He had promised that until he did that he wouldn't sleep in beds but on hay, eat onlleaves, mixing grass on his roti, and take no luxury of Mahals and Palaces.
When the Maharana had become king he had vowed to free his motherland from the Mughals. Thus, the armies were formed again till 1581. Under Shahbaz Khan this campaign had the aide of the Amer royals, Todarmal and Bahlol Khan as well (no he didn't die in haldighati) So, Bhahmah Shah, a warrior aide and a dacoit turned Jain businessman, decided to submit all his wealth to the Maharana for his battles. Maharana Scolding Amar Singh for capturing Mughal womenĪfter 1576, Maharana Pratap had lost his men and finances to continue his battles further, using this opportunity, Man Singh had marched ahead to capture Kumbhalgarh. He was strongly against women being political tools and often resented alliance marriages as well.
The Maharana was extremely displeased at this behavior towards an innocent woman from his son and questioned his own upbringing telling Amar Singh to take the woman back with the right respect. His wife was taken prisoner as per the norms and was presented before the Maharana. Once Kunwar Amar Singh was on a mission against a Mughal camp and won it, killing the chief. The ratio of army heads was 4:1, it appeared to be an easy battle for the clueless Mughals. Some say the Bhils fought them in small troops for three days from 18th restricting them to the other side of Banas until the Mewar army arrived. The historic Battle of Haldighati took place in the "Rakth Talai" or "Khun ki Talai" later known as Badshahi Bagh, beside the Banas River, on 21st June 1576, after the Mughals camped there on 18th June 1576. To establish this, he made his friend and Afghan aide, Hakim Khan Sur, nephew of Sher Shah Suri, the commander in chief. Pratap's message was clear, it was a war of independence and not for any religion or against one. Akbar let Maan Singh command his army in a battle against Pratap. This resulted in a verbal duel and Maan Singh's insult by Amar Singh. He was intelligent enough to send Amar Singh, his successor to meet Maan Singh when he arrived in 1575. Maharana Pratap was in a dilemma if Akbar refused to wage a war then how could he win back all the portions Mewar had lost since 1568. It's been four years since Maharana Pratap was coronated as Rana 1572 and Akbar had send three peace treaties via Man Singh and Bhagwan das in 1573, 15.