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- During his childhood a tiger attacked Pratap's brother Shakti Singh. At that time Shakti Singh was very scared but Pratap went there and pushed Shakti Singh side by one hand and inserted spear in chest of jumping tiger. And killed that tiger.
2. Maharana fought first battle of his life at age of 13 years. He fought against Afghans with his father Maharana Uday Singh.
3. His physique was really impressive:
- His height was 7 feets 5″.
- His body weight was 135 Kg.
- Weight of his Bhaala (Spear) was 81 Kg. And
- Armour at his chest was weighing 72 Kg.
4. When he shouts akraman! (Attack), many opponent soldiers just run away from battlefield.
5. Father of Pratap appointed Jagmal as next Maharana. Though his father wanted Pratap to be Maharana but due to Jagmal's mother, he appointed Jagmal as Maharana.
6. Jagmal was knowing that if Rana remains in Mewar, his must will become Maharana as full public and Samanta are supporting him. So he ordered Pratap to leave the territory of Mewar. When Pratap was leaving Mewar, whole public and Samants of Mewar stoped him. And soldiers arrested Jagmal and leader of Samants appointed Pratap as new Maharana of Mewar and he become “The Maharana Pratap”.
7. promised that untill he recovers every single Inch land of his territory from Akbar,
He won't:
- Live in fort but in huts.
- Sleep on bed but on land.
- Eat in royal plates but on leaves of trees.
- Use any facility of King.
8. The only problem in Rajput's was that the lack of unity. When Pratap become Maharana, his brothers Jagmal and Shakti Singh joined Akbar against Pratap.
9. Man Singh and Shakti Singh attacked on Maharana Pratap with soldiers of Akbar.
10. Man Singh (backed by Akbar) attacked on Maharana Pratap with 80,000 soldiers and Cannon. But Maharana Pratap had soldiers around 15K to 20K in which Bhil tribes with sword, spear, and bow were fighting and many were new in warfare.
11. Maharana Pratap was living in Kumbhalgarh fort which was surrounded by hills.
When Man Singh and Shakti Singh attacked on Kumbhalgarh, Pratap told his soldiers that not a single enemy should go alive from here.
12. Structur of Haldighati is such that at one time only one soldier could pass it with his horse. Maharana's soldiers were at their best but Shakti Singh lead the army and because of his knowledge of local geography, he succeeded in taking soldiers on hills.
13. Maharana Pratap's 20K soldiers must have won against Akbar's 80K soldiers unless Shakti Singh and cannons would not have been with Akbar.
14. Once while fighting he got in middle of Mughal soldiers where he was alone and hundreds of Mughal soldiers attacked him. But he alone fought with them.
15. In on shot of spear he could kill many Mughal soldiers.
16. Maharana Pratap had a very sensitive and good horse named Chetak. When Maharana Pratap got serious injury Chetak took him out of battlefield. There was a canal in front of Chetak which was separating two mountains. This 27 feet wide channel was crossed by injured Chetak successfully.
17. He was such large that Mughal soldiers were looking like childs in front of him.
18. He accepted to eat Chapati of grass but didn't accepted superiority of Akbar.
19. Maharana Pratap was cutting each and ever head between him and Man Singh and he got Bahlol Khan a mighty commander of Akbar. Maharana Pratap cut Bahlol Khan from middle with his horse in single shot.
That was the might of Maharana Pratap.
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