Rana Lakha: Difference between revisions

| title = [[Maharana]]

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| succession = [[Maharana]] of [[Mewar]]

| reign = 1382–1421

| predecessor = [[Kshetra Singh]]

| successor = [[Mokal Singh]]

| dynasty = [[Sisodias of Mewar]]

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| death_date = 1421

| spouse = [[Hansa Bai]]

| issue = {{unbulleted list

|[[Mokal Singh]]

|[[Chunda Sisodia ]]

|[[Dulha Singh]]

|[[Ajja Singh]]

|[[Raghavdev Singh]]

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| father = [[Kshetra Singh]]

| mother =

'''Rana Lakha''' (1382 – 1421) was a king belonging to the [[Sisodia]] lineage of Mewar in present-day state of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=Info>{{cite web|title=Udaipur|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/u/udaipur_r.html|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227164732/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/u/udaipur_r.html|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the son of Maharana [[Kshetra Singh]] and ruled from 1382 until his death in 1421.

Lakha was married several times and had at least eight sons.<ref name=Info /> His son Mokal Singh by his wife [[Hansa Bai]] of [[Mandore]] (now in Jodhpur) became the fourth Maharana in 1421.<ref name=Info /> During his reign, Lakha took the remaining Mewar territories from [[Delhi]]. His eldest son Chunda took oath to safeguard his motherland against all external powers who were trying to overpower the Mewar state in the exchange of his father's marriage to Rani Hansa Bai. After having some misunderstanding with Rani Hansa Bai and Rao [[Ranmal]] (brother of Rani Hansa Bai) Rana Chunda left the Chittorgarh fort and went to fort Begu in [[Chittorgarh]] district and ruled there himself. The followers of Chunda are known as [[Chundawat]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fortbegu.com/|title=Fort Begu|website=fortbegu.com|access-date=2020-09-12}}</ref>

Rana Lakha Singh was one of the most successful Maharana's. He extended his dominions<ref>Tods Rajasthan Vol I pg 274.</ref> by the subjugation of Merwar and the destruction of its chief stronghold, Berahtgarh, on the ruins of which he founded Badnore. It was in this time that the tins and silver Mines of Jawar were discovered in the country conquered from the bhils by his father. Rana Lakha raided as far as Gaya in Bihar and put an end to pilgrimage tax there. With the revenues thus augmented he rebuilt the palaces and temples destroyed by [[Alauddin Khilji]], excavated reservoirs and lakes, raised immense ramparts to dam their waters, and constructed a number of forts. He conquered the Sankhla Rajputs of Shekhawati (Nagarchal territory) and like his father, he defeated the imperial army of [[Delhi Sultanate|Delhi]] led by [[Sultan]] [[Firoz Shah Tughlaq]] at [[Badnor, Rajasthan|Badnor]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CGtIvgAACAAJ&dq=|title=Maharana Kumbha: Sovereign, Soldier, Scholar|first=Har Bilas|last= Sarda|publisher=Creative Media Partners, LLC|year= 2016|isbn=978-1371562045|access-date=2020-09-12}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=fr8tAAAAMAAJ&dq=muslim+invasion+of+rajasthan+ms+ahluwalia&q=Lakshman+Simha+is+said+to+have+defeated+the+Sultan+of+Delhi+near+Badnor+and+got+exemption+from+the+pilgrimage+tax+imposed+on+th|last=Ahluwalia|first=M.S.|title=Muslim Expansion in Rajasthan|publisher=Yugantar Prakashan|year=1978|location=Delhi|quote=Lakshman Simha is said to have defeated the Sultan of Delhi near Badnor and got exemption from the pilgrimage tax imposed on the Hindus for their visits to holy places like Kashi, Gaya and Paryag|page=168}}</ref>

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