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Jaswant Singh Rathore and Amar Singh Rathore were the sons of King Gaj Singh. He was the eldest son of Gaj Singh but he was exiled by his father for saving a bandit from Mughals. He was also disinherited by his father so Jaswant Singh became the next ruler of Mewar.

Maharana Pratap died at the age of 57, on 19 January 1597 after sustaining an injury while hunting. 

Amar Singh Rathore born on 11 December 1613. He was a Rajput nobleman affiliated with the royal house of Marwar, and a courtier of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in seventeenth-century India.

Pratap Singh I have popularly known as Maharana Pratap, was the Rajput king of Mewar, born on 9 May 1540 in a region of north-western India in the present day state of Rajasthan.

Maharana Pratap was born on May 9, 1540, at Kumbhalgarh fort. He was the son of Rani Jaivanta Bai and Maharana Udai Singh. Though Maharana Pratap was the eldest and capable son of Udai Singh but as per the wish of Rani Dheer Bai her son, Jagmal was declared as next successors. After the death of Udai Singh due to the protest of senior courtiers Maharana Pratap was crowned in 1572 in Gogunda Fort.

The Battle of Haldighati, took place in the year 1576 AD between Rana Pratap Singh, the great Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar in Rajasthan and Raja Man Singh of Amber, the great general of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Akbar besieged and occupied three important areas of Mewar including Goganda, Udaipur and Kumbhalmir. Maharana Pratap escaped during the course of the war.

Brahmaguptha who was born in 598 AD in Jalore of Rajasthan is an eminent mathematician and astronomer. His great works are ‘Brahmasfut Sidhanta’, ‘Khandkadyakam’ etc. His contributions were especially in the field of geometry.

He was born in 598 A.D. His birthplace is believed to be Bheenmal (Jalore), Rajasthan. He was the chief astronomer in the Gupt period. At the age of 30, he wrote a book on astronomy called 'Brahmsfut Siddhanta' He also wrote another book called 'Khandkhadyakam' which is a book on trigonometry. He has given easy methods to write square root in his book. Brahmgupt's special contribution has been in in the field of geometry. 

First surgeon in the world was Maharishi Sushrutha. His famous book was Sushruth Sanhita which is an authentic book in the field of surgery. Plastic surgery is known to be a big achievement in the field of medicinal science, as mentioned in his book.