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#MaharanaPratap was a king of Mewar, a region in northwestern India in the present day state of Rajasthan. He is revered as a courageous and brave warrior who refused to submit to the Mughal invasion and tirelessly defended his land and people until the very end. In 1573 alone, Akbar sent six diplomatic missions to Mewar but Maharana Pratap turned down each one of them. The failure of efforts to negotiate a peace treaty angered Akbar, who resorted to war to lay his claim on Mewar. The Battle of Haldighati was a very fierce battle in which almost the whole of Mewar fell in Mughal hands. The Mughals were, however, unable to kill or capture Pratap who never ceased in his efforts to reclaim the kingdom. On July 1576, Pratap recaptured Gogunda from the Mughals and made Kumbhalgarh his temporary capital. But then Akbar personally led a campaign against Pratap and occupied Gogunda, Udaipur and Kumbhalgarh, forcing the Maharana to retreat into the mountainous tracts of southern Mewar. Ever the resilient warrior, Maharana Pratap remained steadfast in his aim to recover his kingdom and within a few years, he recovered many of his lost territories including Kumbhalgarh and the areas around Chittor. Eventually, he also regained Gogunda, Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambore and Udaipur. His birth anniversary, known as #MaharanaPratapJayanti, is celebrated annually on the third day of the Jyestha Shukla phase. #ThisDayInHistory