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23 February 1568

Third saka of Chittor; Jaimal and Patta fall

After a four-month siege Akbar takes Chittor. Jaimal Rathore and Patta Chundawat die leading the defence, the women perform jauhar, and Akbar orders a massacre of some 30,000 people of the fort.

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