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| | conflict = Battle of Dewair of 1582
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| | image = Victory memorial Dewair Battle.jpg
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| | caption = Statue of Pratap in Dewair
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| | date = 16 September 1582
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| | place = Dewair, [[Rajasthan]]
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| | result = Mewar Victory
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| | combatant1 = [[Kingdom of Mewar]]
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| | combatant2 = [[Mughal Empire]]
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| [[Maharana Pratap]]
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| Shakti Singh
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| [[Amar Singh I]]
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| Rawat Krishnadas Chundawat
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| [[Bhamashah]]
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| Rana Punja
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| | commander2 = Sultan Khan
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| The '''Battle of Dewair (1582)''' was a battle fought between [[Maharana Pratap]] of Mewar and [[Army of the Mughal Empire|Mughal]] garrison of Dewair in 1582. Pratap recovered Western Mewar including Kumbhalgarh, Udaipur, and Gogunda, which were lost in [[Battle of Haldighati]]. The victory of Dewair was a crowning glory for the Maharana, with [[James Tod]] describing it as the "Marathon of Mewar". Later Pratap built a new capital, Chavand, near modern [[Dungarpur]].
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| ==History==
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| Following the [[Battle of Haldighati]], Pratap lost half of his army and [[Mughals]] captured [[Kumbhalgarh]] , [[Gogunda]] , [[Udaipur]] & Chappan. In such conditions, Pratap changed his strategy from open to guerrilla warfare and did not allow [[Mughals]] to settle and retake his lost territories. To suppress Pratap, [[Akbar]] himself arrived at [[Mewar]] in September 1576 for hunting expeditions in forests during which he [[Siege of Udaipur (1576)|occupied Udaipur]] and its southern region called 'Wagad' and established Mughal rule in these regions. Pratap and his family took shelter in dense hills at that time and managed to hide till May 1577 when Akbar returned to [[Fatehpur Sikri]]. Only the [[Kumbhalgarh Fort|fortress of Kumbhalgarh]] was yet unconquered thus Akbar sent his general Shahbaz Khan to do so in the next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://persian.packhum.org/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00701020%26ct%3D0 |title=Collection of Oriental Works}}</ref>
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| *1577 : Shahbaz Khan
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| *1578 : Shahbaz Khan second time
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| *1579 : Again Shahbaz Khan ( Third time attacked Mewar )
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| Each of these invasions was able to occupy cities like Udaipur, Chawand, Gogunda, and Kumbhalagarh but were unsuccessful in capturing [[Maharana Pratap|Pratap]] as he was till that time became a master guerilla and each path of Aravali hills was now in his mind this allowing him to hide from Mughal troops each and every time till the Mughal's departure from Mewar.{{cn}} When Pratap was facing a 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 the 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 Dewair Fortress defended by a garrison of less than a thousand men.{{cn}}
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| ==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 I|Amar Singh]] and
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| {{Location map|Rajasthan
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| |label = Map of Dewair
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| |mark = Red pog.svg <!--green dot-->
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| |lat_deg = 25.414729 <!-- default: lat_dir = N -->
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| |lon_deg = 73.801630 <!-- default: lon_dir = E -->
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| Pratap attacked the Mughal garrison of Dewair, commanded by Mughal officer Sultan Khan, and defeated it.
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| ==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.
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| ==Memorial==
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| 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]].<ref name="Memorial">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=|title= Rajsamand Tourism|url=https://rajsamand.rajasthan.gov.in/content/raj/rajsamand/en/about-rajsamand/tourist-places1.html|publisher=Government of Rajasthan|access-date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
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| In the memory of Bhamashah, Bhamashah's birth anniversary or ''Bhamashah Jayanti'' is celebrated on 29 June every year.<ref name="CityAirNews">{{cite news |date=27 June 2019|title=I am a proud descendent of Bhamashah: Raj Mahajan|url=https://www.cityairnews.com/content/i-am-proud-descendant-great-patriot-bhamashah-raj-mahajan| newspaper=CityAirNews}}</ref>.A [[Bhamashah Yojana]] bas been started on his name by government of Rajasthan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sarkariduniya.com/bhamashah-yojana-2/|title=भामाशा योजना (Bhamashah Yojana ) {{!}} राजस्थान सरकार योजना|date=2018-10-08|work=पीएम योजना,केंद्रीय और राज्य सरकार योजनाओं, केंद्रीय मंत्रालयों और सरकारी विभागों पर समाचार प्राप्त करें|access-date=2018-11-05|language=hi-IN}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Battle of Dewair (1606)]]
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| * [[Udai Singh II]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:History of Rajasthan]] | | [[Category:History of Rajasthan]] |
| [[Category:Mewar dynasty]] | | [[Category:Mewar dynasty]] |
