Rana Amar Singh of Mewar, son of Maharana Pratap, made peace with the Mughals in 1615 after a campaign led by Prince:

Rana Amar Singh I of Mewar, the son of Maharana Pratap, made peace with the Mughals in 1615, after a determined campaign led by Prince Khurram (later the emperor Shah Jahan), during the reign of Jahangir.

Background:

• Maharana Pratap had resisted the Mughals throughout his life and had recovered much of Mewar.
• After his death in 1597, his son Amar Singh I continued the resistance.
• Several Mughal campaigns against him, including one led by Prince Parvez, did not succeed.

The campaign of Prince Khurram:

• In 1613-14, Jahangir sent Prince Khurram with a large army to Mewar.
• Khurram set up military posts throughout the country, cut off supplies, and devastated the land, forcing the Rajputs into great difficulty.
• Amar Singh, seeing his people suffer, decided to make peace.

The treaty of 1615:

• Amar Singh accepted Mughal overlordship, but was treated with great honour.
• He was not required to attend the Mughal court in person; his son, Karan Singh, went to the court instead, and was given a high mansab.
• The Rana was not required to give a daughter in marriage to the Mughals, unlike other Rajput rulers.
• The territories of Mewar, including Chittor, were restored to him, but he agreed not to repair or refortify the fort of Chittor.
• Jahangir was delighted with the agreement, and had statues of the Rana and his son placed in the garden of the palace at Agra.

Significance:

• It ended the long conflict between Mewar and the Mughals, which had lasted since the time of Akbar.
• It showed Jahangir's policy of conciliating the Rajputs.

About Prince Khurram:

• He was Jahangir's third son, and the most capable of his sons.
• He became the emperor Shah Jahan in 1628.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Prince Parvez had led an earlier, unsuccessful campaign.
• ✗Salim was Jahangir's own name as a prince.
• ✗Daniyal was a son of Akbar.