Who was Patta Chundawat? It is about Patta Chundawat or Fateh Singh Sisodia who was sacrificed in the third Shaka of Chittorgarh against Akbar.
Maharana Lakha's eldest son Chunda gave up the throne of Mewar for his younger stepbrother Mokal and attained the status of Bhishma Pitamah of Mewar.
Chunda's grandson, son of Rawat Siha i.e. Chunda's great grandson Jagga Chundawat became the Rawat of Kelwa. He played an important role in taking Rana Uday Singh to Chittor and getting him the throne of Mewar.
After this, in 1555 AD, he died as a martyr while protecting Maharana Pratap in the battle of Jaitana and Chappan. His chhatri is built on the banks of Som River in Aspur of Banswara. The descendants of Jagga Chundawat came to be known as Jaggawat.
After Jagga Chundawat, his son Patta Chundawat became the Rawat of Kelwa. The real name of Patta Chundawat was Fateh Singh Sisodia, which later became Fatta and finally Patta.
Patta Chundawat was the commander of the fort along with Jaimal Rathore in the third Shaka of Chittor in 1568 AD. The Jauhar of this Shaka was probably performed in his mansion present in the fort under the leadership of his wife Phool Kanwar.
When warriors like Jaimal Rathore, Kalla Rathore, Rawat Saindas Chundawat, Isardas attained martyrdom in the war, then Rawat Patta Chundawat of Kelva took over the command of the war.
While fighting, he piled up the bodies of Mughal soldiers and after this he started killing Mughal elephants as well.
When many elephants of the Mughals were killed, then finally Akbar released a drunk elephant towards Rawat Patta Chundawat. This drunk elephant picked up Patta with its trunk near the Govind Shyam temple of Rampol gate and threw him on the ground and then picked him up with its trunk and took him to Akbar.
In the last moments of his death, Patta Chundawat wanted to say something to Akbar standing there but he died before he could say anything. In this battle, the Govind Shyam temple was demolished, in place of which now there is Sitaram temple (Shri Ram Janaki temple).
Akbar was so impressed by the bravery of Jaimal and Patta that he installed their statues sitting on elephants on both sides of the gate of the Agra fort. These statues were later demolished by Aurangzeb.
The statues of Jaimal and Patta are still installed at the Surajpol gate of Junagarh fort in Bikaner. On the heroic sacrifice of Patta, his son Karan Singh got the estate of Amet, and he became the first Rawat of Amet.
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Ramesh Sharma {M Pharm, MSc (Computer Science), PGDCA, MA (History), CHMS}
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