Maharana Sangram Singh was the king of the Mewar, and he is also known as the Rana Sanga. Because that time the king is also called by the people Rana, who is the head of that area. And the Rana Sanga was the head of the Hindu Rajput, and they were also very powerful union in the Rajputana. At the time of the 16th century, the Rana Sanga belonged to the Sisodiya clan of the Rajput. Maharana Sangram Singh has ruled the Mewar from the year 1508 to the year 1528. Rana Sanga has succeeded his father Rana Raimal to become the new Rana of the Mewar in the year 1508. He was the ruler who fought against the dynasty of the Afghan Lodhi which comes under the Delhi Sultanate.
After fighting with the Afghan Lodhi, in the year 1528 he fought with the Mughals and got defeated in the Battle of the Khanwa, and after the defeat, Rana Sanga got died on January 30 of the year 1528. The wife of the Maharana Sangram Singh (Rana Sanga) was the Rani Karnavati which committed the Jauhar also called as the Jowhar only because of the defeat of the Rana Sanga by the Mughals. He committed Jauhar on March 8th of the year 1535 A.D. inside the fort of the Chittorgarh which is well known as the Chittorgarh Fort. In the Chittor there was total 3 Jauhar was performed by the Rani’s (Queens) and the Jauhar conducted by the Rani Karnavati was the second of those three.
Rana Karnavti was the mother of the Vikramaditya Singh and also of the Udai Singh II which afterward became the Ranas of the Mewar respectively. And she was also the grandmother of the Maharana Pratap.
Early life of the Rana Sanga (Maharana Sangram Singh)
Maharana Sangram Singh was born in the year 1484 in the month of the April on 12th, and he died in the year 1528 in the month of March on 17th. He was the most popular ruler of the Rajputana Dynasty, and he will always be remembered when people will talk about the ancient Rajput Rulers. He has done a lot for the people, and the most commendable things were the way in which he has united all the factions of the Rajputs under his leadership, and this was also the tremendous act of that time. And these are all the reasons behind the Rana Sanga’s popularity.
