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Defenders of India: Maharana Pratap

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Bharat ka Veer Putra: Maharana Pratap hello guys and welcome to another edition of the defenders of India series today's episode is going to be about Maharana Pratap. Maharana Pratap was a ruler of Mewar of the Sisodia clan of Rajputs and he was born to Maharana Uday Singh the second and Jaiwanta Bai.  Maharana Pratap height was about 7 feet and 5 inches. If we measured the height of Maharana Pratap in meters, it was about 2.2 meters.  Maharana Pratap iswidely regarded as a great hero and one of India's most famous freedom fightersand. He's regarded as a freedom fighter is because he spent his entire lifefighting alone and fighting an uphill battle where all the kingdoms and allthe kings around him were capitulating and were submitting and surrendering tothe Mughal Empire.  He was the only one that kept fighting. in 1567 when PrincePratap Singh was only 27 the capital of Mewar, Chittor, was surrounded by the Mughal forces of Emperor Akbar Maharana Uday Singh decided to l...

Brief Biography of Maharana Pratap

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Brief Biography of Maharana Pratap Maharana Pratap family     Maharana Pratap was born in a Hindu Rajput family. He was born to Udai Singh II and Jaiwanta Bai. His younger brothers were Shakti Singh, Vikram Singh and Jagmal Singh. Pratap also had 2 stepsisters: Chand Kanwar and Man Kanwar.   He was married to Ajabde Punwar of Bijolia and he had married 10 other women and was survived by 17 children including Amar Singh I. He belonged to the Royal Family of Mewar. After the death of Udai Singh in 1572, Rani Dheer Bai wanted her son Jagmal to succeed him but senior courtiers preferred Pratap, as the eldest son, to be their king. The desire of the nobles prevailed.   Maharana Pratap Height was about 7 feet and 5 inches. If we measured the height of Maharana Pratap in meters, it was about 2.2 meters. Udai Singh died in 1572, and Prince Pratap ascended the throne as Maharana Pratap, the 54th ruler of...