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Battle of Haldighati

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The ruler of in , Rana Pratap Singh and Raja Man Singh of Amber who was a great military general of . Soon after the , one by one, all the Rajput kings surrendered with Akbar՚s supremacy.

Rana Udai Singh of Mewar decided to defend Chittor, his main fortress and capital. Akbar attacked Chittor with a huge army of 40,000 which had guns and while Chittor was defended by 8,000 Rajputs who were ill equipped. With the loss of Chittor, Mewar had lost the fertile part of its kingdom and all treasury to the Mughals. But the next ruler of Mewar, Rana Pratap Singh fought again with Akbar at Haldighati.

Rana Pratap took necessary measures to prepare for the upcoming battle with Akbar. He remodeled his government and organized it to conduct a long-lasting campaign with training the army. He equipped his forts strongly at Kumbalgarh, for the war. Also, civilians of villages were a part of his strong army, ready to sacrifice their lives.

Haldighati was not only a hilly land but had a lot of thorny bushes and trees to provide necessary cover. y. Pratap had 3000 to 4000 cavalry, some elephants and about 3,000 infantry men. The Mughals had approximately 16,000 cavalry, 8,000 infantry, elephant corps and guns. Pratap took the initiative for the battle, but this unequal army ended very soon. Pratap had managed to escape after offering a firm fight in the battlefield.

Causes of Decline of Mughal Empire In mountainous regions cavalry could not be deployed effectively. There was no discipline in the military. While Mansabdari system was disadvantageous. Each man had so much to lose and so very little to gain, compensation was not properly designed. Disappearance of leader or death leads to extreme chaos in army. Inappropriate management of army was the great loophole for downfall of Mughal empire.

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