Battle of Chanderi
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Infobox mapframe' not found. The Battle of Chanderi or Siege of Chanderi took place in the aftermath of the Battle of Khanwa in which the Mughal Emperor Babur (transliteration: Bābar) had defeated the Rajput Confederacy and firmly establish Mughal rule while crushing regrowing Rajput powers as the battle was fought for supremacy of Northern India between Rajputs and Mughals.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. On receiving news that Rana Sanga had renewed war preparations to renew the conflict with him, Babur decided to isolate the Rana by inflicting a military defeat on one of his vassals Medini Rai who was the ruler of Malwa.[1][2] Consequently, in December 1527, taking a circumlocutious route Babur marched to the fortress of Chanderi in Malwa which was the capital of the kingdom of Malwa.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Upon reaching Chanderi, on 20 January 1528, Babur offered Shamsabad to Medini Rai in exchange for Chanderi as a peace overture but the offer was rejected by Rai.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The outer fortress of Chanderi was taken by Babur's army at night, and the next morning the upper fort was captured. Babur expressed surprise that the upper fort had fallen within an hour of the final assault.[1]
Medini Rai organized the Jauhar ceremony during which Rajput women and children committed self-immolation to save their 'honor' from the Mughals.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. A small number of soldiers also collected in Medini Rai's house and proceeded to slay each other in collective suicide. This sacrifice does not seem to have impressed Babur who did not express any admiration for it in his autobiography.[1] Rather, as he had done after Khanwa, he ordered a tower of skulls(a practice formulated by Timur against opponents)—to be erected.[2] This practice was to record a monumental victory and terrorize opponents, according to Chandra. Babur had earlier used the same tactic against the Afghans of Bajaur.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lane-pool, Stanley. "Babar". The Clarendon Press. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chandra, Satish (2006). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals (1206–1526). Vol. 2. Har-Anand Publications.
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