Siege of Chittorgarh

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The Siege of Chittorgarh was a series of historic battles for control of the formidable hilltop fortress of Chittor in present-day Rajasthan, symbolizing the valor and resistance of the Rajput kingdom of Mewar against powerful invading forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
siege ⓘ
siege ⓘ
siege ⓘ
aftermath shift of Mewar capital from Chittorgarh to Udaipur ⓘ
associatedWith Chittorgarh Fort defenses ⓘ
linked to: Chittorgarh Fort

Kingdom of Mewar ⓘ
linked to: Udaipur State

Rajput code of honor ⓘ
attacker Alauddin Khalji ⓘ
Bahadur Shah of Gujarat ⓘ
linked to: Sultan of Gujarat

Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Emperor Akbar ⓘ
linked to: Akbar

Mughal Empire ⓘ
Sultanate of Gujarat ⓘ
linked to: Gujarat Sultanate
conflict Alauddin Khalji’s expansion in Rajasthan ⓘ
Rajput–Muslim conflicts in India ⓘ
consequence massacre of inhabitants of Chittorgarh ⓘ
third major jauhar at Chittor ⓘ
defender Kingdom of Mewar ⓘ
linked to: Udaipur State

Rana Ratan Singh ⓘ
Rana Udai Singh II ⓘ
Rana Vikramaditya Singh ⓘ
linked to: Vikramaditya Singh
describedAs struggle between Mewar and powerful invading empires ⓘ
endTime 1568 ⓘ
hasPart Siege of Chittorgarh (1303) ⓘ
Siege of Chittorgarh (1535) ⓘ
Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) ⓘ
location Chittorgarh ⓘ
Chittorgarh Fort ⓘ
India ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
notableFor acts of Rajput bravery ⓘ
legend of Rani Padmini ⓘ
practice of jauhar by Rajput women ⓘ
second major jauhar at Chittor ⓘ
objective capture of Chittorgarh Fort ⓘ
partOf history of the Kingdom of Mewar ⓘ
result Mughal victory ⓘ
fall of Chittorgarh Fort to invading forces in multiple periods ⓘ
temporary occupation of Chittorgarh by Bahadur Shah ⓘ
victory of Alauddin Khalji ⓘ
significance symbol of Rajput valor and resistance ⓘ
startTime 1303 ⓘ
1535 ⓘ
1567 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of a major hilltop fortress ⓘ
control of routes in Rajasthan ⓘ
timePeriod early modern India ⓘ
medieval India ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mewar → associatedWith → Siege of Chittorgarh ⓘ
Alauddin Khalji → militaryCampaign → siege of Chittor ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Mughal imperial forces → notableBattle → siege of Chittor ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Maharana Udai Singh II → conflict → Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Mewar Kingdom → battle → Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Maharana Pratap → knownFor → Defense of Mewar ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Guhila dynasty → notableEvent → siege of Chittorgarh by Alauddin Khilji in 1303 ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Siege of Chittorgarh → hasPart → Siege of Chittorgarh (1303) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Siege of Chittorgarh → hasPart → Siege of Chittorgarh (1535) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Siege of Chittorgarh → hasPart → Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Mughal–Rajput conflicts → hasPart → Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Mughal–Rajput conflicts → hasPart → Rajput defense of Chittorgarh ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Mughal–Rajput conflicts → hasPart → Mughal siege of Chittor ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Ratan Singh I → conflict → Siege of Chittor by Alauddin Khalji ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Rana Udai Singh II → conflict → Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Mewar dynasty → knownFor → sieges of Chittorgarh ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Mewar dynasty → conflict → Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Rani Karnavati → conflict → Siege of Chittorgarh (1535) ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh
Rani Karnavati → associatedWith → Chittorgarh jauhar ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Chittorgarh