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| Keywords: Akbar shoots Jaimal at the siege of Chitor.jpg en The fall of the Rajasthani fortress of Chitor in 1568 when the Mughal army succeeded in approaching the ramparts by constructing covered defences As Akbar surveyed the battle one evening he took aim with his gun at a figure in the fort whose studded coat indicated that he was a leading enemy soldier The shot killed the man who was discovered to be the Rajput hero Jaimal The covered lines of attack built by the Mughals allow the army including armoured elephants centre left to approach the walls of the fortress shown upper left Akbar is shown top right holding the gun called Sangram with which he has just shot a figure in a studded coat The figure is Jaimal the general of the enemy army and the fortress submitted soon afterwards to the Mughal forces V A Museum 1590 -1596 Akbarnama http //warfare2 likamva in/Moghul/Akbar/1568-Akbar_shoots_Jaimal_at_the_siege_of_Chitor htm Abul Fazl V A Museum PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Military history of the Mughal Empire Paintings of Akbar the Great 1590s paintings from India 1568 in India Akbarnama | ||||
