Battle Of Ghaghra
Friends, the history of our India is very amazing and full of wars. However, history is witness to the fact that India has never attacked any other country nor has it ever tried to start a war with itself. But one thing is that India has always been ready to give a befitting reply to the attack of another country and has also taken up arms when necessary to save its country. There have been many terrible wars in the history of our India.
One of those wars is the war of Ghaghra. It is said that this war was so fierce that even the water of Ghaghra River turned red with blood and this war was fought not only on land but also in the water of Ghaghra River. So, through today’s Blog, let us know in detail about that terrible war of Ghaghra and also try to know the reason behind such a terrible war. Friends, to know this terrible war in detail, we will have to go to the time in the history of India when the battle of Panipat took place.
The fierce battle of Panipat fought in 1526 AD was related to the Rajput rulers of India. After this war, another war in India. It takes place in 1529 and is fought on the banks of the Ghaghra River. That is why it is known as Ghaghra war. This war was not fought between the rulers of India but between the Afghan ruler and Babar. This war was so fierce that along with the land, the soldiers also drenched the water of the Ghaghra river flowing in Bihar with blood. In fact, Babar had won the fierce battle of Panipat.
The Afghan rulers were not relieved by this victory of Babar because the Afghan rulers had dreamed of ruling India before Babar. Afghan Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi attacked India for the first time. After this, Shahabuddin Mohammad Ghori invaded India and started Muslim rule for the first time. From 1200 AD to 1526 AD, the throne of Delhi was ruled by Afghani and Pathan rulers. All these rulers were mostly Turkish. That is why for the last time Delhi was ruled by the Lodhi dynasty as an Afghan ruler.
After all this, Babar comes to India and after that the atmosphere of India starts changing. In the battle of Panipat, Babar badly defeats the Afghan ruler and Pathans ruling the Delhi Sultanate and with this the Pathan ruler in Delhi comes to an end and Babar starts ruling that throne. Meanwhile, Sher Shah Suri once again tried to get the throne of Delhi from the Afghans but failed miserably in front of Emperor Babar. Here, after the battle of Panipat, it had become impossible for the Pathans to regain the throne, because Babar had become the most powerful ruler in the whole of India at that time.
But at that time two Pathan firmans Ali and Suhani Sardar were not able to accept the rule of Babar. After the battle of Panipat, these two Pathans neither had any big army nor any weapons left. The spark of revenge and power was rising in their minds and the work of fanning this spark was done by Sultan Nusrat Shah, the ruler of Bengal. The rulers of Bengal also did not want Babar to rule Delhi. That is why he is ready to provide full support to the Afghan Pathans. The rulers of Bengal were not able to fight Babur directly.
That is why he decided to unite with the Pathan rebels. It is said that when Babar was busy in the conquest of Chandela, Afghan rebels started creating ruckus in Awadh. This uproar had no effect on Babar’s victory campaign but Babar could not stop this rebellion either. Due to which Afghan rebels captured Kannauj and Shamshabad. After this the Afghan rebel Pathans start planning to attack Agra. On the other hand, Babar ends the Chandela war and only after that Babar comes to know about the exploits of the rebels and also about their strategy to capture Agra.
Babar knew that if the Afghan rebels captured Agra, it would not take much time for them to capture the power of Delhi. In such a situation, Babar had only one way to stop the rebels and that was to fight against the rebels and the opponents supporting them. Babar had removed Ibrahim Lodi from the throne of Delhi, but his brother Mahmud Lodi wanted to take revenge from Babar at any cost. With the help of the rebels he captured Bihar. The rulers of the eastern regions also helped him in this. On the other hand, Babar continued his conquest and moved towards Awadh. On the other hand, Afghans in Awadh get sleepless nights as soon as they get this news.
Birbal, the main leader of the rebels, decided to leave Awadh and hide in Bengal. After his escape, Babar conquered entire Lucknow including Awadh. On the other hand, the rebels had reached Banaras in Bihar. After this Baba left Lucknow and headed towards Bihar. Before this Baba had come to know that the ruler of Bengal Nusrat Shah was helping Mahmood Lodi. That is why he sent a message to the Bengal ruler that no one should help the Afghan rebels. However, the rulers of Bengal reject this message and take up direct enmity with Baba. Now, along with the rebels, the rulers of Bengal also stood before Baba as enemies.
Due to which, to root out the rebels, Babar attacked them with his soldiers in 1529. The place where a fierce encounter took place between the army and the rebels was the banks of the Ghaghra river in Bihar. Lodhi also takes part in this war and fights against Baba. Lodhi felt that after the battle of Panipat and Khanwa, by fighting against Chandela, Babar would have lost his courage and now it would not be difficult to defeat Babar. That is why he jumps into the battle of Ghaghra without any major preparation. Along with this, there was a fire of revenge in the eyes of the Afghans but their army was weak. That is why to escape from Babar’s soldiers, they jump into the water of Ghaghra river.
Babar’s soldiers also go into the water to fight them. Soldiers from both sides continue the war on the boat. This war becomes so fierce that within no time the armies turn the land as well as the water of the Ghaghra to blood. Due to fear of Babar the enemies had to hide in Bengal. After this, on the morning of 6 May 1529, Babar’s havoc again rains on the Afghans and by evening, the dead bodies of each Afghan rebel were laid out. Mahmood could see his defeat ahead. After this he hides once again in Bengal. He felt that Babar could not come to attack Bengal, but the spies informed Babar about Mahmood’s hiding in Bengal.
After this, Babar sent a message to the Bengal ruler for a treaty. The Bengal rulers were till now using the Afghans against Babar, but after their defeat, the Bengal ruler understood that if there was a war with Babar, it would be difficult to save his kingdom from Babar. That is why the Bengal rulers, after much deliberation, finally accept the treaty proposal from Babar. According to this treaty, it was decided that Babar would not attack Bengal and in return the Bengal ruler would not give shelter to any Afghan rebels in his kingdom.
Apart from this, Mahmud was also banned from leaving Bengal and he was given jagirdari within the state of Bengal. After all this, Babar continued his conquests and moved towards Bihar and divided some states from the then ruler Jalaluddin. In return the Afghans completely accepted Babur’s subordination. Now Babar neither attacked Bengal nor Bihar. He made a treaty between Bengal and Bihar and decided that he did not want any more war. The battle of Ghaghra was the last battle fought by Babar. After winning the battle of Ghaghra in 1529, Babar became the ruler from the Himalayas to Gwalior and from Gwalior to the general beyond the Indus.
Babur was never able to rule properly due to his desire to end wars and expand his kingdom. Now he wanted to live in peace and decided to go to Kabul. By the end of 1529 he set out for Kabul. On reaching Lahore, he had to return to Agra on the advice of Humayun. He had received news that some people were conspiring to overthrow power, so he appointed Humayun as his successor in 1530. Three days after this decision, Babar breathed his last in Agra on 26 December 1530. So friends, this was that page of history in which we got to know the life of Babar along with the war of Ghaghra. Hope you found this Blog related to history informative. Do tell us your opinion in the comments
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