Medini Rai (died 1528) was a vassal chief of Sisodia king

Rana Sanga Sangram Singh I (12 April 1482 – 30 January 1528), most commonly known as Rana Sanga, was the Rana of Mewar, Maharana of Mewar from 1509 to 1528. A member of the List of Ranas of Mewar, Sisodia dynasty, he controlled parts of present-day Ra ...

. He ruled much of the

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under the lordship of Rana Sanga, who helped him in defeating the

Sultan of Malwa Sultan of the Malwa Sultanate was the principal title of the ruler of the Malwa Sultanate (1401–1561/2) in the Indian subcontinent. The Sultanate was founded by Dilawar Khan, an Afghan (ethnonym), Afghan or Turko-Afghan governor of the Delhi ...

and conquering Malwa,

Chanderi Chanderi, is a town of historical importance in Ashoknagar District of the state Madhya Pradesh in India. It is situated at a distance of 127 km from Shivpuri, 37 km from Lalitpur, 55 km from Ashok Nagar and about 46 km ...

was his capital.

Military career

He joined the united

Rajput Confederacy Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

in the fateful

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with a garrison of 20,000

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

soldiers and headed the left wing of Rajputs to counter

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's right wing. The conquest of

shocked the court of

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as they were not expecting the

s to invade Malwa. This led to several skirmishes and battles between the

Lodi Empire The Lodi dynasty was an Afghan (ethnonym), Afghan dynasty, royal family that ruled Sultanate of Delhi from 1451 to 1526. It was the fifth and final dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, and was founded by Bahlul Khan Lodi, Bahlul Lodi when he replaced ...

and the Kingdom of

Mewar Mewar, also spelled as Mewad is a region in the south-central part of Rajasthan state of India. It includes the present-day districts of Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Udaipur, Pirawa Tehsil of Jhalawar District of Rajasth ...

. Medini Rai actively helped Rana Sanga in these battles and helped him score a series of victories. Rana Sanga's influence after the war extended to Pilia Khar, a river on the outskirts of

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.Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates By S. B. Bhattacherje B11 He assisted Rana Sanga in many campaigns against the Sultans of India. Medini Rai was later killed in the

Battle of Chanderi The Battle of Chanderi or Siege of Chanderi took place in the aftermath of the Battle of Khanwa in which the Mughal Emperor Babur (transliteration: Bābar) had defeated the Rajput Confederacy and firmly establish Mughal rule while crushing re ...

against the

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, where he was given a chance to surrender but chose to fight and remain loyal to the Sanga.

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