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Historians say
THE RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT'S DEFINITION: 'practice of MASS SELF-IMMOLATION BY WOMEN TO AVOID CAPTURE AND ENSLAVEMENT BY AN INVADING ARMY, WHEN FACING CERTAIN DEFEAT DURING A WAR'. Three of them: 1303 under Rawal Ratan Singh during Khilji's siege; 1535 led by Rani Karnavati against Bahadur Shah; 1568 under Akbar. One source records the paired practice of SAKA, the men riding out to fight to the end.