11-29-2006, 02:52 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Hauma Hamiddha+Nov 29 2006, 05:25 AM-->QUOTE(Hauma Hamiddha @ Nov 29 2006, 05:25 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Rawal Ajay actually did not bring up Hammir. Hammir was growing up in his mother's village and was called by Rawal Ajay to help him against a dacoit named Munja Balicha. Please read about it here:
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, I have seen that variant of the story too, where he is taken to his maternal house. I am not sure how one can choose between that the version where he was with Ajay Singh.The Maharatta chronicles follow the latter version. As per the later version he was 12 years old or something like that when Ajay's party states he must be tested and asks him to go kill Munja.
[right][snapback]61491[/snapback][/right]
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hello Hauma,
Hammir's life is a rather interesting. When Ari married Urmila, Hammir's mother, he could not break the news to Lakshman Singh because he knew that this marriage would not get Lakshman's approval as Urmila was a commoner and did not belong to royal lineage (though she was a rajputani). Ari would go see her on the pretext of hunting. Once Lakshman decided to launch an attack on Chittor to free it of turks, Ari went along and did not come back. But some of his retainers and his brother knew that his son lived with the mother.
Second interesting thing took place when Hammir was married. Chittor was being looked after by a Chauhan rajput for the delhi sultanate. His daughter was a child widow.
To belittle Hammir he decided to get her married to Hammir without telling him about the widow status. In those days it was considered a grave sin to marry a widow.
So when Hammir reached Chittor to marry the girl there was almost no pomp and show. Hammir's retainers got worried and thought that perhaps it is ploy to capture Hammir. Prior to this event Hammir had been raiding Muslims incessantly but was not able to win Chittor.
Hammir's wife did help him in regaining Chittor.
-Digvijay
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes, I have seen that variant of the story too, where he is taken to his maternal house. I am not sure how one can choose between that the version where he was with Ajay Singh.The Maharatta chronicles follow the latter version. As per the later version he was 12 years old or something like that when Ajay's party states he must be tested and asks him to go kill Munja.
[right][snapback]61491[/snapback][/right]
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hello Hauma,
Hammir's life is a rather interesting. When Ari married Urmila, Hammir's mother, he could not break the news to Lakshman Singh because he knew that this marriage would not get Lakshman's approval as Urmila was a commoner and did not belong to royal lineage (though she was a rajputani). Ari would go see her on the pretext of hunting. Once Lakshman decided to launch an attack on Chittor to free it of turks, Ari went along and did not come back. But some of his retainers and his brother knew that his son lived with the mother.
Second interesting thing took place when Hammir was married. Chittor was being looked after by a Chauhan rajput for the delhi sultanate. His daughter was a child widow.
To belittle Hammir he decided to get her married to Hammir without telling him about the widow status. In those days it was considered a grave sin to marry a widow.
So when Hammir reached Chittor to marry the girl there was almost no pomp and show. Hammir's retainers got worried and thought that perhaps it is ploy to capture Hammir. Prior to this event Hammir had been raiding Muslims incessantly but was not able to win Chittor.
Hammir's wife did help him in regaining Chittor.
-Digvijay