Editing Shakti Singh (16th century Indian noble)

{{Short description|Prince of Maharana Udai Singh II of Mewar}}
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'''Shakti Singh Sisodia''', also referred to as '''Shakta''', '''Sakta''' or '''Sagat''', was the son of [[Udai Singh II|Maharana Udai Singh II Sisodia]] and Sajja Bai Solanki . He was a [[Kshatriya]] [[Rajput]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Singh Rana |first=Bhawan |date=2014 |title=Maharana Pratap |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6YlAwAAQBAJ |location= |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books |page= |isbn=9789350838693 |author-link= }}</ref>

{{Infobox royalty|name=Sakti Singh|title=[[Prince|Kunwar]] of [[Mewar]]|birth_place=[[Kumbhalgarh]], [[Mewar]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Maharaj Shakti Singh and the Shaktawats of Boheda: A History of Boheda Thikana|page=22}}</ref>|death_date={{Circa|1594}}|death_place=[[Bhainsrorgarh]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Maharaj Shakti Singh and the Shaktawats of Boheda: A History of Boheda Thikana|page=53}}</ref>|issue=Manorathdeji (daughter of [[Sur Singh]])|father=[[Udai Singh II|Rana Udai Singh]]|mother=Sajja Bai Solanki|religion=[[Hinduism]]|dynasty=[[Sisodia]]}}
Shakti Singh was fierce warrior. It is a very famous belief that at some point during his lifetime, due to hostile relations with his father, he was expelled from Mewar and spent some time at Dungarpur royal palace where he got angry on a cunning brahmin and killed him. However this is a folk lore and historical evidences are not clear in this regard. Later he was invited by Akbar for meeting,  he accepted the proposal but when Akbar explained his plan to capture Chittaurgarh to Shakti Singh and offered him Mewar against his own family in a hope that people of Mewar will not resist akbar if Shakti Singh will be crowned  but at midnight he ran away from Dhaulpur while Akbar was encamped there to inform his father about Akbar's plan to capture [[Chittor]], which angered Akbar resulting immediate change of Akbar's plan to attack Malwa and he marched his army towards Chittaurgarh . <ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00701022%26ct%3D118 Akbarnama by Abu'l Fazl]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Y6YlAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Rana 2004, p. 38]</ref>
In 1576 the [[Battle of Haldighati]], he returned to his brother [[Maharana Pratap]]'s side. Later under the rule of Maharana Amar Singh I (son of maharana pratap) Shakti Singh's 11 out of 17 sons martyred fighting against mughal for their motherland Mewar. This couplet is very famous among Mewari people which praises Shakti -
शक्ता थारी शक्ति नु हरि जाने ना कोई, 
शुरा थारी हुँकार सु महाकाल निकट ना आए| <ref>{{cite book |author=Bhaskar Majumder |title=Rethinking Villages |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwS53sZZZDkC&pg=PA45 |year=2011 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-8069-764-7 |pages=45 }}</ref> His descendants are known as the [[Shaktawat]]s.

== Portrayal in adaptions ==
In Indian historical  serial [[Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap]], adult Shakti Singh is portrayed by Vineet Kumar.

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