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Some more facts i would like to share:
1. Ajabde died in 1591 and got her little sister to marry pratap forcefuuly as her last wish. Her sister was nearly 17 years younger to pratap and was too much too herself, only later did she change for good. Pratap's patience and persona was the key to it.
2. Rani Jaivanta Bai died 10 days after pratap's Death.
3. Pratap married phool in 1563, 5 years after he married ajabde and almost 1 year later than rao maldeo's death in 1562.
4. 2 of pratap's brothers, shakti and sagar singh, returned to join forces with him after leaving the mughals, and sagar singh later committed suicide in shame.
5. The trigger for battle of haldighat- Man singh, brother in law of Akbar, demanded from pratap that he attends a grand feast organised by Akbar, but Pratap instead sent his son rather than going himself, which was seen as insult by Akbar.
6. When Pratap's general donned Pratap's clothing and armour, it went unnoticed, thanks to the chaos of the war, but for two Turk knights from the Mughal army. They could not communicate it with others in their group, due to the linguistic barrier (the appropriate language would have been Persian, Marwari or Arabi, given the composition of the Mughal army). They immediately followed Pratap without wasting time. The moment they started chasing him, Pratap's younger brother Shakti Singh, who was fighting from the Mughal side, realized that his own brother was under threat. Pratap's general's sacrifice had already been discovered by him. He could not help but react against a threat to his own brother. He followed the Turks, engaged them in single combat and killed them.
7. The impact of the battle on the Mughal army was also significant. In terms of numbers the Mughal army suffered heavier losses. This was also because of the intensive arrow showers by the Bhil tribes of the surrounding mountains who had sided with Pratap. To honour their contribution, a Bhil warrior was placed next to Pratap in the Royal Coat of Arms of Mewar.
8. Before the Battle of Haldighati started, Man Singh Kacchwaha was out hunting with a few hundred retainers. Pratap's Bhil spies reported this to him at his camp a few kilometers away. Some of Pratap's nobles suggested that they seize the opportunity to attack and kill Man Singh. Pratap refused, demonstrating his sense of rectitude.
9. The womenfolk of Abdur Rahim Khankhana, a Mughal officer, fell into the hands of Pratap's son, Amar Singh. At this point of time, Khankhana was actually on the march against Pratap, and was camping at Sherpur in order to make preparations for an assault against Pratap. Nonwithstanding all this, Pratap commanded his son Amar Singh to arrange for the safe conveyance of the Mughal ladies to their camp. Khankhana was so affected by this incident that he refused to campaign against such a chivalrous monarch.
10. Pratap was hugely built, nearly 7.5 feet tall, and carried armour and weapons weighing nearly 100 kg. Even Chetak ( marwari breed horse) stood nearly 10 feet long.It is said that when the maharana used to swordfight with knights, he used to cut in half the rider as well as the horse with his heavy 30 kg sword.
11. Death of pratap- There came an immense tragic and disheartening day in the life of Pratap when while tightening the string of a bow with arrow, a muscle contracted in the intestine causing internal bleeding. Pratap fell down on the surface and died in Chawan.
Will follow with more facts after some more research.
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