Maharaja Pratapaditya Digvijayi is one of the Kayastha emperors. As a tendency of the King of Bengal, Pratapaditya extended his empire in large Bengal to Bihar. Patna and Rajmahal Fort were under his active control. ★ Battle of Patna (1599 AD) / Abram Khan's defeat :::: = After the death of Basant Rai, Pratapaditya became very powerful by taking control of the entire Jeshore state. According to the constituent pundits of Jessore - “Yugayugameshu Chandrech Shake Hatwa Basantakan. Pratapadityanamasau jayate nripatirmahan. " This empowerment of Pratapaditya frightened the Mughal emperor. He sent Nawab Abram Khan of Patna with a large army to subdue the state of Jessore. Abram Khan entered Bengal with all the forces of Patna and advanced towards Jessore. Hearing the news of the impending war, Pratap immediately started preparing for war. Near the Mautala citadel in Jessore, the Jessore army built a two-sided structure. When Abram Khan came to Mautala with his Mughal army, the Jeshore army started a fierce attack from two directions. Majority of the Mughal army were killed in such a two-way attack and the rest of them joined the Jessore army out of fear. Abram Khan was taken prisoner. (P. 59) ★ Battle of the palace / defeat of Sher Khan ::::: = After defeating the forces of Patna, Pratapaditya increased his desire to expand his empire. His army has increased considerably with his own army and remnant Mughal army. In this situation he started his war for the palace. Kamal Khuja, the gallant commander, started decorating the army. Pratapaditya attacked the palace with about twenty five thousand soldiers. Mallabhumraj Bir Hambir helped him in his war journey. The Jessore army fought fiercely with Sher Nawab's forces at Rajmahal on the banks of the Ganges. Eventually the Nawab's army was defeated and Sher Khan fled to Dhaka en route to Gaur. By conquering the palace, Pratap received ten crores of rupees and a lot of surprise money. (P. 58) Meanwhile, after the defeat of Abram Khan, the Jessore army also captured Patna Fort. Thus the whole of Bengal and Bihar came under Pratapaditya and almost all of eastern India stopped paying taxes to the Mughals. He became the ruler of Bengal-Bihar and assumed the title "Rajachakravarti Pratapaditya". (P. 59) ● Source: "Raja Pratapaditya Charitra", Ramram Basu.

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