RAS question
The Panna Dhai incident, a famous act of sacrifice in Rajasthan history, involved saving which prince?
Correct answer: (B) Prince Udai Singh (later Udai Singh II).
Panna Dhai saved Prince Udai Singh, later Udai Singh II, from Banvir in the famous 1535 Mewar sacrifice episode.
Explanation
Panna Dhai is remembered in Mewar history because she protected Prince Udai Singh when Banvir moved against the royal household. In 1535, Panna Dhai, a nurse or maid of the Mewar royal household, sacrificed her own son Chandan to save Udai Singh from Banvir's murderous plan and then escaped with the prince to Kumbhalgarh Fort. The official Rajasthan Shala Darpan NMMS paper also gives the core identification through an English passage in which Panna wants to save Prince Udai Singh after a servant warns that Banvir is coming to kill the prince. That is why the saved prince is Udai Singh, not another Rajput ruler.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Prince Kumbha was from a much earlier phase of Mewar history, while this incident is tied to Banvir's 1535 threat to Udai Singh.
- (C) Prince Ajit Singh belongs to Marwar, but the Panna Dhai episode concerns Mewar's royal household.
- (D) Prince Pratap was Udai Singh II's son, so he cannot be the prince whom Panna Dhai saved in this episode.
Concept
This tests the Rajasthan history syllabus area covering Mewar's dynastic crises and remembered acts of sacrifice. It recurs in RAS because such questions expect precise matching of a famous personality with the prince or ruler involved.