In relation to Ranmal also, conflicting and untrue things are found in various legends. Most of them do not stand the test of history. Nevertheless, on the basis of the known material it can be said indisputably that Ranmal left his father's kingdom as soon as his father was alive and he left Nagaur and stayed at Dhanla village near Nadol where Songra Chauhan ruled. He fought with the Chauhans and defeated them.
in Mewar's refuge
Ranmal stayed in Dhanla for a few days and went to Maharana Lakha of Chittor who was also Ranmal's brother-in-law. Chunda's sister Hansabai was married to Maharana Lakha on the condition that if a son was born from Hansa Bai's womb, he would become the ruler of Mewar. Although at the time of this marriage, Chunda, the son of Maharana Lakha, was young, but at the behest of Chunda, Maharana Lakha accepted this condition and married Hansabai. When Ranmal came to live with Maharana Lakha, Lakha gave him Dhanla village along with forty villages in the jagir from where Ranmal had killed the Chauhans. In no time Ranmal became a confidant of Maharana Lakha and started leading the armies of Mewar. He conquered Ajmer and included Ajmer in the Mewar kingdom. This made Lakha extremely pleased with Ranmal.
entertaining Mewar's politics
On the death of Rana Lakha in 1421 AD, his 12-year-old son Mokal ascended the throne of Mewar. He was born from the womb of Ranmal's sister Hansabai. Due to Mokal's short life, Chunda, the eldest son of late Maharana Lakha, became his guardian and ruled Mewar in the name of Mokal. Within no time, mistrust began to develop between Hansabai and Chunda. Hansabai began to doubt that when given the opportunity, Chunda would seize the throne of Mewar. When the dispute between the two started increasing, Chunda left Mewar and went to the service of the Sultan of Mandu. In this incident, there are conflicting accounts in the legends regarding the role of Hansabai and her brother Ranmal. According to Shyamaldas, many eminent writers of Mewar and the author of Veer Vinod, Chunda, on his way to Mandu, took all the other brothers with him except Raghavdev. Raghavdev left Chittor for the safety of Mokal and the ancestral kingdom of Mewar. After the departure of Chunda, the position of Ranmal became paramount in the state of Mewar. He served Maharana Mokal diligently and suppressed the revolts that arose against Maharana. With the increasing influence of Ranmal, the Sisodia feudatories got scared and they started feeling that one day the power of the Rathores would be established over Mewar. So he started opposing Ranmal. Ranmal also had to raise a powerful army of Rathore soldiers under his leadership, whose expenses had to be borne by the state of Mewar.
Rajatilak to step-brother
In 1423 AD, Ranmal's father Rao Chunda died in the battle of Nagaur. On receiving this information, Ranmal came from Mewar to Mandore and as per the promise given to his father, he crowned his half-brother Kanha. After this Ranmal did not go to Mewar and started living in Sojat village of Marwar state. The Bhatis had killed Ranmal's father Chunda, so Ranmal started plundering the area of the Bhatis. The Bhatis sent their bard arm Sandhayach to Ranmal to make reconciliation. Ranmal was pleased with Bhujja singing the praises. On this the Bhatis married their daughter Ranmal. After this Ranmal stopped looting the area of Bhatis. Ranmal's eldest son Jodha was born from the womb of this Bhatiyani queen.
Ranmal gets Mandore state
Randhir, the younger brother of Rao Satta, instigated Ranmal to take over the Mandore kingdom. His argument was that Ranmal had every right to take possession of the temple because Chunda had given the kingdom to Kanha and not to the power. Ranmal accepted Randhir's request and in 1427 AD attacked Mandore with the help of Mewar's army. Satta's son Narbad faced Ranmal but Narbad was defeated. Ranmal took possession of Mandore. After taking possession of Mandore, Ranmal started ruling by making Mandore his capital. The kingdom of Ranmal was from Mandore to Pali, Sojat, Jaitaran and Nadaul. Ranmal killed Garbh Sindhal in Jhabar, Toga Sindhal in Jetaran, Charda Sindhal in Bagri and Nadha Sindhal in Sojat. Dealing with the Sindhals, Ranmal looted Bikampur by killing Kelhan Bhati and snatched Jalore from Bihari Pathan Hasan Khan. (Ranmal was married to Kodmade, the daughter of Kelhan Bhati, from whose womb Jodha was born.) Rao Ranmal made a pilgrimage for the purpose of bathing in the Ganges and went to Gaya pilgrimage and did many charity.
The plight of Mewar after Ranmal returns
After Ranmal's departure to Mandore, the state of Mewar began to suffer. Although Mokal was young, Hansabai still used to do a lot of government work. A prince as majestic as Chunda, along with his other brothers and Mewari chieftains, was serving the Sultan of Mandu who was an enemy of Chittor. Sensing the weakness of Mewar, Sultan Hoshang Shah of Malwa attacked Gagron fort located under Mewar state. The guard of the fort, Achaldas Dhichi, who was also a relative of Mokal, was killed fighting and Gagron was captured by Hoshang Shah. Mokal also had a conflict with the Muslim ruler of Nagaur, Firoz Khan, in which Mewar had to face defeat. The Hadas of Bundi also encroached on the boundaries of Mewar and occupied the area up to Mandalgarh. The ruler of Sirohi created chaos in the region of Godwad. Thus, the dominance and influence of Mewar began to decline during the reign of Mokal. In such a situation, Sultan Ahmed Shah of Gujarat attacked Mewar. He plundered heavily in the areas of Dungarpur, Kelwara and Delwara. Maharana Mokal left Chittor with the army to face him. In 1433 AD, when he was camping in the Jilwara region, two of his uncles - Chacha and Mera, who were the illegitimate children of Maharana Kshetra Singh, killed Maharana Mokal.
back to Mewar
On hearing the news of the murder of his nephew Mokal, Ranmal took off his headband and tied his headband and vowed that he would not tie a turban on his head until he killed the killers. Ranmal left for Chittor with 500 of his soldiers. Uncle and mine fled to the mountains of Kotra or Pai and started living under my protection. Ranmal, by keeping Meron in the service of Maharana, with his help killed uncle and Mera, who was hiding among the mountains, and placed the 6-year-old boy Kumbhakarna (Maharana Kumbha, 1433-1468 AD) on the throne of Mewar. In order to make the rule of Kumbha flawless, Ranmal removed the rebel chieftains of Mewar from Mewar and appointed many Rathores of his faith to important posts.
Ranmal's climax
Till the age of 12-13 years of Kumbha, Ranmal continued to run the real rule of Mewar state. He led the army of Mewar in many war campaigns and won war campaigns like Sarangpur (Malwa), Nagaur, Gagraun, Narana (Jaipur), Khatu, Chatsu (Jaipur) etc. In 1435-36 AD, Ranmal attacked Bundi on behalf of Mewar. The ruler of Bundi, Berisal, surrendered and returned the Mandalgarh region to Mewar. Berisal accepted the submission of Kumbha and paid him annual taxes. The suppression of the bones of Budi was the climax of Ranmal's power.
Ranmal's murder
Due to Ranmal giving important posts to the Rathore chieftains in the Mewar state, discontent grew among the Sisodia chieftains against Ranmal and they started filling the ears of Kumbha that Ranmal wanted to usurp the Sisodia's kingdom. After some time Ranmal suspects Kumbha's uncle Raghavdev that he is conspiring to remove Kumbha. That is why Ranmal deceived Raghavdev to the court and got Raghavdev killed in front of Kumbha. After this incident, Kumbha's mind turned away from Ranmal and he started supporting the Sisodia faction of his dynasty against Ranmal. Kumbha pardoned Mahpa and Akka, the companions of his father's killers, and allowed them to return to Chittor. They returned from Mandu and started serving Maharana. After this, Tau Chunda of Kumbha also returned to Mewar.
Within a few days, Akka won the trust of Kumbha. He assured Kumbha that Ranmal wanted to usurp the throne of Mewar with the help of his military might. The chieftains of Mewar joined Bharmali, the beloved maid of Ranmal. Bharmali told Kumbha that Ranmal wanted to take over Mewar. On this Kumbha gave his men the consent to kill Ranmal. One night, Bharmali made Ranmal drink a lot of alcohol. When Ranmal became unconscious, the Sisodia chieftains tied Ranmal to his bed with his turban. After this Mahpa and his associates put Ranmal to death. After the murder of Ranmal, Maharana Kumbha also took control of Mandore state. V.No. The inscription of Ranpur of 1496 (1439 AD) mentions the Mandor victory of Kumbha. Therefore, Ranmal must have been killed before this date. Reu has given the date of Ranmal's murder as 2 November 1438.
Ranmal's personality
Ranmal was a giant, paternal devotee and a brave person. At the behest of his father, he had given up the authority over the state, but did not leave any stone unturned in taking out enmity with the killers of his father. Ranmal remained active throughout his life and maintained a place for himself in the politics of that era. He not only snatched his father's kingdom back from the blind and drunken power, but also expanded it. Ranmal issued weights of fixed weight in his kingdom. Sister Hansadevi supported him in times of trouble, so he served the Mewar kingdom for life. Ranmal not only avenged the murder of his nephew, but also left Marwar and went to Mewar so that the kingdom of his sister's descendants could be protected. Due to the circumstance, he had to become completely involved in the politics of Mewar. In that era how could anyone bear that in place of Sisodis, Rathores should be given high posts in the kingdom of Sisodis. Because of this 12-year-old Kumbha, apprehensive of Ranmal, gave his consent to kill Ranmal and also took control of Ranmal's ancestral kingdom.
Ranmal's place in desert politics
From the arrival of Siha in the desert to Ranmal, three kings became the most influential among the Rathores – Malani, Chunda and Ranmal. Of these, Malani undoubtedly became very influential, but his descendants soon went into the background and Chunda and Ranmal, the descendants of Malani's brother Viramdev, came forward to play an important role in the politics of the desert. The most important work of Chunda was that he shifted the center of Rathore power to Mandore in place of Khed and Maheva and established a completely independent Mandore state. He also captured Nagaur, some areas of the Mohils, Didwana, Sambhar, Ajmer, and Nadaul. Therefore, Chunda became an influential king in the politics of the desert, but he was not invincible. Nor could he organize his kingdom properly. He could not keep even his chieftains happy. He could not understand the importance of even a brave son like Ranmal and drove him away while he was alive and in the end was surrounded by enemies and killed.
Ranmal played a major role in the politics of Mewar for about 4 years in the first time and for about 6 years in the second time. He must have had some role in Marwar as well. The kingdom of Ranmal spread from Mandore to Pali, Sojat, Jaitaran and Nadaul. He also killed the Pathan ruler of Jalore but Mewar got more benefit of Ranmal's war campaigns than Marwar. During Ranmal's stay in Mewar, successful war campaigns like Sarangpur (Malwa), Nagaur, Gagraun, Narana (Jaipur), Mandalgarh, Bundi, Khatu, Chatsu (Jaipur) were organized by the army of Mewar. Ranmal had an important role in most of these campaigns. Due to taking more interest in the politics of Mewar, he could not build the state of Marwar in a proper way. Even he left a very weak kingdom for his sons, which Kumbha easily subdued and kept suppressed for 15 years. Thus Ranmal could not play a more effective role in the politics of the desert.
Progeny of Ranmal
According to the fame of the state of Jodhpur, Ranmal had twenty-four sons. The names of twenty-four sons of Ranmal are given with some differences in Dayaldas's famous, Veer Vinod and Tod's Rajasthan. Reu gives a list of 26 sons of Ranmal - 1. Akhairaj, 2. Jodha, 3. Kandhal, 4. Champa, 5. Lakha, 6. Bhakharsi, 7. Dungarsi, 8. Jaitmal, 9. Mandla, 10. Pata. , 11. Rupa, 12. Karna, 13. Sanda, 14. Manda, 15. Uda, 16. Vera, 17. Hapa, 18. Adwal, 19. Jagmal, 20. Natha, 21. Karamchand, 22. Sindha, 23. Tejassi, 24. Sawyer, 25. Sagata, 26. Goyand.