Chittorgarh Fort

Siege of 1535

Bahadur Shah, who came to the throne in 1526 AD as the Sultan of Gujarat, besieged the Chittorgarh fort in 1535. The fort was sacked and, once again, the medieval dictates of chivalry determined the outcome. Following the escape of the Rana Vikramaditya, his brother Udai Singh II and the faithful maid Panna Dai to their maternal relatives land of Bundi, it is said that their mother Rani Karnavati led 13,000 Rajput women in committing jauhar (self-immolation on the funeral pyre) as 3,200 Rajput warriors rushed out of the fort to fight till death (Saka) and died in the ensuing battle.