Ratan Singh II (died 1531) was the
Maharana
The Maharana ("Great Rana") is a variation on the Indian royal title Rana. Maharana denotes ' great king' or ' high king', similar to the word " Maharaja". The term derives from the Sanskrit title "Mahārāṇaka".
Usage at the time of independ ...
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 ...
from 1528 to 1531. He was a son of
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 was killed during a war in 1531. He was succeeded by his brother
Vikramaditya Singh.
His wives were Rani Guman Kanwar and Maharani Suja Bai of Bundi.
Mahmud Khilji of Malwa was defeated by Sanga. He was waiting for an opportunity to fight with the ruler of Mewar. After the death of Sanga, he detached Shirza Khan with an army to lay waste the country of the Rana. According to Tarikh-i-Alfi, he was actuated by these three motives (i) to chastise Rana (ii) to recover some territories of Malwa, which had been captured by Sanga and (iii) to punish Silahadi Tanwar, who was in concert with Rana and had recently seized some territory belonging to the kingdom of Malwa. But the attempts of the Sultan proved futile as Shirza Khan was badly defeated. At the same time, Ratan Singh II with a large army penetrated into Malwa and reached the village of Sambaliya (near Sarangpur). Having ravaged the country around it, he proceeded towards Ujjain to confront Sultan Mahmud Khilji II of Malwa. At the time when Maharana Sanga entered into Malwa, the Sultan of Gujrat, being in concert with the Sultan of Malwa, had extended the necessary help to the latter. But soon, the situation changed. Dissensions had broken out between these Sultans. Due to his arrogant temper, Sultan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa could not develop his faith among his adherents. He then summoned Mohin Khan of Sewas and Silahady to help him against the invasion of Mewar. When they waited on him, they were given some extraordinary honours. Both of them, suspecting foul play, deserted him and went to the camp of Ratan Singh which had disheartened the Sultan. The Mewar army succeeded in defeating the Malwa troops neat Ujjain and carried out depredations successfully.
The believe is that ratan Singh II have a son by his first wife. after the war the wife of ratan Singh II take his to his father house to protect the legacy of the dynasty it's believed later the son of ratan Singh II family migrated to maharashtra and served in maratha army.and later a descendant of the ratan Singh II family established dynasty in the gondia vidarbha.
References
Monarchs of Mewar
1531 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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