Mirza Raja Man Singh I (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 24th Kachawaha Rajput ruler of the

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from 1589 to 1614. He also served as the foremost imperial

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of Bihar Subah from 1587 to 1594, then for

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for three terms from 1595 to 1606 and the Subahdar of

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from 1585 to 1586. He served in the imperial

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under Emperor

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. Man Singh fought sixty-seven important battles in

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, Balkh,

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and Central and Southern

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. He was well versed in the battle tactics of both the Rajputs as well as the Mughals. He is commonly considered to be one of the

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, or the nine (''nava'') gems (''ratna'') of the royal court of Akbar.

Early life of Man Singh I

He was the son of Raja

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and his wife Bhagawati of Amer. He was born on Sunday, 21 December 1550. Initially known as '' Kunwar'' (prince), Man Singh received the title of '' Mirza'' or ''

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'' (King) and the rank '' mansab'' of 5000 after the death of his father on 10 December 1589 from

.Sarkar, Jadunath (1984, reprint 1994). ''A History of Jaipur'', New Delhi: Orient Longman , p.74-85 On 26 August 1605, Man Singh became a mansabdar of 7,000, i.e., a commander of 7,000 cavalry in the Mughal forces, which was the maximum command for anyone other than a son of the Mughal emperor and the guardian of Khusrau, the eldest son Jahangir. He fought many important campaigns for

. Kunwar Man Singh led the

in the well-known battle of Haldighati fought in 1576 against the Kingdom of Mewar. He is also known for his reestablishment of

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, construction of Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi.

War against Mewar

Man Singh was sent by Akbar to

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to make a treaty with Akbar and accept Mughal sovereignty. However Pratap refused, starting the Battle of Haldighati in 1576. Pratap had 3,000 horsemen, elephants and 400

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archers under Rana Poonja. A small artillery unit was also with him under Hakim Khan Sur. The force was divided into five wings. The advance wing was under Hakim Khan Sur, Bhim Singh Dodiya and Ramdas Rathore. The right wing was under Bhamashah and Maharaja Ramshah Tanwar. The left wing was under Jhala Man Singh. Rana Pratap was in the centre. Behind him was Rana Punja with his

warriors. Man Sing's Forces Consisted of 10,000 horsemen, infantry and some elephants. This included 4,000 Kachwaha Rajput forces. and 5,00 Mughal forces, out of which, 1,000 were other Hindu reserves, and 5,000 were Muslims. This force was divided into five wings. There were two advance wings. The first was under Sayyid Hashim Barha, son of Sayyed Mahmud Khan, Jagannath Kachwaha and Asaf Ali Khan. The second advance troop was under Madho Singh Kachwaha. Behind this was Man Singh. To his right was Mulla Qazi Khan and to his left were Sayyeds of Barah. At first Rana Pratap attacked and scattered the advance and left wings of the Mughal army but soon momentum shifted with Mansingh's counter charge forced Pratap to retreat back. Jagannath Kachwaha killed Ramshah Tanwar and Rajput warriors of both sides engaged in a fierce battle. The Mughals were the victors and inflicted significant casualties among the Mewaris but failed to capture Pratap, who escaped to the hills.

Expedition to Kabul

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and

they declared Mirza Hakim, Akbar's stepbrother and Governor of

, to be the emperor. Akbar sent armies to

and

to crush this rebellion, while he himself started towards Kabul; Man Singh with him. On 8 March 1581, Akbar reached Machhiwara and soon arrived on the banks of River Indus, he then sent an advance force led by Man Singh to Kabul. Although, Akbar's army was hesitating to cross the swelling Indus River, Man Singh was able to cross it first followed by troops. Hearing the news Mirza Hakim fled to Gurband. Following the army, Akbar himself arrived at Kabul on 10 August 1581. Hakim was pardoned by Akbar, but his sister Bakhtunissa Begum was appointed Governor of Kabul. After Akbar returned to

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; Bakhtunissa remained as the nominal head of state, while Hakim acted as the governor (Hakim died in July, 1582). Kabul was annexed by the Mughal Empire and Man Singh was appointed governor. He remained in Kabul for some years and built a fortress, used by succeeding Mughal governors. Man Singh brought many talented men with him when he returned from Kabul. Some of their descendants still live in

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. Again in 1585 CE, some

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tribes

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against the Mughal empire. The

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and " Mandar" tribes were the main ones among them. Akbar sent an army under Zain Khan, Hakim Abul Fateh and

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to control these revolting tribes. However, they failed to control the revolting Afghans and Raja Birbal, friend of Akbar and one of his Navratnas was also killed in the

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with Afghans. Akbar then sent Raja Todar Mal to crush the revolt and called Raja Man Singh to help Todar Mal. Todarmal had some success in controlling the rebellious Afghan tribes, but the real source of the revolt was behind the

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. It was hard to cross this pass which was dominated by Afghan "Kabailies". Man Singh was accompanied by "Rao Gopaldas" of Nindar in this expedition, who bravely made way for Mughal army in the pass. After crossing the pass, Man Singh entered Kabul and decisively defeated five major tribes of Afghans including Yusufzai and "Mandar" tribes. The flag of Amber was changed from "Katchanar" (green climber in white base) to "Pachranga" (five colored) to commemorate this victory. This flag continued in use until accession of Jaipur state in India. This permanently crushed the revolt and the area remained peaceful thereafter. In 1586 CE, Akbar sent another army under

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, father of Kunwar Man Singh to win

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. Kashmir was captured and annexed in the

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and made a Sarkar (district) of

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. Man Singh and his father Raja Bhagwant Das are reputed to have brought the technology of cannon production to Amber. Raja man singh lost his commander rao govind das in the war of kabul. Rao govind das was awarded the jagir of bhatton ki gali and chaparwada.

Conquest of Bihar

When Akbar had conquered Delhi, many of his Afghan enemies had fled to the refuge of the eastern Raja's. Man Singh was sent by Emperor Akbar to bring the resisting Raja's to submission. Man Singh's first target was Raja Puranmal of Gidhaur whose fort was easily conquered by the Kachwaha army. Puranmals treasury was captured and his daughter was married to Man Singh's brother Chandrabhan Kachwaha. Man Singh continued his campaign and defeated the raja's of Gaya and Kargpur, both of them were forced into submission and paid tribute to the emperor. Some Afghan nobles of Bengal tried to invade Bihar during Man Singh's occupation, but were soundly defeated by Man Singh's son Jagat Singh. The invaders left their loot and fled back to Bengal, the spoils of war and 54 elephants were sent to the emperor. Abul Fazl has described Man Singh's campaign in Bihar in the following words. "The Raja united ability with courage and genius with strenuous action".

Conquest of Orissa

After conquering Bihar, Man Singh was ordered to defeat the Afghan Sultan Qatlu Khan Lohani of Orissa. Man Singh set out for Orissa in April 1590. Jagat Singh Kachwaha was sent with an advance army to study the area, however he was attacked by Sultan Qatlu Khan and was badly defeated where several notable commanders of Amber were killed, including Bika Rathor, Narupal Charan and Mahesh Das. Jagat was saved by Raja Hamir Singh and escaped to the fort of Bishnupur. Qatlu however died after 10 days and the Afghans under his son Nasir Khan surrendered to Man Singh. Nasir bowed before Man Singh and promised to read the Khutba and stamp coins in the name of emperor Akbar. He further ceded lands and gave a tribute of 150 elephants. After this success, Man Singh returned to Bihar. The Afghans however rebelled against Nasir after his regent Isa Khan died. The Afghans captured the lands that had been ceded and started another rebellion. Man Singh was once again forced to march to Orissa. On 9 April 1592, the two armies met near Jaleswar city and after a bloody fight Man Singh defeated the Afghans, Man singh followed the fleeing Afghans and forced the Afghan leaders to accept Mughal overlordship. The remaining Afghan chieftains fled to the Hindu Raja's of Orissa. Man Singh attacked these Raja's and captured several forts with ease and forced them to surrender, the strongest of these Raja's, the Raja of Khurda however refused and was pressed by Man Singh, several of his cities and forts were captured after which the Khurda Raja shut himself in his capital fort. Akbar denounced this rough behaviour towards such an ancient dynasty and ordered Man singh to show leniency after which the Khurda Raja surrendered and offered his daughter to Man Singh in marriage. The conquest of Orissa was thus complete. Man Singh was called to Lahore where the crown prince Salim personally received him and he was given robes of condolence by the emperor for his father's death. Man Singh presented to the emperor three sons of Quatlu Khan Lohani and 2 nobles of Orissa.

Governor of Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha

On 17 March 1594, Man Singh was made the guardian of Prince Salim (

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) by Akbar. He was also appointed as the viceroy of

and many large jagirs in Orissa and Bengal were given to Man Singh and his nobles. Man Singh soon started sending his men to quell the rebellions in Bengal. On 2 April 1595, the Amber army conquered Bhushna fort. On 7 November, Man Singh founded a new capital for Bengal called Akbarnagar. After founding the new capital, Man personally marched against the Afghans under Isa Bhati, resulting in the retreat of the Afghans and the annexation of Isa's lands. Man Singh fell ill after this campaign, which renewed the rebellion. Man Singh sent Himmat Singh to deal with the rebels, and once again defeated them. Man Singh also helped Lakshmi Narayan, the raja of Cooch Behar, for which the grateful Raja of Cooch Behar gave his sister in marriage to Man Singh and also agreed to become a vassal of the Mughal Emperor. Man Singh would leave Bengal for Ajmer and during this period the Mughals started to lose control over Bengal and even lost several skirmishes. Man Singh was thus once again sent to Bengal. Man Singh defeated the rebels near Sherpur-Atia on 12 February 1601 and chased them for 8 miles. Man Singh, after this victory, marched towards Dacca and forced Kedar Rai, the zamindar of

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, to submit to him. The rebels Jalal Khan and Qazi Mumin were also defeated by Man Singh's grandson. Man Singh then marched towards the Banar river where he defeated the successor of Qatlu Khan called Usman and quelled the Pathans under him. Man Singh would go on to defeat the Arracan Pirates and then Kedar Rai, who was captured after a battle and died before he could be brought before Man Singh. The Magh raja and Usman were also defeated after this battle. Man Singh thus returned to

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and camped at Nazirpur after a series of victories against the powerful rebels of Bengal.

Jahangir and twilight of Man Singh I

Emperor Jahangir receiving a petition from a fakir

Prince Salim was born, but he became addicted to alcohol and

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in his youth. He disobeyed royal orders and became infamous for torture such as murdering Abul Fazal. Akbar tried hard to reform him as well as his eldest son Khusrau Mirza. Two of Akbar's sons, Murad and Danial, died in his lifetime. The royal court was divided into two factions, one favoring Khusrau and the other Salim to be the next emperor. Raja Man Singh and Mirza Aziz Koka were in Khusrau's favour. In 1605, when Akbar fell ill, he appointed Salim to be his heir. Though Man Singh opposed Salim's accession to the throne during Akbar's lifetime, he never opposed Jahangir (Salim) after his coronation. After

's death,

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(Salim) became emperor. Man Singh was initially sent as

of Bengal on 10 November 1605 for a short period, but soon he was replaced by Qutb-ud-Din Khan Koka on 2 September 1606.Sarkar, Jadunath (1984, reprint 1994). ''A History of Jaipur'', New Delhi: Orient Longman , pp.86-87 Jahangir also ordered removal of some of the modifications which had been made by Raja Man Singh to his palace at

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. But in 1611 CE, the southern provinces of

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, Berar and

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defied Mughal sovereignty under Malik Ambar.

sent Raja Man Singh and others to crush the revolt.

Death and succession

Man Singh died a natural death on 6 July 1614 at Ellichpur. Following his death, he was succeeded by his son Mirza Raja Bhau Singh. His direct descendants are known (to this date) as the Rajawats who had the privilege to the

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and subsequently

Cultural achievements

Raja Man Singh was a devotee of the deity Krishna. He had a seven-storied temple of Krishna constructed for Srila

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, disciple of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, in

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. The cost of construction was one crore rupees at that time. The four-storey temple is still present at

. He also constructed a temple of Krishna at his capital,

. The place is now known as "Kanak Vrindavan" near Amber Ghati of Jaipur. He constructed the temple of Shila Devi at Amber Fort. He also constructed and repaired many temples at

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and various other places. He added much beautification to his palace at

. When Akbar called a meeting of his nobles at Fatehpur Sikri in 1582, to discuss Din-i-Ilahi,

was the only man to oppose this religion. Later, Man Singh also refused to convert to Din-i-Ilahi. It is believed his son Jagat Singh I received education from Goswami

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and Man Singh himself used to attend his religious lectures.

was a contemporary of Akbar and author of Ramacharitamanasa, also known as the Tulasi Ramayana, and much other famous poetry devoted to

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and

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. File:Jaipur-Fort Amber-44-2018-gje.jpg,

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, the residence of Man Singh I. File:Silver door in Amber Fort, Rajasthan.jpg, The door of Amber Fort depicting Shila Devi, brought by Man Singh I. File:Man Mandir Ghat, Varanasi.JPG, Man Mandir Ghat in

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built by Man Singh I. File:Temple GovindaDev.JPG, Govind Dev Temple in

built by Man Singh I. File:Raja Man Singh Tomb - Rohtas Fort Jehlum Pakistan (3).JPG, Tomb of Raja Man Singh in Jhelum.

In popular culture

* 2013–2015: '' Jodha Akbar'', broadcast on

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, where he was played by Ankit Raizada. * 2013–2015: '' Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'', broadcast by

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, where he was portrayed by Kanha Shashikant Sharma. * 1988-1989 : '' Bharat Ek Khoj'', broadcast on

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, where he was played by Surendra Pal.

Notes

References

* Beveridge, H. (tr.) (1939, reprint 2000). ''The Akbarnama of Abu´l Fazl'', Vol. III, Kolkata: The Asiatic Society, . * * * Raja Man Singh of Amber by Rajiva Nain Prasad. Calcutta, World Press Private Ltd., 1966. * * Sarkar, Jadunath (1984, reprint 1994). ''A History of Jaipur'', New Delhi: Orient Longman . * Sagar, Nanuram ''Kavita Kalptaru''. * Vanshavali (Genealogy of the Rulers of Amber and Jaipur) by Harnath Singh Dundlod

External links

Akbarnama by Abul Fazal Part III chapter 31, 32, 34
(archived 29 September 2007)

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