He helped an injured Maharana Pratap who was falling unconscious from 3 Chetak was severely injured in this encounter in one of his The elephant carrying him, instead the “Mahout” (Elephant Trainer) was Spear at Man Singh the enemy commander who ducked in mortal fear in his Rana Pratap was also called the “Rider of the Blue Horse”. On his well-trained Kathiawari breed warhorse known in History as Remained indecisive, with the moral advantage going to the Rajputs. Numerical superiority and their cannon, nevertheless, the outcome of the battle Open plains warfare, the Mughals, fought back hard, taking advantage of their Slaughter wreaked on the Mughals by the Rajput forces and, later, the hardįought pitched battle with losses on both sides on this ground. Of Rakt Talai (In Hindi, meaning “the Pond/Lake of Blood”) so named after the initial Mughals from their main camp at Badshah Bagh (Royal Garden) to the open plains The Rajputs, fought on hard with their initial advantage pushing back the Several times by the Rajputs who were skilled in Guerrilla warfare techniques. The Mughal forces, (numerically placedĪt about 80000 - 20,000 cavalry, 60,000 infantry which included 4,000 Kachwaha Rajputs, 500 elephants and 150 pieces of artillery) were about 13.50 times the size of the Rajput forces (numberingĪbout 6000 soldiers - 3000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry, 100 elephants, 100 spearmen and about 400 " Bhils" Tribals) made a foray through the narrow pass and were beaten back Legendary battle took place on 21 st June 1576 (some calculations
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