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| birth_place = [[Kumbhalgarh]], [[Kingdom of Mewar]]<ref name=brittanica /><ref>{{cite book |title=Ritual and Identity: Performative Practices as Effective Transformations of Social Reality |editor1-first=Klaus-Peter |editor1-last=Köpping |editor2-first=Bernhard |editor2-last=Leistle |editor3-first=Michael |editor3-last=Rudolph |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |year=2006 |page=286 |isbn=978-3-82588-042-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkBh1Nl4dHwC&pg=PA286 |access-date=11 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412063214/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BkBh1Nl4dHwC&pg=PA286 |archive-date=12 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>(present day: [[Kumbhalgarh|Kumbhalgarh Fort]], [[Rajsamand District]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]])

| death_place = [[Chavand, Rajasthan|Chavand]], [[Kingdom of Mewar]]<ref name=brittanica /><br/>(Present day: Chavand, [[Udaipur District]], Rajasthan, India)

| queen = [[Ajabde|Ajabde Bai PunwarPanwar]]

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| regent = [[Bhamashah]]<br />[[Jhala Man Singh]]

'''Pratap Singh I''' ({{circa}} 9 May 1540 – 19 January 1597), popularly known as '''Maharana Pratap''' ({{IPA-|hi|məɦaːˈɾaːɳaː pɾəˈtaːp|IPA|3audio=Maharana Pratap.ogg}}), was a king of the [[Kingdom of Mewar]], in north-western India in the present-day state of [[Rajasthan]], from 1572 until his death in 1597. He is notable for leading the [[Rajput confederacy|Rajput]] resistance against the expansionist policy of the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] including the [[Battle of Haldighati]] and the [[Maharana Pratap#Revival of Mewar|Battle of Dewair]].

Maharana Pratap was born to [[Udai Singh II]] of [[Udaipur State|Mewar]] and [[Jaiwanta Bai]] in 1540, the year in which Udai Singh ascended to the throne after defeating [[Vanvir singh|Vanvir Singh]].{{sfn|Rana|2004|pp=28, 105}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|title=A History of Jaipur|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=1994|isbn=978-8-12500-333-5|page=48|author-link=Jadunath Sarkar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Daryanani|first=Mohan B.|title=Who's who on Indian Stamps| year=1999|isbn=978-8-49311-010-9|page=302|publisher=Mohan B. Daryanani }}</ref> His younger brothers were [[Shakti Singh (16th century Indian noble)|Shakti Singh]], Vikram Singh and Jagmal Singh. Pratap also had two stepsisters: Chand Kanwar and Man Kanwar. His chief consort was [[Ajabde|Ajabde Bai Punwar]] of [[Bijolia]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhatt|first=Rajendra Shankar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHFuAAAAMAAJ|title=Maharana Pratap|date=2005|publisher=National Book Trust, India|isbn=978-81-237-4339-4|language=en}}</ref> Their eldest son was [[Amar Singh I]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Sri Ram|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3twgPwAACAAJ|title=Maharana Pratap: A Biography|date=2002|publisher=Hope India Publ.|isbn=978-81-7871-005-1|language=en}}</ref> He belonged to the royal family of [[Mewar]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Maharana Pratap & his times|first1=Gopi Nath|last1=Sharma|first2=M. N.|last2=Mathur|publisher=Maharana Pratap Smarak Samiti|location=[[Udaipur State]]|page=29}}</ref> After the death of Udai Singh in 1572, Rani Dheer Bai Bhatiyani wanted her son [[Jagmal Singh|Jagmal]] to succeed him<ref>{{cite book|last=Lal|first=Muni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zExuAAAAMAAJ|title=Akbar|publisher=Vikas Publishers|year=1980|isbn=978-0-70691-076-6|location=[[University of Michigan]]|page=135}}</ref> but senior courtiers preferred Pratap, [[primogeniture|as the eldest son]], to be their king. The desire of the nobles prevailed and Pratap ascended the throne as Maharana Pratap, the 54th ruler of [[Mewar]] in the line of the [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia Rajputs]].{{Sfnm|1a1=Augustus|1y=1890|1p=190|2a1=Rana|2y=2004|2p=17}} He was crowned in [[Gogunda]] on the auspicious day of [[Holi]]. Jagmal swore revenge and left for [[Ajmer]], to join the armies of Emperor [[Akbar]],. He andwas obtainedgiven the town of [[Jahazpur]] as a ''[[Jagir]]'' as a gift in return for his help.{{Sfn|Majumdar|1974|p=234}}