Panna Dhai was the Rajput women of the 16th century she was the women who come under the Kheechee tribe. She was the nursemaid of the Udai Singh, and he was the fourth son of the Maharana Sangram Singh 1 also known as the Sanga. The meaning of the name of the Panna Dhai is Panna means Emerald and the word Dhai means the wet nurse in the Hindi language. Maharana Sangram Singh has given the charge of his son Udai Singh to Panna Dhai when he was young, or we called that from the time of his birth. She breastfed the Udai Singh from his birth, and he was born in the year 1522, and she did this work along with her own son Chandan which was also known by another name Moti.
And he was of the same age of the Udai Singh and also he was his playmate. On the other hand, in the 2nd and the 3rd decades of the 16th century was the most troubled time for them because there were many events which move rapidly. In the year 1527, Maharana Sangram Singh was died by the wounds which he got in the battle of the Khanwa which was against the Mughal emperor Babur. Bhoj Raj was the elder son of the Maharana Sangram Singh who died in the year 1521. He was killed in the battle which was fought in the year 1521.
Sacrifices of the Panna Dhai
After the death of the Maharana Sangram Singh 1 her 2nd son got the throne and after the 4 years of getting the throne, he also died in the battle. And after that, the third son of the Maharana Sangram Singh 1 has got the throne only in the age of the 14. He was the youngest ruler of that time and in the year 1535 he got defeat and after the defeat also he has not improved his temperament. Panna dhai has made the lots of sacrifices for the Mewar, and she was the most loyal person of the Mewar. Her greatest sacrifice is that she sacrifices her son for the younger son of the Maharana Sangram Singh 1 the Udai Singh.
She has sacrificed the life of his son only because to save the life of the Udai Singh which proofs the how loyal she was and her love and kindness towards the Udai Singh. And for this, there are many places in the India which were built in the memory of Panna Dhai.
