Hidden Histories of Akbar

Akbar falsely called ' THE GREAT' tspent almost all his reigning life at war.
Akbar wanted to conquer Mewar, which was being ruled by Rana Uday Singh, the king of Mewar.
Kunwar Shakti Singh, son of the Rana who had quarreled with his father, had run away and approached Akbar when the latter was camping at Dholpur and preparing to attack Malwa. During one of these meetings, in August 1567, Shakti Singh came to know from a remark made in jest by emperor Akbar that he was intending to wage war against Chittor.
Akbar had told Shakti Singh in jest that since his father had not submitted himself before him like other princes and chieftains of the region he would attack him. Startled by this revelation, Shakti Singh quietly rushed back to Chittor and informed his father of the impending invasion by Akbar. Akbar was furious with the departure of Shakti Singh and decided to attack Mewar to humble the arrogance of the Ranas.
In September 1567, the emperor left for Chittor, and on October 20, 1567, camped in the vast plains outside the fort. In the meantime, Rana Uday Singh, on the advice of his council of advisors, decided to go away from Chittor to the hills of Udaipur. Jaimal and Patta, two brave army chieftains of Mewar, were left behind to defend the fort along with 8,000 Rajput warriors under their command. Akbar laid siege to the fortress.
The Rajput army fought valiantly and Akbar himself had narrowly escaped death. In this grave situation, Akbar had prayed for divine help for achieving victory and vowed to visit the shrine of the sufi saint Khwaja at Ajmer. On that day Jaimal was seriously wounded but he continued to fight with support from Patta.
Jaimal Rathore and Fatta Sisodiya ordered jauhar to be performed where princes and princesses of Mewar and noble matrons committed self-immolation at the funeral pyre where approximately 8,000 women burned themselves to prevent islamic rape and indignity , in the night of February 22, 1568 AD, .
Next day the gates of the fort were opened and Rajput soldiers charged out bravely to fight the enemies. Jaimal and Patta, who fought bravely, were at last killed in action.
Furious Akbar ....having a pyhrric victory ordered the slaughter of more than 40,000 women and children of CHITTORGARH .... (Abul Faz'l has given a true account of the event as seen by Akbar in his biography in 1568 AD.)