Ramshah Tomar (born Ramsingh Tomar) was the last

Tomara Tomara may refer to: * Tomara dynasty of Delhi region in northern India * Tomaras of Gwalior The Tomaras of Gwalior (also called Tomar in modern vernaculars because of schwa deletion) were a Rajput dynasty who ruled the Gwalior Fort and its s ...

Rajput king of Gwalior. Owing to his valour, Udai Singh married one of his daughter to Ramshah's son

Shalivahan Singh Tomar Shalivahan Singh Tanwar was heir apparent and son of Ramshah Tanwar the Tomar king of Gwalior. They were ousted by Akbar and sought refuge in Mewar which at the time was the only state who refused Akbar as head of state. He, along with his fathe ...

. After being defeated by

Akbar Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...

in Gwalior, he continued offering resistance to mughals from his maternal home Mewar and later on died fighting in the Battle of Haldighati. Abd al-Qadir Badayuni, a Mughal historian who fought against Ramshah in the

Battle of Haldighati The Battle of Haldighati was a battle fought on 18 June 1576 between the Mewar forces led by Maharana Pratap, and the Mughal forces led by Man Singh I of Amber. The Mughals carried the day after inflicting significant casualties on Mewar fo ...

praised him in his book as follows - "I saw a warrior who left the battle of the elephants on the right, reached the main part of the Mughal army and carried out terrifying manslaughter there. Ramshah, the grandson of the famous Raja Man Singh of Gwalior, who always remained in Rana's Haraval (front row), showed such valor which is beyond the power of writing. Due to his powerful attack, the Rajputs of

Mansingh Man Singh I, popularly known as Mirza Raja Man Singh (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 29th Kachwaha Rajput Raja of Amer, later known as Jaipur state, in Rajputana. He was the most powerful and trusted general of the Mughal emp ...

kachwaha on the left side of Haraval had to flee and take shelter of the Sayyids of the right side, which also caused Asaf Khan to flee. If the Sayyid people had not kept fighting at that time, then the runaway army of the Haraval (front row) had created such a situation that we would have faced a shameful defeat." Abul fazl, the grand Vizier of

, wrote in his Akbarnama - "These two (Ramshah & Shalivahan) were friends of war and enemies of life, who had made life cheap and honour expensive. Battling with valour, Ramshah, his three sons - Shalivahan Singh, Bhavani Singh, Pratap Singh, his grandson - Balbahadur and 300 of his Tomar followers were all martyred. Not a single brave man of the Tanwar clan survived the war." Owing to their Valour and devotion, Two Chhatris (Memorials) were made by Maharana Karan Singh (grandson of Maharana Pratap) in Rakt Talai for Ramshah Tomar and

Lineage & Descendants

Tomar Descendants of Sohan Singh s/o

Anangpal Anangpal II, popularly known as Anangpal Tomar, was a ruler from the Tomar Rajput dyansty. He is known to have established and populated Delhi in the 11th century. He is often confused with Anangpal I, the founder of Tomar Dynasty of Delhi, w ...

, the ruler of Delhi in the 12th century. # Virsingh nearly A.D.1375 # Uddhharandev A.D.1400 # Vikramdev # Ganapatidev A.D.1419 # Dugarendrasingh # Kalyanmalla # Man Singh Tomar A.D.1486 # Vikramaditya Tomar # Ramshah Tomar ##

(married a daughter of Udai Singh of Mewar) ### Shyamshah Tomar ### Mitrasen Tomar ### Rao Dharmagat ## Bhawani Singh Tomar ## Pratap Singh Tomar Later on, his descendants ruled from the

Thikana Thakur is a historical feudal title of the Indian subcontinent. It is also used as a surname in the present day. The female variant of the title is Thakurani or Thakurain, and is also used to describe the wife of a Thakur. There are varying ...

s in Lakhansar ( Bikaner), Khetasar and Kelawa ( Jodhpur) and Dalniya ( Jaipur).M. N. Mathur, Battle of Haldighati, Page 2

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