Shakti Singh (16th century Indian noble)

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Shakti Singh Sisodia, also referred to as Shakta, Sakta or Sagat, was the son of Maharana Udai Singh II Sisodia and Sajja Bai Solanki . He was a Kshatriya Rajput[1]

Sakti Singh
Kunwar of Mewar
BornKumbhalgarh, Mewar[2]
Diedc. 1594
Bhainsrorgarh[3]
IssueManorathdeji (daughter of Sur Singh)
DynastySisodia
FatherRana Udai Singh
MotherSajja Bai Solanki
ReligionHinduism

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 . [4][5] 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| [6] His descendants are known as the Shaktawats.

Portrayal in adaptions[edit]

In Indian historical serial Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap, adult Shakti Singh is portrayed by Vineet Kumar.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Singh Rana, Bhawan (2014). Maharana Pratap. Diamond Pocket Books. ISBN 9789350838693.
  2. ↑ Maharaj Shakti Singh and the Shaktawats of Boheda: A History of Boheda Thikana. p. 22.
  3. ↑ Maharaj Shakti Singh and the Shaktawats of Boheda: A History of Boheda Thikana. p. 53.
  4. ↑ Akbarnama by Abu'l Fazl
  5. ↑ Rana 2004, p. 38
  6. ↑ Bhaskar Majumder (2011). Rethinking Villages. Concept Publishing Company. p. 45. ISBN 978-81-8069-764-7.
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