But if you look at more recent history and battles, there are times when something seems inconclusive. Thus neither the RSS view nor extreme views – Pratap won or Akbar won – seems to fit this. And if we take the ‘Pratap won’ logic then it is very strange that you fought a guerrilla warfare for many more years and you are not able to push everyone out of the kingdom. So he did not surrender, was not captured, none of his substitute commanders surrender, and Akbar didn’t announce victory in his darbar (he was not there at Haldighati). It looks like he follows the advice of his minister which was that if he was defeated or killed everything would be over. Specifically for the period we are talking about, there would usually be a surrender of/by the king or commander-in-chief one or the other side will have someone killed. I think the truth in history always lies between two extreme views. Some political voices continue to claim that Akbar didn’t actually ‘defeat’ Maharana Pratap, whereas historians have said these are RSS’ attempts at “re-writing history”. My book is trying to look at Pratap before Haldighati, after Haldighati and beyond Haldighati.Ī debate over the outcome of the Battle of Haldighati has emerged of late. I think given a choice I would not have to look at Pratap because there is so much of hagiography around him but what I realise is that a lot of younger Indians will know a very selective bits of Indian history. What made you feel there was a need for a new book on Maharana Pratap? So he was obviously also thinking beyond the battlefield. One of which, something that I have picked up in the book also, is that in the short time he had before (the battle of) Haldighati, he commissioned books one of which was a text on agriculture and forestry management. From that point of view, Pratap unfortunately had no chance to portray anything else apart from his battle against Akbar. I think when we talk about our perception of great hero, we tend to go by somebody who has been part of the battle and become a legend.
Was he merely a warrior who fought against Akbar, or was there more to him? Maharana Pratap is counted among the greatest heroes in India’s history. She also gives her view on how history should be taught in our schools.
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Dr Hooja, who is one of the most authoritative voices on the history of Rajasthan, also speaks on the practice of Jauhar – which finds mentions in her book Rani Padmavati of Mewar and Alauddin Khilji, who are now household names thanks to a movie and Aurangzeb. In conversation with, Dr Rima Hooja, the author of the book, shares why there was a need to tell the story of Pratap once again and whether Pratap “defeated Akbar”. The book, Maharana Pratap – An Invincible Warrior, takes into account various sources related to Pratap, including the bards who have for generations been singing in praise of the Maharana, to present a wide historical frame within which one can see the Maharana and Akbar as two champions who respected each other despite their intense rivalry. Now, a new book on the most famous Maharana presents a story that takes the reader on a journey of Mewar, through the battlefield of Haldighati and the subsequent guerrilla warfare waged by Pratap against the Mughals who invaded his home – Mewar.
Today, Pratap’s legacy has become a political tool with one side claiming that he “defeated Akbar” and upheld “Hindu pride” and another countering it by stating that he “fled” from the battlefield. That he was one of the few Rajput rulers to have never submitted turned Pratap into an inspiring hero to many. Over the years, the story of the 16th century king of Mewar, who took head on the might of Mughal emperor Akbar, transcended the rough landscape of Rajasthan and firmly ensconced itself in the hearts of the people in every corner of India. The name Maharana Pratap brings to the mind the image of an indefatigable warrior who did not bow before an invader.
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