23 Facts About Rani Padmini

1.

Rani Padmini succeeds, marries her and brings his wife to Chittor where he becomes king again.

2.

Rani Padmini lived during the rule of Babur, the Islamic emperor who started the Mughal Empire after ending the Delhi Sultanate.

3.

Rani Padmini's father resented the parrot's closeness to his daughter, and ordered the bird to be killed.

4.

Rani Padmini disguised herself as Padmavati, and appeared before Ratan Sen, but the king was not fooled.

5.

Rani Padmini deceitfully captured Ratan Sen and took him to Delhi.

6.

In Chittor, while Ratan Sen and Rani Padmini were making love, a Brahmin named Raghav Vyas accidentally interrupted them.

7.

Rani Padmini deceitfully captured Ratan Sen, after having caught a glimpse of Padmini.

8.

Tod's version of Rani Padmini's life story was a synthesis of multiple sources and a Jain monk named Gyanchandra assisted Tod in his research of the primary sources relating to Rani Padmini.

9.

Rani Padmini was married to Lachhman Singh's uncle and regent Maharana Bhim Singh.

10.

Rani Padmini was famous for her beauty, and Alauddin besieged Chittor to obtain her.

11.

The Rajputs reciprocate the trust and arrange to have Rani Padmini sit in a room at the edge of a water tank.

12.

Rangalal Bandyopadhyay's patriotic and narrative poem Padmni Upakhyan based on the story of Rajput queen Rani Padmini was published in 1858.

13.

Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode's play Rani Padmini is based on James Tod's account: The ruler of Chittor is Lakshmansinha, while Rani Padmini is the wife of the Rajput warrior Bhimsinha.

14.

Nevertheless, his account of Alauddin and Rani Padmini follows Tod's version with some variations.

15.

Alauddin captures Bhimsinha using deceit, but Rani Padmini manages to rescue him using the palanquin trick; another noted warrior Gora is killed in this mission.

16.

This, not Rani Padmini, would have prompted Alauddin to launch a campaign against Chittor.

17.

For example, according to Firishta, Rani Padmini was a daughter of Ratan Sen.

18.

Rani Padmini has been admired for her character, her willingness to commit jauhar instead of being humiliated and accosted by Muslims, as a symbol of bravery and an exemplar like Meera.

19.

Rani Padmini Mahal, said to be the royal abode of Queen Rani Padmini, is situated at the southern part of Chittorgarh Fort.

20.

Rani Padmini's Palace find its mention in several historical texts of Mewar.

21.

The life story of Rani Padmini appears in some Muslim Sufi, Hindu Nath and Jain tradition manuscripts with embedded notes that the legend is symbolic.

22.

Some are dated to the 17th-century, and state that Chittor symbolizes the human body, the king is the human spirit, the island kingdom of Singhal is the human heart, Rani Padmini is the human mind.

23.

Several films based on the legend of Rani Padmini have been made in India.