The Rana of Mewar, who was also the head of the distinguished Sisodia clan, had refused to submit to the Mughal. 13.1 Mughal-era historians on the battleĪfter his accession to the throne, Akbar had steadily settled his relationship with most of the Rajput states, with the exception of Mewar, acknowledged as the leading state in Rajasthan.A few of his men under Jhala Man Singh covered his retreat in a rearguard action, as the Mughals went on to claim victory. Despite initial successes by the Mewaris, the tide slowly turned against them and Pratap found himself wounded.
Sources differ on the strength of respective armies but agree that the Mughals outnumbered the Mewari troops by a factor of four to one. The site of the battle was a narrow mountain pass at Haldighati near Gogunda in Rajasthan. When the Rana refused to personally submit to Akbar, war became inevitable. Akbar was intent on securing a stable route to Gujarat through Mewar when Pratap Singh was crowned king (Rana) in 1572, Akbar sent a number of envoys entreating the Rana to become a vassal like many other Rajput leaders in the region. However, the rest of the wooded and hilly kingdom was still under the control of the Rana. The siege of Chittorgarh in 1568 had led to the loss of the fertile eastern belt of Mewar to the Mughals. The Mughals were the victors and inflicted significant casualties among the Mewaris but failed to capture Pratap, who escaped. The Battle of Haldighati was a battle fought on 18 June 1576 between cavalry and archers supporting the Rana of Mewar, Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal emperor Akbar's forces, led by Man Singh I of Amber.
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