Plaques stating that the Rajputs had to retreat in the Haldighati war were removed

Attempts to correct historical facts by the Archaeological Department

The professor claims that the Mughal army retreated against Rana Pratap

Jaipur: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has removed plaques in a blood pool in Rajsamand district stating that the Rajput army had to retreat during the Haldighat war between Maharana Pratap and Mughal emperor Akbar in 1576.

A section of Rajput community and locals claimed that the plaques contained "historically incorrect" information. Following this, politicians like Divya Kumari, a BJP MP from Rajsamand, raised the issue.

Bipin Chandra Negi, Jodhpur Circle Superintendent, ASI, said, "We have removed the plaques and will replace them with new plaques, the text of which will be based on historical facts."

When the Rajasthan government placed the plaques at Chetak Samadhi, Badshahi Bagh, Rakt Talai and Haldighati when the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited the area in 1975, there were no monuments protected by the center.

These sites were declared monuments of national importance in 2003 but the information was not posted on the plaques. From time to time these sites became obsolete and there was a controversy about their dates and some other information. Such information was further provided by Negi.

Chandra Shekhar Sharma, an associate professor at Government Mira Girls College, Udaipur, said the plaques contained false information stating the date of the Haldighati war and the Rajputs had to retreat in the war. Historically all these are false as the Mughal army had to retreat in the Haldighati war.