Man Singh

Man Singh, a Rajput governor of Bengal under the Mughals, chose the site for his capital in 1595–96 because of its strategic command of the Teliagarh Pass and the Ganges River. The capital of Bengal was transferred to Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) in 1608, but…

Later, Man Singh, governor of Bihar, also annexed Orissa and thus consolidated the Mughal gains in the east.

…some Rajput rulers, such as Man Singh of Amber (Jaipur) and Jaswant Singh of Marwar (Jodhpur), served with loyalty and distinction in the imperial Mughal forces. Under Akbar the Rajput states of the region were grouped together under the Suba of Ajmer, an administrative unit of the Mughal Empire.

…Mughal army led by Raja Man Singh of Jaipur. It represented an attempt by the Mughal emperor Akbar to subdue the last of the independent chiefs of Rajasthan. Pratap Singh made a stand at the pass of Haldighat, about 12 miles (19 km) from the fortress of Gogunda and northwest…