Ranabai

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Ranabai was a Jat warrior girl born on 1543 in the family of Chaudhari Jalam Singh of village Harnawa in Parwatsar pargana of Marwar. Jalam Singh was a Hindu Jat chieftain of Ghana gotra. Ranabai was a brahmcharini and a strong devotee of God. A subedar of Badsah Akbar was stationed near a pond at distance of 6 km from village Harnawa with a force of 500 horse-riders. He was a man of bad conduct. One day he invited Jalam Singh with a bad intention and pressurized him to marry his daughter Ranabai with him. Jalam Singh refused his offer and abused him. The muslim subedar arrested Jalam Singh and attacked Harnawa. When Ranabai learnt that muslim subedar had attacked Harnawa with a bad intention to marry her she took sword in her hands and attacked the muslim soldiers like a tigress. She attacked the muslim subedar and copped his head off. She also killed many of the soldiers. Looking to her bravery the rest of soldiers ran away. She thus got freed his father Jalam Singh. The story of the bravery of Ranabai spread in the entire marwar region.

Reference

Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934, 1992 (pp

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