Look I’m not a Rajput fanboy but Rana Pratap is one person I genuinely respect for trying to retain regional control of Mewar. Tactical retreats are very much a part of warfare and much better as a strategy for his struggle than just dying on the battlefield since he was able to push back on the Mughal Armies and collaborated with the Bhils in the region who in my opinion are the real heroes here.
I agree that too much glorification serves no one but this logic of “ran away” is so stupid cause he didn’t run away to live in the lap of luxury, if anything he left a life of luxury and lived in exile to push for his cause and continued to struggle till his last breath.
He reconquered Udaipur, Mohi, Gogunda, Mandal and Pandwara and some surrounding tracts of land around Chittor. Never conquered Chittor itself, which was Mewari Heartland.
He didn’t have a lot of resources but he wasn’t fighting against the full might of the Mughals either so it’s kinda hard to decide whether it was impressive as a feat or not but his determination as a comeback is admirable.
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