Durgadas Rathore is remembered for protecting the infant heir of which Rajput state during Aurangzeb's reign?
- A.Marwar
- B.Mewar
- C.Amer
- D.Bundi
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Marwar. Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Marwar died at Jamrud in 1678, and Aurangzeb tried to take the state under direct Mughal control. Durgadas Rathore smuggled the posthumous heir, Ajit Singh, out of Delhi and kept him safe for decades, running a guerrilla resistance from the hills and the desert. Ajit Singh finally recovered Jodhpur after Aurangzeb's death in 1707, and Durgadas is honoured in Rajasthan as the saviour of the Rathore house.
Option B is wrong because Mewar's ruler in that war was Maharana Raj Singh I, who sheltered Ajit Singh but had no infant heir in hiding. Option C is wrong because Amer under the Kachhwahas remained in Mughal service through the period. Option D is wrong because Bundi, a Hada state, played no such role; its celebrated moment is Rao Surjan Hada's surrender of Ranthambore to Akbar in 1569.
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Practice Questions
View allIn the Battle of Khanwa, fought in 1527, Babur defeated which Rajput ruler?
- A.Rana Kumbha of Mewar
- B.Rana Sanga of Mewar
- C.Maldeo Rathore of Marwar
- D.Rao Bika of Bikaner
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The Battle of Khanwa was fought on 17 March 1527 near Fatehpur Sikri, where Babur used his artillery and the tulughma flanking movement to break the Rajput confederacy led by Maharana Sanga.
Read the full explanation →Which Rajput ruler of Rajasthan was the first to accept an alliance with Akbar, in 1562?
- A.Rao Chandrasen of Marwar
- B.Udai Singh II of Mewar
- C.Raja Bharmal of Amer
- D.Rai Singh of Bikaner
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Read the full explanation →Jaimal of Merta and Patta of Kelwa are remembered for the defence of which fort against Akbar?
- A.Ranthambore
- B.Chittorgarh
- C.Mehrangarh
- D.Junagarh
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Read the full explanation →Who commanded the Mughal army against Maharana Pratap at the Battle of Haldighati in 1576?
- A.Akbar in person
- B.Mirza Raja Jai Singh I
- C.Man Singh I of Amer
- D.Todar Mal
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Read the full explanation →The treaty of 1615 that ended the long conflict between Mewar and the Mughals was signed by which Maharana?
- A.Maharana Pratap
- B.Amar Singh I
- C.Raj Singh I
- D.Jagat Singh II
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Amar Singh I, the son and successor of Maharana Pratap, fought Mughal columns for years before accepting terms in 1615 in Jahangir's reign.
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