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Rajendra Sanjay
Illustrator : Ram
Waeerkar
ISBN : 81-7508-054-X
Vol. No : 630
In the 8th Century A.D.,
Bappa Rawal drove out the invaders from Rajasthan and united several small
kingdoms into one. Rana Sanga was his worthy successor. Early in the 16th
Century, when a vast area of India was under the domination of foreign
rulers, he made a valiant attemp to defeat them.This indefatigable fighter
carried eight battle-scars in his body and had lost one arm and one eye.
He fought a decisive battle against Babar in 1527 at Khanwa and might have
won it, but was betrayed by his trusted commander Shiladitya. Sanga was
obliged to retreat, but he made a solemn vow never to re-enter Mewar, until
he had avenged his humiliation. Had life been spared, he would have redeemed
the pledge, but he did not live to fulfil it. His tenacity of purpose,
however, inspired many of his successors including Rana Pratap.In the following
pages is narrated the story of the valour of this iron man of India based
on Tod's 'Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan'.
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