"Rana Ratan Singh II was the Maharana ( 1528 – 1531) of Mewar Kingdom. He was a son of Rana Sanga. He was killed during a war in 1531. He was succeeded by his surviving brother Vikramaditya Singh. His wives were Rani Guman Kanwar and Maharani Suja Bai of Bundi.
formally referred to as Ratnasimha was the king of Mewar Medapata kingdom located in what is currently known as Rajasthan state in India. Ratnasimha was from the Guhila dynasty’s Rawal family branch. The dynasty ruled the region from Chittorgarh, then called Chitrakuta fort.
Ratan Singh is the name assigned to Ratnasimha in the different legends about him written in vernacular languages. One of the fictionalized legendary versions of Singh was Ratan Sen; he was first featured in the poem ‘Padmavat’ composed by Malik Muhammad Jayasi.
Incidentally, Rani Padmavati (Rani Padmini) was the second wife of Rawal Ratan Singh. He had a wife known as Nagmati; but he was keen on winning the hand of the stunning Padmavati, whose ‘swayamvar’ was held by her father. Singh was able to win her hand in marriage, despite having intense competition from hundreds of kings and princes who had come to the event.
As per this literary work in the poem ‘Padmavat’, Alauddin Khilji invaded Chittor after hearing about the immense beauty of Ratan Sen’s wife Rani Padmini. Khilji wanted to take Padmini back to Delhi as his prize and hence attacked the fort. Alauddin was successful in capturing the fort, but the Rani along with many other women in the fort self-immolated to protect their honor and avoid being taken hostage by the enemy.
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