Chef surjan singh jolly biography of rory

Chittor endured some of the most famous sieges in history.

The first plundering occurred in 1303 by the then sultan of Delhi Alla ud din khilji, on the pretext of winning Padmini the queen of Rawal Rattan Singh.

The king was outwitted by the sultan and demanded unconditional hand over of the Rani Padmini. On learning this, all the women in the fort performed the ritual Johar (the voluntary self-immolation of women). It was an intense fight and finally Alla ud din khilji appointed his eldest son Khizer Khan as the governor of Chittor and the town was named after him as Khizerabad.

However, Ajaisi survived and retreated with a small entourage of soldiers to the hills aided by the bhils and determined to win back Chittor, they carried on their freedom struggle.

In 1326, within 2 years of khilji’s death, Rana Hamir Singh, grandson of Rana Rattan Singh liberated Chittor from the Turkish rule.

It was then the only Hindu kingdom left unfettered in northern India, all other Rajput