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BHAMA SAH, THE SAVIOUR OF MEWAR.
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"The name of Bhama Sah," says Colonel Tod, preserved as the Saviour of Mewar" An Oswal1 by birth and a Jaina by religion, he was the perfect model of fidelity and devotion He was the diwan of the illustrious Rana Pratap-an office which his family had held for several generations
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The invasion of Chittore by Akbar and the gallant defence of it by Pratap are facts well-known to every student of Indian History It is sufficient for our present purpose to mention that once Rana Pratap, on account of the want of funds, had been reduced to such a straitened condition that he resolved to abandon Mewar and emigrate to Sindh with all his family and followers who preferred exile to degradation. He descended the Arvalı and had already reached the desert when the patriotic magnanimity of his minister made him change his resolution. Bhama placed at the disposal of his master all the riches and resources of his forefathers-which are stated to have been equivalent to the maintenance of twenty-five thousand men for twelve years-and requested him to return to his native soil and to renew the war against Akbar. The result was that Rana Pratap in a short campaigne regained
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