Rana Kshetra Singh (1364-1382), was a Sisodia

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ruler of

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. He was the eldest son of his father and predecessor Rana

Hammir Singh Maharana Hammir Singh (1302–1364), or Hammir, was a 14th-century ruler of Mewar in present-day Rajasthan, India. Hammir Singh, was a scion of the cadet branch Rana of the Guhila dynasty, who regained control of the region, re-established the ...

, the progenitor of Sisodias. In his reign, he conquered the territories of

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and

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Rule

Kshetra, who ruled Mewar from A.D. 1364 to A.D. 1382, was the son and successor of the celebrated Rana Hammir. He greatly enlarged the kingdom. He captured

and

Jahazpur Jahazpur is a historical town and a municipality in Bhilwara district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is also the tehsil headquarters of the Jahazpur tehsil. It is known for the Jain temple swastidham, built around the Jahazpur fort. His ...

, re-annexed

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and the whole of Chappan to

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. He obtained a victory over the Sultan of Delhi, who was utterly defeated at Bakrole. The

Kumbalgarh Kumbhalgarh (lit. "Kumbhal fort"), also known as the Great Wall of India, is a fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills in Kumbhalgarh in the Rajsamand district of the Rajasthan state in India. Situated approximately from Rajsamand ci ...

inscription says that in a battle he captured Zafar Khan, Sultan of Patan (who later became the first independent

Sultan of Gujarat The Gujarat Sultanate or Sultanate of Gujarat was a late medieval Islamic Indian kingdom in Western India, primarily in the present-day state of Gujarat. The kingdom was established in 1394 when Muzaffar Shah I, the Governor of Gujarat, declar ...

). Kshetra Singh further increased his fame by defeating the Sultan of Malwa and killing his general Amir Shah identified as Dilawar Khan. Kshetra Singh died in 1382 AD during a campaign against the Hada of Bundi.Lane Poole's Muhammadan Dynasties of India pg 376 After his death, he was succeeded by Rana

Lakha Singh Rana Lakha (1382 – 1421) was a Sisodia Rajput ruler of Mewar Kingdom in medieval India. He was the son of Rana Kshetra Singh and ruled Mewar from 1382 until his death in 1421. Lakha was married several times and had at least eight sons ...

(1382-1421).

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