Real Historical Facts

A totally wrong perception is prevalent strongly in medieval Indian history that king of Mewar, Rana Sanga invited Babar to attack India. There are lots of logic which strongly proved that Rana Sanga did not invite Babar.
1.) Had he invited Babar, He would have fought against Ibrahim Lodhi alongside Babar in the first Battle of Panipat, on 21 April 1526. He could have not avoided this battle at all ethically and logically. 

He was a Rajput and Rajput were known to keep their promises. They never betrayed their words. It proves he had not committed anything to Babar.
2.) He had become a dominant force within the northern India after suppressing Sultans of Malwa and Gujarat. Most of the Rajput kings of Northern India were either his subordinates or supporters. Rana Sanga was the most influential and commanding Rajput leader of his time.

He had already once subdued Ibrahim Lodhi in the battle of Khatauli. Hence, it would have been a much better option for him to attack Ibrahim Lodhi himself and dethroned the Lodhi king in order to become the emperor of the country (In a way, he ruined his chances to become Indian emperor by inviting Babar so it does not seem a proper reason for a reasonably sane king Rana Sanga).

3.) Rana Sanga was an adversary of Babar not an ally and battle of Khanwa proved it.

The historians and the people who supported this idea that Rana Sanga invited Babar gave a very feeble logic that he invited the invader because he thought that he would come, attack, overcome Lodhi and plunder Delhi and would go back to his kingdom and then this would be easier for Sanga to dethrone Ibrahim Lodhi.

Now let’s examine this logic also. We believe this theory but we also have to ponder that Rana Sanga was not crazy. The first question is, how could he be so confident of Babar that he would defeat Ibrahim Lodhi? 

What makes us believe that he would have not thought of the reverse i.e. Lodhi’s win?

At the same time, why was he so assured that Babar would return to Kabul after defeating and plundering Lodhi?

Now let’s also examine the might of Rana Sanga. 

Rana Sanga was the chief of all Rajputs king of the country and was the leader of most Hindu rulers of the Northern and Western India. In Col. James Tod’s words “Eighty thousand horse, seven Rajas of the highest rank, nine Raos of Gwalior, Ajmer, Sikri, Raesen, Kalpee, Chanderi, Boondi, gagrown, Rampoora, and Aboo, served him as tributaries or held him in chief” He further says, “He had gained 18 pitched battles against the kings of Delhi and Malwa. In two of these he was oppsed by Ibrahim Lodhi in person,at Bakrole and Ghatoli, in which last battle the imperial forces were defeated with great slaughter, leaving a prisoner of the blood royal to grace the triumph of Cheetore.”
Babar himself mentioned Rana Sanga in Babarnama with a great respect. He had all respect for his bravery and valor. In fact, he had confessed that he was afraid of Rajput bravery, courage and heroism. Their sheer will to die for their country and their ‘Dharma’ without a bit of hesitation had made him weak on his knee.

Tod writes with full conviction, “The crown of the ‘CHAKRAVERTA’ might again have encircled the brow of a Hindu, and the banner of supremacy been transferred from Indraprastha to the battlements of Cheetore.” 

It is enough to prove his might and it also prove that he was fully capable of overpowering Ibrahim Lodhi. He didn’t need to invite anyone else to make him weak. 

This quotation of Tod is enogh to prove that Sanga did not invite Babar, “But Babar arrived at critical time to rally the dejected followers of Koran, and to collect them around his own victorious standard.” It is suffice to make everything clear that Rana Sanga did not invite Babar. In fact, Babar spoiled his chances of becoming Delhi emperor.

There is one more point which proved it wrong. Before the first battle of Panipat, Babar had attacked India thrice but was not very successful. He was always eager and interested in entering into India.

He was actually invited by Daulat Khan Lodhi, the governor of Lahore, under Ibrahim Lodhi’s reign. He came to know that Ibrahim Lodhi was all set to cancel his governorship. This prompted him to invite Babar to attack Ibrahim Lodhi.