Battle Of Khanwa
There have been many wars in the history of India which changed the history of ancient India. One of these battles took place in Khanwa. This war left a deep mark in the history of India. The battle of Khanwa was very glorious. It is said that the Mughal Empire started in India after this war. This battle was instrumental in consolidating Babur’s control over North India and establishing the Mughal Empire as a dominant power in the region. And in today’s video I am going to tell you about the history of Khanwa war. So let’s start the video. Battle of Khanwa.
It was fought in 1527 near the village of Khanwa in present-day Rajasthan, India. It was fought between the Mughal emperor Babur and the Rajput Rana Sanga of Mewar. Friends, India had captured Kabul in the 16th century, after which it had its eyes on India and at this time India was being ruled by Ibrahim Lodi of the Lodi dynasty and historians say that Rana Sanga had sent an invitation to Babar’s court. You come and help us to remove Lodi dynasty from India.
After which Ibrahim Lodi’s uncle Daulat Khan Lodi also invited Babar to come to India because he also wanted power. After which Babar came to India from Kabul with his army to conquer India and his goal of ruling India was very big. To accomplish this he had prepared a huge army with himself. Along with capturing India, Babar also wanted to maintain his rule over Kabul. It is said that after traveling for several days, Babar reached the banks of river Jhelum with his army and then entered India from there.
After entering India, with time he started capturing many states and finally by winning the battle of Panipat, he established his rule over Delhi. But Babar knew here that he would now have to face Rana Sanga. Rana Sanga was also known as Sangram Singh. He was considered one of the most powerful rulers of the 16th century. It is said that Rana Sanga fought 100 battles and in these conflicts he lost his eyes, hands and legs. Historians believe that at that time there was no ruler in India who could compete with Rana Sanga in war.
During his rule, Rana Sanga attacked Delhi, Malwa and Gujarat many times and Babar’s capture of Delhi was a bad sign for Rana Sanga, because Rana Sanga wanted to remove the power of Afghans and bring the rule of Hindus and this is what Babar wanted to do on India. Was dreaming of capture. Rana Sanga had refused to make Babar the emperor of Delhi because he considered himself the king of Delhi. Both Rana Sanga and the Afghans were planning to attack Babar together. Babar was already aware of this and he also came to know that Rana Sanga.
Moving towards Agra and a phase of alliance started here. Babar wanted to include many kings with him and Rana Sanga always maintained unity with the Rajputs and the surrounding Hindu kingdoms as well as many Afghans. Where Rana Sanga was thinking that Babar would also loot India like other Afghans and then he would rule over Delhi. But it was not so at all and Rana Sanga also understood this very soon. To maintain his supremacy in India and to show himself strong, Babar’s army would attack the states from time to time and capture them, and in the meantime, Gwalior, Dholpur and Bayana surrendered to Babar’s army and handed over their forts to him.
Gave it. Let me tell you that these princely states came under the empire of Rana Sanga. Babar’s cruelty was increasing day by day and the water started rising above his head. Rana Sanga decided to drive away Babar from India. After which Rana Sanga merged all the princely states of Rajasthan with himself and created a huge army. At this time, Hasan Khan Mewati and Ibrahim Lodi’s younger brother Mahmood Lodi and many Rajput confederacies were associated with Rana Sanga and both of them instigated Rana Sanga to attack Babar.
Because Babar had captured their kingdom. After which Rana Sanga went with his huge army to capture Agra and Bayana and soon Rana Sanga drove out the Mughals from Bayana and established his rule there. After which he also conquered Sikri and camped with his army in Sikri itself. And due to the continuous defeats here, Babar’s soldiers started getting nervous and talks about returning to Kabul started happening in Babar’s court. But Babar was not going to accept defeat so easily.
And to keep the soldiers afloat, he doubled the salaries of the soldiers and also waived off all their debts. Apart from this, he also promised never to touch alcohol. But when the soldiers did not agree to this, he finally started raising the slogan of Jihad. Due to which his fleeing soldiers also stopped and then on 17 March 1527, Rana Sanga and Babar faced each other in Khanwa, Rajasthan. Here Babar had the same old strategy which he had adopted in the battle of Panipat.
He had an army of many defenders, whose formation he had made like a train, in which there were many empty spaces in the middle and in these places he had placed cannons and after that, in the small spaces left, he hid his archers. And there were spies present in the front line who kept them informed of every moment and here the right hand left flank of the army was also present which was ready to attack at the time of need. And after all this, Babar was sitting in the middle of the army and this arrangement was exactly like the first battle of Panipat.
Rana Sanga used to attack like traditional. Attacking by breaking the defense system is exactly what they tried to do. In the war, Rana Sanga was leading the army riding on his elephant. The war began and within no time there was a clash between the horsemen of both the armies. Rana Sanga’s army surrounded every front of Babar from all sides and the trend of this war seemed to be towards Rana Sanga. In the beginning, Rana Sanga’s army fearlessly attacked Babar’s army and started defeating them. But when Babar’s army started losing and his soldiers started retreating, then Babar gave a long speech to his army.
After which everyone took oath on Holi Quran and then started fighting back. Friends, because Rana Sanga’s army was not yet disciplined, due to which some of his soldiers joined Babar’s army in the middle of the war. After this, Babar opened the cannons under the command of Ali and Mustafa. Due to which thousands of soldiers of Rana Sanga’s army started gathering together and then Rana Sanga angrily reached the middle of the battlefield. Where Babar ordered his army to adopt the method of repression.
Under which the army started attacking from behind Rana Sanga and he was continuously shot with arrows and due to being hit by an arrow, he came down from the elephant and in this way the dice of war turned and now the war was in favor of Babar. Went. Rana Sanga was badly injured here and yet he inspired his army not to give up and keep fighting. But the armies of other kings supporting him in the war and some soldiers of his army did not want to take the risk. It is said that someone from Rana Sanga’s own soldiers had poisoned him.
Due to which this brave warrior attained martyrdom in 1528. Friends, there were many reasons for Rana Sanga losing this won war. First of all, Rana Sanga was not a very good diplomat like Babar. Babar used to persuade people to join him by giving them force or money and here Rana Sanga’s army was much larger than Babar’s soldiers. That is why he underestimated Babar. But Babar’s army was very experienced. He had fought many wars and his army was also very disciplined as compared to Rana Sanga’s army and also he had many new weapons and cannons and also guns.
Although Babar was very skilled and capable as a commander, but in comparison, Rana Sanga was a more capable commander than Babar because Rana Sanga had fought many more battles than Babar. But due to his army being undisciplined, he had to face defeat in this war. If all the soldiers of Rana Sanga had been honest and the kings supporting them in the war had not betrayed, then there was a 20% chance that only Rana Sanga would have won this war and the history of the Mughals in India would have been different.
Friends, just as there is some agenda behind every war, similarly Babar also made Jihad the agenda of this war. He said that if he won the war, he would start Jihad in India. Due to which everyone took oath on Holi Quran and fought. When Babar won this battle, he cut off the heads of the remaining soldiers of Rana Sanga’s army and placed them in a big pile. Due to which the fear of Babar increased even more among the common people and this was not the last battle of Babar in India. There were still more difficulties waiting for him. So friends, this was the complete history of the battle of Khanwa.
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