VEER KALLA JI RATHORE - A FIGHTER WHO FAUGHT WITHOUT HEAD

      A RAJPUT WARIOR WHO FAUGHT WITH MOUGHALS EVEN AFTER BEHADING

VEEVEER KALLA JI RATHORE WAS BORNED IN MERTA CITY OF RAJASTHAN IN 1601 .
BUT HE FOUGHT FOR MEWAR TILL LAST BREATH...IT WAS VERY  DIFFICULT TIME FOR MEWAR WHEN KING AKBAR WAS EYIENG ON MEWAR....
BUT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTACK ON FORT BECAUSE OF TYPICAL STRUCTURE OF FORT.......SO THEY DIGGED A TUNNEL TILL THE BASE OF FORT & DID BLASTED IN THIS TUNNEL WITH EXPLOSIVES....... IT WAS  BIG LOSS FOR FORT....MANY RAJPUT WARRIORS LOST THEIR LIVES IN BLAST..........

   
HIGH PRESSURE OF ROYAL ARMY , AND LACK OF FOOD AND WATER WAS SUBJECT OF TENSION FOR JAIMAL MERTIA AND KALLA JI RATHORE.

HENCE  RAJPUT QUEENS AND OTHER RAJPUT WOMENS DECIDED TO DO JAUHAR (  Jauhar  is the self-immolation of queens and female royals of the Rajput kingdoms of India, when facing defeat at the hands of an enemy )  .

AND MALE WARRIORS DECIDED TO WAR WITH MOUGHALS TILL LAST BREATH. THEY OPENED FRONT GATE AND FALLEN ON ENEMY LIKE BALLS OF FIRE . JAIMAL MERTIA AND KALLA JI RATHORE KILLED MANY  SOLDIERS OF AKBAR.....AND SUDDENLY JAIMAL'S LEG FRACTURED BY BULLET OF ENEMY .

THEN KALLA JI PICKED HIM ON HIS SHOULDERS , AND BOTH STARTED TO CUTTING HEADS OF ENEMY.  THEY WERE FIGHTING WITH FOUR HAND , ENEMY WAS MUCH FEARED WHEN LOOKED THIS.

THEY WERE CONTINOUSLY KILLING MOUGHALS .

SUDDENLY A ENEMY SOLDIER ATTACKED ON JAIMAL .

JAIMAL FALLEN ON EARTH .  KALLA JI PICKED JAIMAL'S  BODY WITH MOURNING AND PLACED  AWAY.

NOW KALLA JI RATHORE JUMPED IN WAR WITH FULL FORCE WITH SWORDS IN BOTH HANDS ....AND HE WAS FIHTING LIKE A HUNGRY LION . AND KILLED MANY SOLDIERS , HIS BOTH HANDS WERE CLEANING THE ENEMY.

SUDDENLY A MOUGHAL SOLDIER BEHADED HIM FROM BACK SIDE . BUT HE WAS TRUE RAJPUT WARRIOR AND HE NEVER LEARNT ABOUT QUIT.

HE WAS KILLING MORE AND MORE MOUGHALS EVEN AFTER BEHADING.

ENEMY WAS VERY MUCH FEARED WHEN LOOKED THIS SCENE

SO THEY CLEARED THE WAY FOR HIM AND HIS BODY WITHOUT HEAD WENT TO HER LOVER ON A BLUE HORSE .

WHEN HIS LOVER PRINCESS KRISHANKANTA SPRINKELLED SOME DROPS OF GULAL ( RED COLOR ) ON HIS BODY , THEN HIS BODY STOPED TO MOVING.

KRISHANKANTA SAID THAT MY LIFE IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT MY HUSBAND .

AND SHE ALSO SET IN FIRE WITH KALLA JI RATHORE 'S BODY .


               TEMPLE OF KALLA RATHORE IS SITUATED IN CHITTOREGARH FORT.

21 SIKHS VS 10,000 AFGANS

         BATTLE OF SARAGRAHI <> 21 SIKHS VS 10,000 AFGANS

One must have watched the movie 300 depicting the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans (along with 7000 other soldiers) managed to hold off the Persian army of over 100,000 which lasted for about 3 days. Many consider it as one of the most heroic battle in the annals of military history. But a far greater battle was fought in our own country (yet unknown to us), in Saragarhi by 21 Sikh soldiers of British army, defending an army post against the 10,000 Afghans.

BATTLE

The saga starts near the late 19th century, when the British Empire was ruling the Indian subcontinent. On the Samana Range of the Hindu Kush mountains (in present day Pakistan), the British Army manned a series of posts. Saragarhi was built to act as a communication relay post between Fort Lockhart and Fort Gulistan, since the two forts were not in a visual line of sight due to their geographical attributes and were miles apart from each other. Saragarhi had a signaling tower which was used to establish communication with other forts in case of any emergency with the help of heliograph (reflecting sunlight with a mirror and transmitting it via coded messages). The Saragarhi post was vital in ensuring the defence of the war prone region and for the protection of the two forts.

SaragarhiFort admirable india

Back in 1897, things were getting tense in the region since the Afghans and allies were making attempts to capture the British Army posts in the month of September. On the morning of 12 Spetember 1897, a troop of 10,000 Afghans advanced towards Saragarhi to destroy this vital post. The Saragarhi post had only 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment of the British Army led by Havaldar Gurmukh Singh who tried to make contact with the Fort Lockhart but the Afghans had systematically cut-off the supply route between Fort Lockhart and Saragarhi.

The 21 Sikh soldiers had an option to retreat to the nearby Fort Lockhart where a more sizeable British force was stationed, by abandoning their position. But they chose to stay, defend the post and hold back the assault as long as possible. The 21 brave soldiers had no machine guns but only 21 rifles, swords and certain amount of ammunition.

What happened next was a unique display of valour and courage! The 21 Sikh soldiers fought on continuously for 7 hours without any food or water. They were completely surrounded by the Afghans. The ratio of 

ack in 1897, things were getting tense in the region since the Afghans and allies were making attempts to capture the British Army posts in the month of September. On the morning of 12 Spetember 1897, a troop of 10,000 Afghans advanced towards Saragarhi to destroy this vital post. The Saragarhi post had only 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment of the British Army led by Havaldar Gurmukh Singh who tried to make contact with the Fort Lockhart but the Afghans had systematically cut-off the supply route between Fort Lockhart and Saragarhi.
One must have watched the movie 300 depicting the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans (along with 7000 other soldiers) managed to hold off the Persian army of over 100,000 which lasted for about 3 days. Many consider it as one of the most heroic battle in the annals of military history. But a far greater battle was fought in our own country (yet unknown to us), in Saragarhi by 21 Sikh soldiers of British army, defending an army post against the 10,000 Afghans.

JAI WAN - THE BIGGEST CANNON OF THE WORLD

        THE JAI WAN CANNON - WORLD'S LARGEST WHEELED CANNON
It is located at the Jaigarh Fort, Jaipur (India) at (26°58′48.03″N 75°50′37.29″E). It was cast in 1720, by Jai Singh II of Jaipur the administrator of Jaigarh Fort during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. The formidable strength of its builder, the scientifically inclined warrior Sawai Jai Singh II, lay in the large number of artillery and copious supply of munitions which he maintained.
          
Jaivan rests on a high four-wheeled carriage. The front wheels are 2.74 m (9.0 ft) in diameter and the rear wheels are 1.37 m (4.5 ft) in diameter.