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MAHARANA MORAL , THE RULER OF MEWAR, \NA* CAMR/NG A7

BAGOR (REAR CHiTTOR) WHILE ON A TOUR OF HI* KINGDOM
ONE QU/ET AFTERNOON THE RANA WA* RE*77NG IN HI* TENT.

NOT FAR A WAV, TWO OF H/* OFFICER*, THE BROTHER* CHACHA AND MERA
CON*R/R/NG W/TH ANOTHER OFFICER, MAHRA , TO MURDER HIM

AAAHPA, THE RANA HA* HE WANTED TO REMIND

INSULTED a*. *OME TIMi O* THAT OOR GRANDFATHER
v WA& A CARPENTER. >
ALL THE CHIEF*, HE
POINTED TO A TREI
} AND A*KED ME
WHAT IT \NA*

HE *HALL-
PAV with \ • »

HI* LIFE•
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AVENGE THl*
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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
RANA KUMBHA

THEM. BUT THE LOYAL 60/

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4 OF THE CONSPIRACY,

THE RANA PIP NOT TAME THE chacHa ANP MERA 2

WARNING SERIOUSLY. WE CAN TAKE CARE OF
~
THEM WITH EASE t BUT
I PDN'T THINK THEY
WILL PARE TO RISE
AGAINST ME.

TRAITORS' IS
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THIS HOW </oa
*OPE TOWARP* Z/JflZT?J254 ** THEV l REPAY YOCIR
BENEFACTOR! 1
a™’ *“*«** %S>V£&7%ir,SSS.

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quick ! ik H
FATHER ! CHACHA J
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bring mv
P MERA ARE
WEAPON*
W~ ^j .7
\vSw r > s. v
COMING WITH >» M
THEIR MEN. y yYOO INSULT |
/ a* IN PUBLIC ^
V j Y ANP THEN CALL 1
YOURSELF OUR
BENEFACTOR / CHARGE,
I f MERAf GET TO WORK,

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MAHRA / /
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 AMAR CHITRAKATHA RANA KUMBHA

H!S> BLAP>£ CLAS~HEP> WITH THO&E

THE RANA

KUMBHA,
'OCI MUST

THE SAKE
ME WAR/ RIGHT
^ NON!

RAN/ HAP>f
k ;

i’ll o&evmv
FATHER, THOUGH I
MUST LEAVE
HIM TO FIGHT

WHEN
*HE FELL , THE RANA CRIEP>

f KUMBHA !
FLEE f WA*TE
L NO TIME !

I CAN T LEAVE
VOU, FATHER*
I'LL FIGHT
W/TH VOCJ.

« KUMBHA ’S STEP-MOTHER 5
 amar chitra katha
RANA KUMBHA
MEANWHILE, KUMBHA HAP PLEP
TO A PATEL'* HOO*E HEAR B</.
rana \* reap. but
*ON ^TILL LIVE*.

THE RANA HA* BEEN

MORPEREP. I NEEP A
HOR*E TO TAKE ME
TO CHITTOR .

THE PATEL QUJCKL</ TOOK

HJM TO Ht* STABLE*.

THE*E TWO y
HOR*E* ARE THE
FA*TE*T IN MEWAR
THEY ARE >
^ YOUR*. S

I WILL TAKE ONE.

BUT FIR+T I MU*T
MAKE +ORE THAT
NO ONE TAKE*
r THE OTHER HOR*£
. TO COME AFTER y
V ME. X

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BH ■B
AMAR CHITRA KATHA RANA KUMBHA

!E CORONATION hUMBHA CON, HUMBHA SENT AN ENVOY TO

GRANDMOTHER HAN*A BA! . RAO RAN MAL , THE RATHOD HJN&
MAHF>A, CHACHA KUMBHA / OF MARWAR. MOKAL
AND MERA r LEAVE HA'S SEEN
»
ARE *TILL AT CHiTTOR TILL MURDERED! I
LARGE. I MU*T VOU HAVE CON- BOW MV HEAD
POR*0E THE/A. fOUPATEP VOOR I IN *HAME FOR
I POSITION. SEND >Ncnr preventing
WORD TO MV
BROTHER WHO
WILL CERTAINLY AN
JlY help you-
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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
RANA KUMBHA
RAO RAN MAL THEN WENT TO CH/TVOR.
HE TOOK OFF HI* TURBAN ANP RAO RAN MAL BEGAN THE
threw rr to the brounp. THE TREACHEROUS HAZARPOO* CUMB IN/TH
ASSAULT ON RAMA . . . ANP A
SIXTY TRUSTEP MEN.
I VOW NOT 1 MOKAL BURNS M</ VOLCANO ERUPTS
WEAR A POOR I HEART... IN EVERY FIBRE
TILL THI* FOUL OF MV BEINO.
PEEP IS
AVENOEC7.

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I
THEREAFTER, HE BEGAN
WEARING A PHEH TA —A
SIMPLE HEAP'PRESS.

RAN MAL* SON JUMPEP FORWARP

. .. ANP BEFORE THE

I WHEN HE REACHEP THE FOCTT OF THE: HILL*, YOUR MAJESTY', IT IS LIONESS COULP ATTACH INTO HER HEART
HE ASKEP THE BHtLS, THE TRIBAL* OF THE TRUE THEY ARE HIPIN6
AREA , FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRAITOR*, IN THE FORT, BUT ,
WAIT FOR A FEW
PAYS, A LIONESS HAS
JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO A
CUB ANP THE RATH
V IS BLOC HEP. S

I CAN'T WAIT.
I MUST START
W>\ CUMBIN© THE
\ 'S' HILL AT
\ ONCE.

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 AMAH CMlTHAKATH MANAKUMliHA

•4M€«/r, *-o ran «y ££**

+CAAMMI I / * . V*. A? 'MIT ^4K4‘V

CHACHA WHIRLED RCKJNP>. |

RAO KAN
•A/W' 7**N, 7 HE PffCAM+U RACldM*
MAL ! YOU f
/ H/vv//V(f *>*> AV4/V At<UV 4-VAl V

AFTER HILUN6 CHACHA ANCAMERA . RAO RAN MAL WENT IN SEARCH OR MAHPA .

IT H iTNI V THE *OUfir OF

THiiN(1 R' <*0 TO *+LCCP,
Cm P. huMBNAV 1\BN
WON’T PA KG TD CUM A
I Ml» >TCfiP HILL ♦
 amar chitra katha RANA KUMBHA
A FEW YEAR* LATER A ME**ENGER *0 RANA KUMBHA ANR RAN MAL
RAO RAN MAL returnee? TO CALLER ON KUMBHA LETT CHITTOR WtTH THEIR FORCE*.
KUMBHA9: at chjttor YOCIR MAJESTY,
' WE’VE TAKEN MAHPA HA* BEEN
CARE OF CHAC ^*EEN IN MANPU. J
ANPMERA . BUT
MAHBA CANMOT
, BE RXiNP- I’LL A*K *CILTAN N
MAHMUR KHILJI TO
RETURN THE CRIMINAL
-w TO U* • V

YOUR MAJESTY, THE

*OLTAN *AY* THAT
MAH BA !* NOW UN PER
HI* PROTECTION AN 17
REFUSE* TO *ENP>

KUMBHA TURNER TO HI* IF THE *CJLTAN WILL

NOT *ENt? MAH FA
TO CHITTOR WE
WILL GO TO MANPU
TO BRING HIM >
\ WON’T WE, y
\\ UNCLE ? /1

* *ITUATEF> BETWEEN CHITTOR ANP MANC?*A UR

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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA RANA KUMBHA

THb*
I* MV
ON L</

MEANWHILE, +CJLTAN MAHMUCP

KHlLJi 5ENT FOR MAHPA .

OP TO THE RAMPART* OF THE ™

NOT WITH VICTORV TO

*TANCP THE MOUNTIN6 RANA KUMBHA/
RAJPUT* . ri7 : >

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 AMAR CHITRA KATHA RANA KUMBHA

MAHMOP KHILJI WA? */* MONTH? LATER

WILL

MULTAN, YOU HAVEN’T IF HE I* ?TI LL

WHERE I? R36INP HIM ? ?0 I ALIVE/*
MAH BA ? HAVE THE LA*T
LA<J6H IT APPEAR ?ULTAN ! I NOW V
YOU HAVE ME, BC RELEASE V06I N
v NOT MAH PA/ ANPAL?0 RETURN
MANPU TO YOU. 30,
ANP FROM NOWON
TO NOT OlVE A?YLUM
TO MURPERER?/ V

RANA KUMBHA RETURNED TO THE RANA *? PREOCCUPATION PORING THE ?tEGE OF MANPU
HAP MAPE A FEW OF HI? VA??4L? BOL
WE WILL BO I LIP A
pillar to commemi YOUR MAJE?TY, THE
OOR VICTORY OVER CHIEF? OF ABU ANP BONPI
Yv\ HAVE REBELLED.
^ MAHMUP KH/LJI.
v-vO
VVE WILL PEAL
FIRMLY WITH
THE?E MEN • j.

SCULPTOR? ANP ‘2'KJLLEP?

APTt?AN? CAME FROM FAR
ANR NEAR TO WORK ON THE RAN MAL WA? BY NOW
PILLAR OF VICTORY.
BUT KUMBHA WA? ABLE
QUELL HI? REBELUOU?
IT'* OOR VA??AL? WITH EA?E.
HA*
privilege to
THE
WORK FOR RANA GLORV THE vs
KUMBHA. RAJPUT?
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KUMBHA*? PARPON 18
 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
RANA KUMBHA

4V /***, KUMBHA WAS AT HARAVATt MEANWHILE, WORN ON THE RANA'S VIC- CWE KUMBHA WAS RELAXING IN HIS
PUNISHING SOME REBEL*, WHEN HE 72Viy PILLAR CONTINUED. IT WAS COM PALACE AT HUMBHALGARH * AFTER REPEAT¬
RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM CH/TTOR. i PLETEF* IN 14*9. ING THE SULTAN OF MANFYJ FOR THE TH/RF>
TIME—

/ SULTAN KHIU11* 9VUR MAJESTV,

ARM/ IS RANSACK¬ THE SULTAN
\ ING THE OUTSKIRTS OF NABAO R
OF MEWAR • f BRING
36: AUDIENCE HIM IN WITH
r* WITH M0CI, k HONOUR.
I WILL |
PEAL WITH T
V
THE SULTAN
AT ONCE.

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ft

SHAMSKHAN, THE SULTAN

/ OP NAGAUR, ENTEREP>.

vm
MAHA-
RANA? I
VOLIR
/jf, r MV UNGRATEFUL
REFUGE
BROTHER, MUJAHItP
A NP
KHAN, DEPO^EPAY
it ANP EVEN TRtEP> TO
^ TAKE MV UFE .
KUMBHA>* ARM</ CAME UPON THE /I
SULTAN** FORCE* NEAR MANPAL&ARH.

ATTACK /
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BLIT ON ONE CONDI¬
11 * V TION . VOU MUST ACKNOW¬
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BV PE/VtOLJ*HINO A
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REFEATEP i \
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AC? TO FLEE
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PEAK
 RANA KUMBHA
amar CHITRA katha
LATER SOME OP *HAM*KHAN ’*
AiAGAUR ANC? COUNCILLORS CALLEIP ON HIM .

MULTAN

NOT PEMOUSI
THE BATTLE ME/
IT WO UUP BE A I WILL
. INSULTING TO SEE WHAT
\ you. f CAN 170
TO PUT IT

KOM3HA ENTERED
A* MtHAHiP KHAN
TRIUMPH WITH *HAM*KHAN BV HI* *!PE
HI* UFE. . . Hffl SHAMSKHAN CALLED
ON KUMBHA.
RAN A, | HAVE NOT FOR¬
GOTTEN MV PROMISE
PEMOUSH A PART OF
I THE BATTLEMENT* OF
THE FORT. I

'gARH0'*8"* RET6/RNEP> 70 KUMBHAL

rana * HAM* KHAN
INTENTION OFCARRb v .
*[* PROMISE. INSTEA
pemolishino THE BA BPIini
“lENTSME V* BU*y
STRENGTHENING TH
I AM VERV ‘ V /,N
FOLTOVOO'M*
RAN A. BUT F&
i HOUR HELP I a,
IV
> WOULPNOT
have 6^T
ACKMV
WN6P0M
ME/ I CAN’T
ALLOW HIM
TO GET AWAy
L WITH m

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 amarchitrakatha RANA KUMBHA
THE ENRA&EP* QUTB-t •YOUR MAJESTY, I HAVE
FOR Hfr COMMANPER HEARP THAT KUMBHA
MCJMBHA M.
anp took tub UL -MULK. CAMPING AT FORT ABU
OUT +HAM+KHAN I WILL LAH *IE<SE
I HAVE FECI PEP
TO ABU.
TO TAKE KUMBHAL-
SARH , BUT IT WON
BE PO**IBLE IF
KUMBHA I* THERE YE*. PO THAT
TO FEFENP IT. WE ANP KEEP HIM BOGY r
MUFT PKAW HIM WHILE I INVAPE
AWAY FROM KUM&HAUGARH.
KUMBHA L~ VJ
GARH.

K-^
11 /
+HAMFKHAN -J7 TO AHM£PXBAP> ANP *OUGHT THE / X
(jp- &N, MULTAN OjF GUJARAT __
7^
/a / WE /WJ*T MAKE
*HAM*KHAN, **% / THOROUGH PREPARA' ✓
I’LL PRIVE T Jy 'll TION*. KUMBHA I* NO X t
\
n
K6IMSHA OUT Wm, ORPINARY MILITARY
OF HASAUK. Wm/\cOMMAHPBR. a27\

\ \1 JBIttZBifc
^
iwiii I WHAT f I* IT X
POSSIBLE THAT
KUMBHA HA*
J PEFEATEP
Ui 0 \MAP-UL-
r MULK AN

//
'/
s2x

THE +ULTAN OF GUJA -

RAT “9ENT Hi* +OLPIER*
I TO NA6ACJR, BUT THEY
WERE EASILY REPEAT¬ /
ER BY KUMBHA. \Y
/ /
/
yf
/
1<
S BUTGOON THE *ULTAN’*■
? WERE PIGPELL.EP. /T
ft WAG /MAp-UL-MULK'G ARMY
J THAT WAG APPROACHING.
fir /

YOUR MAJESTY,
JJ OUR ARMY WA*
/ J
\ ^
II
m #
BATTEREP BY i
/ KOM8HA. WE HAP
^ J I O
' TO RUN FOR OUR
UVE^.

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 amar chitra katha RANA KUMBHA
Bar A* THE +OLTAN &E£ /r W4* INPEEP* KUMBHA . /yi
r (/OO PIC7 well in
,
joining ME we’u.
TAKE KUMBHALGARH
TO CLIMB THE HILL WITH
ARMY— --
KUMBHALGA RH BY ANOTHER
COME OUT TO COUNTER THE
ANP HAP
'* attack .
WHILE KCIMSHA &
&U*Y CELEBRATING
s HI* VICTORY AT
/V ABO.

IT'*
KUMBHA f W-4.//R/V UR GUJARAT WHO
WAfr FORCEP* TO RETRACE
to* *TEP*. on way back
MULTAN, I AM TEJ KHAN,\ ^
the prime minister of \ '*

*ULTAN KHILJI. IF THE W

INTO AN
FORCE* OF MANPU ANP^ \
ALLIANCE
OQJARAT JOIN HANP*, l WITH THE
KUMBHA CAN BE EASILY \*CJLTAN OF
\ MAN PCI,

/ RANA, THE GUJARAT FORCE*

[ ARE ADVANCING TOWARP*
KOMBHALGARH. ANP MAHMOP
KHILJI I* PREPARING TO
[ MARCH TOWARPV CHIT TOR.
A, THEY HAVE FORGE PAN C
l\ ALLIANCE AGAINST
1 ME WAR . ^

PREPARE TO
MEET THE GOJA

FIR*T. THE *OL-

TAN OF MANPU,
k^TOO, WILL GET
B A FITTING
if* REi'fcP^ ON-
 amar chitra katha RANA KUMBHA

THAT NlSHT RANA KUMBHA TO HI* MEN

JY AV TCA' FARKNE**,
THEY RETREATED TO
MY BRAVE MEN / IF WE
A HILLY CAVERN. LO+E TH& BATTLE,THE
*{1LTAN OF MANPU WILL
OCCUPY CHITTOR
WHICH I* *ACREF> /

ii

MEANWH/LE f *ULTAN OF MANCPU HAF> LAiF>

FORT OF CHITTOR .

*INCE THE BE*T PART OF

\ ^ m HUMBHA9* ARMY MU*T BE i '
. A /*
/ In**
WITH HIM, IT UNLIKELY
THAT THE FEW MEN LEFT IN
THE FORT CAN HOLF* OUT v'.-' *
/ / /
. iw /
' ,/r f
K*M 9
n
then tomorrow morn I no WE T RANA, WE . r
WILL RESUME THE ATTACH WITH \ WILL ATTACK.
RENEWED STRENGTH.THE ENEMY/ JAI MEWAR•
WILL BE TAHEN UNAWARE*. THEYA J Al EHA'
THINK WE HAVE LO*T HEART- w LIN&J1'

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 RANA KUMBHA

OF MANPU
'!* MEN.

FANA KUMBHA WATCHEl? CQNTENTEPLC/ A* THE MULTAN*4*

HE WON’T TROUBLE
U* AGAIN. BUT EVEN IF
HE POE*, WHAT POE* IT
MATTER ? fir* LONG A*
OUR PEOPLE ARE VIGILANT,
THERE CAN BE NO THREA"

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