughal army, the first attack was so powerful that the mughal army had to run back several kilometers towards their camp.
Fought with just 3000 soldiers against 10000 Mughals in Haldighati. When most of the Rajput rulers of Rajasthan succumbed to the supremacy of Akbar which included Pratap’s own treacherous brothers Shakti Singh, Sagar Singh, and Jagmal Singh too, Maharana Pratap refused to bow to Akbar and chose to fight to save his motherland, Mewar. Here are some lesser known interesting facts about Maharana Pratap. He was the only one to lock horns with the most dominating Mughal emperor Akbar who is referred as Akbar the great in the history. Maharana Pratap was undisputedly the bravest Rajput ruler of that era.
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