tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5100602038198760682024-02-20T00:15:56.094-08:00Rawal Ratan Singh, Gora, BadalDigvijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329005608971922893noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510060203819876068.post-62983507326226261002007-02-11T11:33:00.000-08:002007-03-03T05:15:47.166-08:00Rawal Ratan Singh, Gora, Badal<big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rawal Ratan Singh, Gora, Badal<br /><br /></span></big> <div class="thumb tright"> <div style="width: 252px;"><big><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="" src="http://static.flickr.com/121/261553174_73406c01c7_o.jpg" style="width: 712px; height: 595px;" /></span><br /></big> <div class="thumbcaption"><big><small><small><small>Palace of Maharani Padmini</small></small></small><br /></big></div> </div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><big><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a> wanted to win <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittor" title="Chittor">Chittor</a> because <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisodiya" title="Sisodiya">Sisodiyas</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittor" title="Chittor">Chittor</a> never accepted the rule of Islam. Another reason was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Padmini" title="Rani Padmini">Rani Padmini</a>. He laid a siege in 1302 A.D. but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittor" title="Chittor">Chittor</a> would not fall. Then he requested <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawal_Ratan_Singh" title="Rawal Ratan Singh">Rawal Ratan Singh</a>, husband of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Padmini" title="Rani Padmini">Rani Padmini</a>, that if he is allowed a glimpse of Rani he would leave. By this time the situation inside the fort was getting bad. Rawal discussed this with his advisers and they agreed that they can show Padmini's face in a mirror to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">sultan</a>. The meeting took place and afterwards out of courtesy when Ratan Singh was walking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a> out of the palace, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a>'s men captured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawal_Ratan_Singh" title="Rawal Ratan Singh">Rawal Ratan Singh</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a> sent a message to the fort that Rawal can be spared by exchanging <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Padmini" title="Rani Padmini">Rani Padmini</a>. Padmini discussed this with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gora" title="Gora">Gora</a>, her maternal uncle, who was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauhan" title="Chauhan">Chauhan</a> rajput.<br /></big></p> <div style="width: 252px;"><big><img alt="" src="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Rajasthan/Chittor/FortExitway.jpg" style="width: 900px; height: 598px;" /><a href="image:Battle_field.jpg" class="internal" title="Battle_field"><br /></a> </big> <div style="font-weight: bold;" class="thumbcaption"><small><small>Battle Field below Chittor Fort. </small></small></div> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><big>Gora told her not to worry and that he would go and bring back <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawal_Ratan_Singh" title="Rawal Ratan Singh">Rawal Ratan Singh</a>. Padmini's nephew <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badal" title="Badal">Badal</a> who was just sixteen also assured her. A message was sent from the fort to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a> that Padmini would come with 700 of her servants in "palanquins" (palki in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">hindi</a>) and that no Muslim soldier should peek inside the palki to outrage the modesty of the women. Letter also said that before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rani_Padmini" title="Rani Padmini">Padmini</a> meets <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a> she would like to talk to Rawal. Khilji agreed. All the palki's had the best rajput warriors with two swords each.<br /></big></p> <div style="text-align: justify;"><big>When Padmini's palki, which was occupied by Gora, reached Rawal's tent he asked Rawal to mount the horse and go back to the fort. Then Gora gave a signal and every rajput came out of the palki and attacked the Muslims who were cut to pieces. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gora" title="Gora">Gora</a> reached <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a>'s tent and was about to kill the sultan when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a> moved his concubine in front of himself. Gora, being a rajput could not kill an innocent women and these few seconds were enough for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_ud_din_Khilji" title="Ala ud din Khilji">Khilji</a>'s guards to kill Gora from behind.<br /><br /></big></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><big>Khilji and his forces lost heart and retreated back to Delhi.</big></div> <br /><br /><a href="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://hindurajput.blogspot.com" id="clustrMapsLink"><img src="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/index2.php?url=http://hindurajput.blogspot.com" alt="Locations of visitors to this page" onerror="this.onError=null; this.src='http://www.meetomatic.com/images/clustrmaps-back-soon.jpg'; document.getElementById('clustrMapsLink').href='http://clustrmaps.com/'" border="1" /><br /></a><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1448247-1"; urchinTracker(); </script>Digvijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329005608971922893noreply@blogger.com0