If Courage was the distinguishing badge of the Rajputs, Pratap had more than his share of it; if unflinching resolution and indomitable will ever made a hero of a man, Pratap was one. If ever a man fought against fearful odds and pulled through them, it was he. Men have shrunk back from the very thought of adversity; Rana Pratap, a prince among men, invited it. Comfort and luxury have been hugged by thousands of this world’s heroes, Pratap scorned them when they had to be bought at the cost of his independence. Persia and England, Baghdad and Arabia felt honoured in sending costly embassies to the court of Akbar, the Great Mughal, but Pratap was content with sending his word of defiance. And the result? There is not a pass in the Alpine Aravallis that is not sanctified by some deed of Pratap, some brilliant victory or more glorious defeat. Generations of Indians have sworn by his name and the deeds with which he made every corner of the Mughal empire ring. What a sight it must have been Pratap against the might of Akbar. Wherever his language is spoken, Pratap’s is a name to rouse the disheartened.
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