The author has spent a long time researching the battle of Haldighati by thawing upon contemporary historical evidence as also the writings of later historians of note.
What is most commendable is the commitment, dedication and above all the authenticity and originality of approach by Shri Kesri Singhji of Mundiyar. The author has very manfully tackled this highly complex and often contradictory versions floated by many in the past. at Khamnor, has assumed awesome proportions to a researcher of history. In terms of each of the above aspects, this momentous baffle, fought in June 1576 A.D. All these issues have assumed tremendous significance, as time goes by, for a lot of us. This single occasion has raised issues of social context, the composition of opposing forces, the efficiency of execution of the adopted strategy and tactics and finally most touchingly the acts of unparalleled bravery, unmatched sacrifices and unimaginable fighting skills of a few individuals who participated in this battle. The battle of Haldighati, unlike any other battle in the military history of warfare, has aroused the greatest and most multifaceted interest. Significance should be attached to the fact that it was a fight for freedom, and not a communal war. His description of the Battle, which is based on a study of eye-witness accounts as well as the works of later historians of renown, bears the impress of his own intellectual inferences. Shri Keen Singhji of Mundiyar who was my class-mate at Mayo College, Ajmer, brought to me a narrative that he has written on the 400th anniversary of the Battle of HaIdi Ghati. He lives in Roopawas, in the Pali District of Rajasthan.
Hiking in the high mountains of the Himalayas, observing wild life in the sanctuaries and national parks of the country, or just gazing up at the star-spangled night skies of the desert, and reading good books on History and Philosophy, Travel and Adventure, and Rajasthani Literature, have been his favourite pastimes.īesides this present book, he has also authored "An Anthology of Rajasthani Poetry in English Translation". He was a Member of the Third Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from 1962 to 1967, and the first General Secretary of the Swatantra Party in the State, and a couple of decades later, a Vice President of the Rajasthan State unit of the Bhartiya Janta Party. I hope The Story of the Battle of Haldighati - Which is as close to authentic history as can he -will be found interesting by the general reder the essay discussing some of the Controversies Concerning the Battle, to be of some worth by serious scholars and researchers in the field of medieval Mewar history and The Maharana and the Muse, delightful by lovers of property.īorn on June 1, 1927, he graduated from the Mayo College, Ajmer, in 1946. His translations reflect not only his command of both languages but also his poetic imagination and fluency. There are few, perhaps none, as well equipped as Kesri Singh to create such translations. What follows is a feast of Rajasthani Dingal poetry in translation.
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