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Bappa Rawal: A unique Mewari warrior

Bappa Rawal: A unique Mewari warrior APRIL 25, 2018 Bappa Rawal was the most ardent warrior of the Mewari dynasty. No other warrior of India can match them in valor. He is the ruler and warrior about whom it is said in Rajasthani folklore that -  First Bappa Rawal hoisted saffron. And put your head to your holy king. Then they were all like Iran and Afghan. This is how Mewari leopards were on the swoop. After the establishment of the Arabs' rule in Sindh, the hero who not only successfully prevented them from moving towards the east, but also gave them a crushing defeat many times, his name was Bappa Rawal. Bappa Rawal was the eighth ruler of the Gehlot Rajput dynasty and his childhood name was Prince Kalbhoj. He was born in 713 and died at the age of about 97 years. He did not accept the name of his dynasty after becoming the ruler, but had started a new dynasty in the name of Mewar dynasty and made Chittor his capital. Immediately after the founding of Islam, Arab Mus...