At the age of 56, Maharana Pratap, Rajput ruler of Mewar, dies from injuries received in a hunting accident in 1597.
Pratap was said to have died as a result of injuries incurred in a hunting accident. On January 19, 1597, at the age of 56. His eldest son, Amar Singh I, succeeded him. Pratap advised his son on his deathbed not to succumb to the Mughals and to reclaim Chittor. Even as he died, Maharana Pratap remained on the grass bed, as his commitment to liberate Chittod had not yet been fulfilled. At the end, he held his son Amar Singh's hand in his and turned over the burden of freeing Chittod to his son, dying in peace.
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