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SIDHARTHA MISHRA

Classics Inspirational Children

Ramprasad

Ramprasad

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Maharana Pratap also owned an

 elephant whose name

 was Ramprasad.

His valour and fame was

at par with Chetak.

This elephant had killed thirteen war

 elephants of the Mughal army alone

in the battle of Haldighati.


When Akbar imprisoned Ramprasad,

the later did not eat anything or drink,

 losing his life on the 18th day!


Ramprasad was with Maharana Pratap,

 since his (elephant's) childhood.

He was considered to be the best

 among all the Mewari elephants.


The elephant was so intelligent, mighty

 and battle-worthy that he alone had

 slained 13 elephants of Akbar's army in

 battle of haldighati.


Akbar after listening this got awestruck.

 He finally made a strategy to slain this

 elephant by formation of CHAKRAVYUH.


 Chakravyuh composed of 7 mightiest

 elephants of Akbar's Army.

These elephants had 14 MAHAVATS

 CONTROLLING 7 ELEPHANTS.

Then only it became possible to cath this

 mighty elephant RAMPRASAD.


AL-BADAYUNI writes further in

 description of how indian animals were

 trained,so attached with their MASTERS

 and animals loyalty to its master.

This elephant now was captured and was

 later confronted with AKBAR.

AkBAR immediately changed his name

 from RAMPRASAD TO PIRPRASAD.


BY order of AKBAR the mughals

gave him special juicy SUGARCANES

 and water as its appetite.


The elephant did not eat till

 18 days and was in hunger.

 Later it succumbed to death.

Hearing this AKBAR SAID" the one's

 whose elephant does not bow down in

 front of me,how would I be able to slain

 Maharana Pratap."


There are temples of both Chetak,

Maharana Pratap's horse and of

Ramprasad in Mewad and still people

 from Mewad bow at the temple.


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