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•When Pratap was facing shortage of funds, his minister [[Bhamashah]], whose family held the office for ages, placed at Pratap's disposal their accumulated wealth, which with other resources, is stated to have been equivalent to maintenance of army for 12 years.{{cn|}} Thus name of [[Bhamashah]] got preserved as saviour of [[Mewar]]. With such help from [[Bhamashah]], Pratap was able to arrange his new army and planned a major attack on strong Fortress of Dewair defended by a garrison of more than 100,000 Men.{{cn}} | |||
•When Pratap was facing shortage of funds, his minister [[Bhamashah]], whose family held the office for ages, placed at Pratap's disposal their accumulated wealth, which with other resources, is stated to have been equivalent to maintenance of army for 12 years.{{cn|}} Thus name of [[Bhamashah]] got preserved as saviour of [[Mewar]]. With such help from [[Bhamashah]], Pratap was able to arrange his new army and planned a major attack on strong | |||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
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| Battle of Dewair of 1582 | |||||||
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 Statue of Pratap in Dewair | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Mewar | Mughal Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Maharana Pratap Amar Singh I Bhamashah |
Sultan Khan Shahbaj Khan Bahlol Khan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 30,000 Cavalry | 100,000 Soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12,000 soldiers Dead |
55,000 Soldiers Dead 36,000 Soldiers surrendered | ||||||
Background
•When Pratap was facing shortage of funds, his minister Bhamashah, whose family held the office for ages, placed at Pratap's disposal their accumulated wealth, which with other resources, is stated to have been equivalent to maintenance of army for 12 years.[citation needed] Thus name of Bhamashah got preserved as saviour of Mewar. With such help from Bhamashah, Pratap was able to arrange his new army and planned a major attack on strong Fortress of Dewair defended by a garrison of more than 100,000 Men.[citation needed]
Battle
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on 16 September 1582, on the occasion of Dashehra , Maharana Pratap motivated his soldiers to fight back and make Mewar independent once again . Accordingly Mewar army was divided under two groups : One under Maharana Pratap and other under Kunwar Amar Singh and
Pratap attacked the Mughal garrison of Dewair which was commanded by Mughal officer Sultan Khan and defeated it.
Aftermath
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Thus, the Battle of Dewair was a success. In this campaign, Pratap recovered Dewair Fort, which had been lost during Shahbaz Khan's invasion one year ago.
Memorial
On 10 January 2012, a victory memorial commemorating the victory of Maharana Pratap at Dewair was inaugurated by the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil.[1]
In the memory of Bhamashah, Bhamashah's birth anniversary or Bhamashah Jayanti is celebrated on 29 June every year.[2].A Bhamashah Yojana bas been started on his name by government of Rajasthan.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Rajsamand Tourism". Government of Rajasthan. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "I am a proud descendent of Bhamashah: Raj Mahajan". CityAirNews. 27 June 2019.
- ↑ "भामाशा योजना (Bhamashah Yojana ) | राजस्थान सरकार योजना". पीएम योजना,केंद्रीय और राज्य सरकार योजनाओं, केंद्रीय मंत्रालयों और सरकारी विभागों पर समाचार प्राप्त करें (in हिन्दी). 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2018-11-05.