Description
Reliance Publishing House Fall Of Mewar - A Drama In Five Acts by Dwijendra Lal Roy
Fall of Mevar of Mevar Patan is probably the greatest of all Dwijendra Lal Roy’s dramas. The theme is historical and takes us back to the beginning of the 17th Century to, the reign of Jehangir, son of the renowned Emperor Akbar. The action centers round the small independent Hindu state of Mevar in the province of Rajputana. This province was divided up into a number of lesser states, ruled over by as many independant, chivalrous and war-like chiefs who were constantly warring among them selves. At the begining of the sixteenth century. Babar the first Moghul invader, found them too weak and divided to oppose him. One by one, the independant states of Rajputana fell, untill at the time of Akbar’s death every ruler except the Rana of Mevar was compelled to acknowledge the sovereignty of the Moghul Experor at Delhi and pay tribute to his court. But Mevar was to fall at last already the capital, Chittore, had been lost during the reign of Akbar But the rulers of Mevar still refused to bow down to the Moghuls on the beautiful hills of the Aravalli they founded a new capital at Udaipur. It is the epic of the downfall of Mevar conserved in all its solemanity and grandeur which forms the subject of this drama. Last but one of the rulers of Mevar was the great Rana Pratap whose name is referred to constantly in successive scene. This almost legendary figure has bequeathed to his countrymen a heroic tradition of bravery of untold hardships suffered in the name of patriotism and liberty. His proverbial courage is a living memory in the minds of his countrymen it inspires them in their last desperate struggles and presides over every phase of the tragedy.