#Myth5: MAHARANA PRATAP ESCORTED PHOOL AFTER DEFEATING MARWAR: Maharana Pratap never followed the matrimonial alliance policy marriage like Akbar. He was clean man with no single dark spot on his character. Infact, he was the one and only king who had no concubines. All of his 11 wives were lawfully wedded wives of MP and he had no concubines. He rarely used spent time with women. Phool was the daughter of Ram Rai Rathore, the eldest son of Rao Maldev. Ram Rai Rathore was married to one of Uday Singh’s sister so he was always in favour of Maharana Pratap’s Dynasty. Normally Rajput clan used to marry their relatives and that was trend of 16th century. It was considered as trustful as it turned out to be blood relation.
So it was Ram Rai Rathore who actually approached Uday Singh to get his daughter married to MP post Rao Maldev’s death on 1562. Another reason is Maharana Pratap himself was against the matrimonial policies of Akbar so he was ready to marry only Phool of Marwar Dynasty as she had blood relations with Sisodia dynasty. It turns out that they were basically cousin brothers and sisters who became husband and wife later on.
Historians says that she was the most favorite daughter in law of Uday Singh that he extended the capital of Udaipur by constructing a special eklingji temple post Chanda Singh’s birth ( MP s second son from Phool).