Ganga or Gango was born on 6 May 1484, the son of Vagho Sujavat and Udanbai Chauhan. Despite being a younger son of the king,
Rao Suja, Vagho Sujavat was the chosen successor, but died before his father. Ganga rose to the throne on 8 November 1515 as his older brother Rao Viramde was considered unfit to rule and was unable to gain the support of the Rathore nobility. Ganga set up his palace in
Jodhpur. However, Viramde was unwilling to remain subordinate, laying the foundation for future conflicts between Sojhat and Jodhpur. At the time of Ganga's accession, the
Delhi Sultanate was in rapid decline under its unpopular ruler
Ibrahim Lodhi, which allowed Ganga to expand the frontiers of his own kingdom. During his reign, the
Sisodia king
Rana Sanga () embarked on a period of territorial expansion of
Mewar after defeating
various Sultanates in pitched battles, including the
Lodhis. Taking the opportunity, Ganga made friendly relations with Mewar, enhancing the alliance further by marrying one of his sisters, Dhan Kanwar, to Sanga. On various occasions, Ganga sent contingents of Rathore soldiers in aid of his brother-in-law's military campaigns and himself in person assisted him against Muzaffar Shah of Gujarat in reinstating Raimal on the throne of Idar. Ganga send a strong army of 4,000 under Prince
Maldeo who led the left contingent of the Rajput army in
Battle of Khanwa on 17 March 1527. When Sanga was wounded and fainted in the battle, he was removed from the battlefield in an unconscious state by Prince Maldev aided by
Prithviraj Kachwaha of Dhundar. After the triumph in Khanwa, Babur did not penetrate into Rajasthan and the subsequent decline of Mewar after the assassination of Sanga allowed Ganga to expand his kingdom and laid the base for a powerful Rathore kingdom. On 2 November 1529, in the Battle of Sevaki, Ganga confronted the forces of
Sojat, who had gained the support of Daualt Khan and Sarkhel Khan. He won the battle, with the Sojat leader Sekho Sujavat dead, both Daualt Khan and Sarkhel Khan fleeing the scene. Afterwards, Ganga faced an invasion of Afghans from Nagore under the command of Daualt Khan. In a pitched battle aided by Rathore branch of
Bikaner, Ganga defeated the Afghans and killed Sarkhel Khan in the battle. ==Death==