They took it to Chittore, and wanted to see Maharana personally to gift this both horses. When they heard of the Mahara Pratap's fighting with Delhi Sultanate, they had selected Two 92) lovely Colts from KATHIAWAR, both Grey colour one was 1 yr 2 months named "NATAK"…and another was 3 months old named "CHETAK". They use to travell all over Gujarat and Rajasthan and do business of selling Good Breed Horses to Big Kingdoms. Tickets: 30INR per person, 10INR for cameraĬHETAK was a pure KATHIAWARI breed horse.Ī very small village called KHOD, near to-days CHOTILA in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state had more population of "Danti Charans"living their. It is located at 40 km from Udaipur and worth a visit if you are there.
The Haldighati Maharana Pratap museum houses many weapons and paintings of the famous battle. It is a mountain pass in the Aravalli Range of Rajasthan. The name ‘Haldighati’ originated from the turmeric-coloured yellow soil of the area. The memorial in Haldighati reminds us of the spectacular feat achieved by the brave and loyal horse. The brave and mighty horse collapsed and breathed his last, his master Maharana Pratap Singh weeping over him.Ĭhetak Samadhi is located at that spot. The Mughal soldiers were chasing them the brave horse labored on and managed to give the enemies a slip and took a final leap over a small brook few kilometers away from the battlefield.
He was bleeding profusely, but on sensing his master in danger, rode him to safety. The brave horse was injured badly while Pratap was trying to attack Man Singh. However Mughal army and their artillery finally succeeded in surrounding Pratap.
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Pratap threw his lance at Man Singh unfortunately it missed the mark and killed the elephant driver instead. The folklore has it that Chetak placed his hooves on the trunk of Man Singh’s elephant. It was a fierce battle and in that short period Pratap personally attacked Man Singh. The Mughal army was numerically superior, while Maharana Pratap’s men’s morale was at its peak. He was submissive only to King Maharana Pratap Singh.ĭuring the war Chetak was made to wear a baby elephant’s mask to confuse the elephants of the enemy. His physical features like his ears, neck were very attractive. It lasted for only four hours on 21st June, 1576 Maharana Pratap Singh was on his favorite, faithful and obedient horse Chetak.Ĭhetak the brave horse is described as very handsome creature in history books. The famous battle of Haldighati was between Maharana Pratap Singh leading the forces of Mewar and the Mughal army led by Emperor Akbar’s general Man Singh. This halt was on our way from Kumbhalgarh Fort to Udaipur in Rajasthan.
At Rajasmand district of Rajasthan, we visited the mausoleum of Chetak the brave horse of Maharana Pratap Singh who fought valiantly in the Battle of Haldighati.
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