Maharana pratap spouse
Demoralized Rajput Confederation refused to fight under Vikramaditya as they despised him. Observing Mewar growing weak, Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, attacked Mewar and reached as far as its capital, Mewar during 1534-1535. But, Vikramaditya grew unpopular among Rajput clans of Rajput Confederation formed by his father, Rana Sanga, due to his immature and haughty conducts. She defended Mewar serving as regent of her minor son. Thereafter, Karnavati’s son, Vikramaditya was crowned as the king of Mewar at the age of 14 after his step brother’s death.
However, he was killed during a war in 1531. She guided her step son Maharana Ratan Singh II, son of Rani Dhan Kunwar and Rana Sanga, after he succeeded his father. Karnavati took duty to carry forward the legacy of her husband after his death. Although, Rana Sanga managed to escape to Chittor, but he was poisoned to death on 30 January 1528. But, glorious saga of Rana Sanga came to an end, after he lost the war against Babur in the “Battle of Khanwa in March 1527. He had almost created a “Hindu Nation” in Islamic era much before Shivaji’s Hindvi Samrajya.
In 1520 Rana Sanga defeated the joint forces of Gujarat and Malwa Sultnates in “Siege of Mandsaur. In the same year, in 1519, Rana Sanga had conquered Malwa Sultan, Mahmud Khalji in “Battle of Gagron. He had defeated Delhi Sultan, Ibrahim Lodi twice in “Battle of Khatoli” in 1518 and in “Battle of Dholpur” in 1519. Karnavati’s husband, Rana Sanga united all the warring kings of Rajput states after 300 years of death of Prithviraj Chauhan, when he ascended the throne of Chittorgarh. Karnavati was mother of Vikramaditya and Uday Singh II.
But, her knowledge of administration and warfare set Karnavati apart from other queens. Before Rana Sanga married Karnavati, he had other wives-Rani Kanwar Bai Solanki, and Rani Dhan Kunwar. Rana Sanga and Karnavati were grandparents of legend Maharana Pratap.ĭaughter of Rao Nirbudh, Hada Rajput King of Bundi, Karnavati was married to Rana Sangram Singh Sisodia, popularly known as Rana Sanga, at young age. Courage and valour ran deep into family gene. One such inspiration has been Rani Karnavati, wife of Rana Sanga, Mewar’s powerful king warrior of 16th century, who fought many battles against Islamic invaders despite losing one arm, one eye and had close to 80 wounds on his body.
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Do women in India need to draw motivation from West, when its own history is full of female warriors, who not only played her multi roles of being a woman with fervour, but they had shown exemplary courage to protect their mother land, fighting against odds and evils?