Prithviraj Singh I

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Raja Prithviraj Singh I
Amber
Reign17 January 1503 – 4 November 1527
PredecessorRaja Chandrasen
SuccessorPuranmal
Died4 November 1527
WivesTomarji Padarath Deiji of Ganwri in Amber

Rathorji Apurav Deiji of Bikaner

Badgujarji Bhagam Deiji of Deoti

Nirbanji Gaurav Deiji of Maroth

Sisodiniji Damodar Deiji of Mewar

Solankiniji Roop Deiji of Toda

Nirbanji Ram Deiji of Khandela

Gaurji Suhag Deiji of Maroth
IssuePuranmal

Bhim Singh

Pachayan

Surtan

Bharmal

Pratap Singh

Gopal

Jagmal

Sahasmal

Sanga (Sango)

Balbhadra

Raimal

Ram Singh

Saindas

Chaturbhuj

Kalyan Singh

Bhiko

Rup Singh (Rupsi)
Kachwaha
FatherRaja Chandrasen
MotherChauhanji Bhagwat Deiji

Raja Prithviraj Singh I (? –1527), also known as Prithvi Singh I, was the 16th-century

Mewar
in the year 1527. Three of Raja Prithviraj's sons successively followed him as ruler of Amber, with many of his descendants also populating the kingdom's highest aristocracy in subsequent centuries.

Reign

Prithviraj ascended the throne of Amber after the death of his father, Raja Chandrasen, in 1503.

Mewari princess,[3] to whose house the rajas of Amber owed homage.[4]

Prithviraj was a fervent devotee of the

Amber, and Sitaram, which has one in Jaipur.[1] The latter idol was from then on carried at the head of the Amber army in battle.[3] At one point, Prithviraj made a pilgrimage to Dwarka, where he was initiated as a monk in the monastery.[1]

In March 1527, he, alongside his son Jagmal and a number of relations, fought under

Marwar and Rao Akheraj of Sirohi, escorted the injured Rana to safety.[5]

Death

Prithviraj did not long survive the battle, dying on 4 November 1527, two months before Rana Sanga's death. Like the latter, who was poisoned by his nobles in order to avoid further conflict with Babur, historian V.S Bhatnagar suggests that Prithviraj's death may also have been unnatural, noting that his successors later readily offered their allegiance to the Mughals.[6]

Family

Prithviraj had nine wives from multiple clans, by whom he had eighteen sons and three daughters. Twelve of these sons reached adulthood, with three eventually became rajas of Amber: Puranmal,

House of Kachwaha, who later formed the highest aristocracy of Jaipur.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Bhim Singh and Bharmal were both sons of Prithviraj's Rathore queen, Bala Bai,[1] daughter of Rao Lunkaran of Bikaner.[7] Puranmal's mother may also have been this woman,[8] though other identifications include her being Prithviraj's Tonwar wife.[1]

References

  1. ^
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  2. ^ Prasad, Rajiva Nain (1966). Raja Man Singh of Amber. p. 3.
  3. ^
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  4. ^ a b Bhatnagar, V. S. (1974). Life and Times of Sawai Jai Singh, 1688-1743. Impex India. p. 6.
  5. ^ Khan, Refaqat Ali (1976). The Kachhwahas under Akbar and Jahangir. Kitab Publishers. p. 2.
  6. ^ Bhatnagar, V.S (1974). Life and Times of Sawai Jai Singh, 1688–1743. Impex India. p. 6. The latter is believed to have been poisoned by a section of his nobles who were opposed to his resolve to face Babar again. The possibility of Prithviraj having met an unnatural death like Sanga, and for the same very reason, cannot be ruled out, especially when we note that his successors, instead of maintaining the struggle against the foreign foe, readily paid allegiance to him.
  7. ^ Singh, Rajvi Amar (1992). Mediaeval History of Rajasthan: Western Rajasthan. p. 1518.
  8. ISBN 9788129108906
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