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Chhatrasal
Bundela ruler (c.
Raja bundela biography books
1675–1731)
Chhatrasal Bundela or Maharaja Chhatrasal (4 May 1649 – 20 December 1731) was the Bundela Raja of Panna from 1675 to 1731. He is well known for his resistance against the Mughal Empire.[1]
Early life
Chhatrasal was born at Kachar Kachnai in Tikamgarh, in a Bundela Rajput family on 4 May 1649, to Champat Rai and Sarandha.
He was a descendant of Rudra Pratap Singh of Orchha.[2]
Power Struggle against the Mughals
Chhatrasal was 12 when his father Champat Rai of Mahoba was killed by the Mughals during the reign of Aurangzeb.
Chhatrasal raised the banner of revolt against the Mughals in Bundelkhand at the age of 22, with an army of 5 horsemen and 25 swordsmen, in 1671.[3]
Chhatrasal declared independence from Mughals in the 1720s and was able to resist the Mughals until he was attacked by Muhammad Khan Bangash in December 1728.
Chhatrasal was 79 years old when he led his army against Bangash, after a sev