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| conflict = Siege of Ontala
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| date = 1599
| place = Ontala
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| territory = Ontala fort captured by Rajputs
| result = Mewar Victory
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| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Mewar.svg}} [[Kingdom of Mewar]]
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| commander1 = [[Amar Singh I]]<br>Ballu Shaktawat {{KIA}}<br>Jaitra Singh Chundawat {{KIA}}<br>Benda Thakur
| commander2 = Kayum Khan {{KIA}}
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The '''Siege of Ontala''' or The '''Siege of Untala'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Paliwal |first=D. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LWxuAAAAMAAJ&q=siege+of+untala |title=Maharaj Shakti Singh and the Shaktawats of Boheda: A History of Boheda Thikana |date=2004 |publisher=Books Treasure |language=en}}</ref> was the military expedition of the [[Kingdom of Mewar]] under [[Amar Singh I]] against the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] that commenced in 1599 during which the [[Rajput|Rajputs]] successfully captured the fort of Ontala.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgEwAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Mughals and Rajputs |date=1999 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |pages=72 |language=en |quote=Ontala , the siege of which is famous for one of the most extraordinary exhibitions of Rajput courage.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIxNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA802 |title=The London and Paris Observer: Or Chronicle of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts |date=1832 |publisher=Galignani |pages=802 |language=en}}</ref>
== Background ==
During 1599, there was a conflict between two [[Rajput clans|Rajput clans,]] [[Chundawat|Chundawats]] and [[Shaktawat|Shaktawats]]. To avoid blood shed [[Amar Singh I|Rana Amar Singh]] kept a proposal that the clan who enters the fort of Ontala first would have the rights to ''herole'' ([[Vanguard]]) the [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia]] army.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIxNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA802 |title=The London and Paris Observer: Or Chronicle of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts |date=1832 |publisher=Galignani |pages=802 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Swinburne |first=T. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4JCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA291 |title=A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil |date=1907 |publisher=Smith, Elder, & Company |isbn=978-1-4142-9759-0 |pages=291 |language=en}}</ref>
== Battle ==
The [[Shaktawat|Shaktawats]] decided to enter the fort through the Gate of the fort, while the [[Chundawat|Chundawats]] decided to enter the fort by climbing walls. The Shaktawats dosed the Gate of the fort with elephants, while Chundawats placed ladders on the walls to climb in. Ballu the [[Shaktawat]] chief placed himself between the Sharp iron spikes of the Gate of the Fort and the elephants, so that the elephants don't get injured, which brings him to death.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Douglas |first=James |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G4YMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA315 |title=Glimpses of Old Bombay and Western India, with Other Papers |date=1900 |publisher=S. Low, Marston |pages=315 |language=en}}</ref>
The [[Chundawat]] chief Jaitra Singh Chundawat died while climbing the fort by an incoming rock. Benda Thakur, the mad chief, threw the dead body of Jaitra Singh inside the fort and successfully climbed the fort.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Swinburne |first=T. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4JCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA291 |title=A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil |date=1907 |publisher=Smith, Elder, & Company |isbn=978-1-4142-9759-0 |pages=291 |language=en}}</ref>
[[Chundawat|Chundawats]] got the rights to ''herole'' ([[Vanguard]]) as they entered the fort first.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgEwAQAAIAAJ |title=Encyclopaedia Indica: Mughals and Rajputs |date=1999 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-7041-859-7 |pages=72 |language=en |quote=The right to lead the herole ( vanguard ), which had for generations belonged to the Chondawats.}}</ref> Shaktawats entered the fort through the gateway. Kayum Khan, the [[Mughals|Mughal]] chief was killed in the battle at Ontala.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sIxNAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA802 |title=The London and Paris Observer: Or Chronicle of Literature, Science, and the Fine Arts |date=1832 |publisher=Galignani |pages=802 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:Battles involving the Indian kingdoms]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Mughal Empire]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Rajputs]]
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:16th century in India]]
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