What our textbooks don't tell us: Why did the Rajputs keep losing in battle for centuries?

by Guest Wed May 18, 2016 3:35 pm

well written and informative:

http://scroll.in/article/728636/what-our-textbooks-dont-tell-us-why-the-rajputs-failed-miserably-in-battle-for-centuries

by goodcitizn Wed May 18, 2016 4:53 pm

Summary:

The invaders were great in tactics
The Rajputs couldn't copy 'em
But what the text books don't reveal
Is their habit of snorting opium

by Guest Wed May 18, 2016 5:27 pm

goodcitizn wrote:Summary:

The invaders were great in tactics
The Rajputs couldn't copy 'em
But what the text books don't reveal
Is their habit of snorting opium

another summary:

defeated by Ghazni, Ghori, Khilji, and Mughals
defeated too by Marathas, and then by British
stubbornly pursuing methods of warfare
that were long obsolete. The Rajputs knew
how to die bravely, but they did not know
how to properly conduct warfare.

by Guest Wed May 18, 2016 5:52 pm

consider this paragraph from the article:

What’s astonishing is that centuries of being out-thought and out-manoeuvred had no impact on the Rajput approach to war. Rana Pratap used precisely the same full frontal attack at Haldighati in 1576 that had failed so often before. Haldighati was a minor clash by the standards of Tarain and Khanua. Pratap was at the head of perhaps 3,000 men and faced about 5,000 Mughal troops. The encounter was far from the Hindu Rajput versus Muslim confrontation it is often made out to be. Rana Pratap had on his side a force of Bhil archers, as well as the assistance of Hakim Shah of the Sur clan, which had ruled North India before Akbar’s rise to power. Man Singh, a Rajput who had accepted Akbar’s suzerainty and adopted the Turko-Mongol battle plan led the Mughal troops. Though Pratap’s continued rebellion following his defeat at Haldighati was admirable in many ways, he was never anything more than an annoyance to the Mughal army. That he is now placed, in the minds of many Indians, on par with Akbar or on a higher plane says much about the twisted communal politics of the subcontinent.

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The Battle of Haldighati was not a straightforward hindu (Rana Pratap) versus muslim (Akbar) fight as the Hindutva Chaddis would have us believe. Consider the following pertaining to the Battle of Haldighati:

Hakim Sur was an Afghan; he and his men had supported and fought alongside Rana Pratap in the fight against Akbar at Haldighati. In contrast, the commander of Akbar's army was Raja Man Singh.

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