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{{Short description|Rana of Mewar from 1364 to 1382}}<br />
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{{Infobox royalty<br />
| name = Rana Kshetra Singh<br />
| title = [[Maharana]]<br />
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| succession = [[Maharana]] of [[Mewar]]<br />
| reign = {{circa|1356|1376}}<br />
| predecessor = [[Hammir Singh]]<br />
| successor = [[Lakha Singh]]<br />
| dynasty = [[Sisodias of Mewar]]<br />
| birth_date = <br />
| death_date = 1382<br />
| spouse = Devadiji Pyar Deiji of [[Sirohi]]<br />
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Hadiji Krishna Deiji of [[Bundi]]<br />
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Solankiniji Ram Deiji<br />
| issue = {{ubl|<br />
*[[Lakha Singh]]<br />
*Viramdev<br />
*Salkhaji<br />
*Shikharji<br />
*Kunwarsi<br />
*Nandoji<br />
*Visalji<br />
*Parvatji<br />
*Bhakarji<br />
*Saluji}}<br />
| father = [[Hammir Singh]]<br />
| mother = Songariji (Chauhanji) Bal Deiji d.of Rao Maldev of [[Jalore]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Mewari Rana}}<br />
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'''Rana Kshetra Singh'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/u/udaipur_r.html |title=UDAIPUR |access-date=10 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227164732/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/u/udaipur_r.html |archive-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (r. 1356–1376), was a [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia]] [[Rajput]] ruler of [[Mewar Kingdom]]. He was the eldest son of his father and predecessor Rana [[Hammir Singh]], the progenitor of Sisodias. In his reign, he conquered the territories of [[Ajmer]] and [[Mandalgarh]].<br />
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==Reign==<br />
{{See also|List of Mewar (Sisodiya)–Delhi conflicts}}<br />
Kshetra Singh, reigned from 1364 to 1382, was the son and successor of the celebrated Rana Hammir Singh. Rana Kshetra Singh greatly expanded the Kingdom of Mewar. He captured [[Ajmer]] and [[Jahazpur]], re-annexed [[Mandalgarh]], [[Mandsaur]] and the whole of Chappan into Mewar. He achieved a victory over the Sultan of Delhi,<ref>Tods annals and antiquities vol I pg 274</ref> who was utterly defeated at Bakrole. The [[Kumbalgarh]] inscription says that in a battle he captured [[Muzaffar Shah I|Zafar Khan]], governor of [[Patan, Gujarat|Patan]] (who later became the first independent [[Gujarat Sultanate|Sultan of Gujarat]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajasthan (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jFuAAAAMAAJ&q=rana+Kshetra+singh |title=Rajasthan [district Gazetteers].: Kota |date=1962 |publisher=Printed at Government Central Press |language=en}}</ref> Kshetra Singh further increased his popularity by defeating the Sultan of [[Malwa Sultanate|Malwa]] and killing his general, Amir Shah.<ref>Har Bilas Sarda "Maharana Kumbha: sovereign, soldier, scholar" pg 4</ref> <br />
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Kshetra Singh died in 1382 during a campaign against the Hada of Bundi.<ref>Lane Poole's Muhammadan Dynasties of India pg 376</ref> After his death, [[Lakha of Mewar|Lakha Singh]] (1382-1421) ascended the throne of Mewar.<br />
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