Haridas Kesaria

Haridas Kesaria or Haridas Mahiyaria (d. March 1527) was a 16th-century Mewar chieftain, warrior and poet from Rajasthan. In the Battle of Gagron in 1519, he fought alongside the Mewar army led by Rana Sanga, capturing and imprisoning the Sultan Mahmud Khalji II of Malwa, thus quickly ending the war. He was a close friend of Rana Sanga, participating in many battles and campaigns of Mewar kingdom. He fought as a commander in many battles including Battle of Khatoli, Battle of Gagron, Battle of Dholpur, Rana Sanga's invasion of Gujarat, Battle of Bayana and Battle of Khanwa in which he sacrificed his life on the battlefield while defending Rana Sanga.[1][2]

  1. ^ Singh, Mahendra Pratap (2001). Shivaji, Bhakha Sources and Nationalism. Books India International. Rana publicly announced that he would give away his whole kingdom of Mewar to Charan Haridas of the Mahiyaria clan. Haridas humbly refused the offer and accepted only twelve villages. One of those villages was still in the possession of Charan's descendants when Kavi Raja Shyamaldan wrote his book in the closing decades of the 19th century.
  2. ^ Mahārāṇā Pratāpa ke pramukha sahayogī [Mahārāṇā Pratāpa and his associates] (in Hindi). Rājasthānī Granthāgāra. 1997. सांगा ने हरिदास महियारिया को चित्तौड़ का राज्य देकर प्रथम राष्ट्र कवि के पद पर आसीन किया । हरिदास ने खानवा प्रथम स्वाधीनता के निर्णायक युद्ध में अपने प्राणों की आहुति दी। [Sanga gave the kingdom of Chittor to Haridas Mahiyariya and made him the first national poet. Haridas sacrificed his life in the decisive battle of Khanwa First Independence.]