War of Tarain
Friends, there have been many historical wars in India, after which the direction of history changed. One of these was the battle of Tarain. The Tarain war is considered one of the most dangerous wars in Indian history and it is said that after this war, India moved towards slavery for many years. Islamic rule started in India only after this war and the Delhi Sultanate in India was also established after this war. So in today’s video I am going to tell you about the history of Tarain war.
So let’s start the video. Friends, two battles were fought in Tarain between Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Gauri, in which once Gauri and once Prithviraj Chauhan had to face defeat. Friends, in 1175, first Mohammad Gauri captured Multan and then many states of Pakistan. After which he came to India in 1178 and attacked Dilwara, the capital of the Chalukya Empire, in which he had to face a crushing defeat. After this he returned and now with a plan he came back to India again and this time he started attacking the forts and capturing them.
He had captured many forts till now. Before the beginning of the First Battle of Tarain, he had captured the fort of Bhatinda which came under the authority of Emperor Prithviraj. After capturing Bhatinda Fort, Mohammad Ghori sent a message to Prithviraj Chauhan, in which he said, if Prithviraj Chauhan adopts Islam then he will not attack his princely states. Prithviraj Chauhan rejects Gauri’s offer without any hesitation and gets ready to fight. All the Rajput kings came together to support Prithviraj Chauhan in the war and Prithviraj Chauhan’s brother Hariraj Chauhan also supported him in this war.
After which this war was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Gauri at a place called Tarain, 14 miles away from Thaneshwar and near the fort of Sirhind. Mohammad Ghori used many tricks but they were of no use because Prithviraj Chauhan’s army surrounded his army from three sides and dominated his army from the beginning and it is said that Mohammad Ghori faced Hariraj Chauhan directly. And Hariraj had injured him badly. Ultimately Mohammad Ghori had to face defeat here after which it is believed that he ran away.
After losing this battle so badly to the army of Prithviraj, Mohammad Ghori was greatly insulted and now he wanted to win the Terai at any cost, for which he united days and nights and it is said that in his plans, Due to this preparation to be successful, Mohammad Gauri did not even meet his family for a year. While Gauri starts strengthening his army, Prithviraj, in his joy of victory, forgets that Gauri may attack him again. After this Prithviraj Chauhan marries Princess Sanyogita of Kannauj. But Sanyogita’s father Raja Jaichand of Kannauj opposes this marriage.
For this reason, he does not support Prithviraj in the war and many Rajput kings also refuse to support him and in 1192, just a year after the first war, Mohammad Gauri started moving towards Tarain with his huge army. Prithviraj Chauhan had already received the news of this arrival. They knew that something big was about to happen. As soon as Prithviraj got this news, he started making a treaty. He wanted to unite the Rajputs. Told them that if we fight this war together, we will be able to protect our motherland.
Otherwise it will go into the possession of that Turk and after that many Rajput kings agree to support them in this war. But there were many kings who did not support them. Prithviraj Chauhan made an efficient strategy and got all the important roads closed so that Mohammad Ghori’s army could not suddenly attack Tarain. Mohammad Ghori attacks with 1,00,020 thousand armored army, but Prithviraj’s army was also extremely huge. He had 3000 elephants, 30,000 cavalry and thousands of infantry and his army was also very disciplined.
Under the leadership of Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan, his army bravely faced the army of Mohammad Ghori. But this time Gauri had come with a complete plan. In the beginning of the war, bows and arrows and spears were used and by afternoon both the armies had clashed with each other and by evening this plain of Tarain was filled with heaps of dead bodies. Many great warriors had attained martyrdom here and many warriors were not giving up even after being badly injured.
A ceasefire was declared as the evening sun set. After this both the armies returned to their respective camps. It is said that Mohammad Ghori’s army went against the rules of war and attacked the sleeping army of Prithviraj Chauhan at night. They targeted the elephants of the army and started shooting arrows at them. Due to which the elephants started running here and there and crushed thousands of soldiers of their own army. Mohammad Ghori knew that if he attacked Prithviraj’s army from the front, his defeat was certain.
That is why he divided his army into two parts and asked one part of the army to attack from behind. But it was of no use because Prithviraj Chauhan’s army was extremely powerful and disciplined, which he could not defeat. Took the attack from behind. After this Mohammad Gauri makes another move. Mohammad Ghori asked a part of his army to retreat, due to which Prithviraj’s army started chasing his army and Ghori also wanted the same.
But Mohammad Ghori had saved a small contingent of his army and now when Prithviraj’s army was chasing him, he asked his contingent to attack from behind and when this army attacked from behind, Prithviraj The army had to face heavy losses. Many soldiers also lost their lives and due to this deceitful attack, Prithviraj Chauhan lost the war. After winning this war, Gauri brought her slaves to India. It is said that he treated these slaves like his own children and one of these slaves was Qutubuddin Aibak to whom Gauri handed over the throne of Delhi.
Later, this Qutubuddin Aibak established the Slave Dynasty in India and only after this the Islamic rule started in the whole of Northern India. As Prithviraj had already said that if we lose this war, we will lose our motherland forever. Friends, there are many assumptions about the death of Prithviraj Chauhan. Some historians say that he was so badly injured in the war that he died. And some historians say that Mohammed Ghori had taken Prithviraj captive and when he was presented before Ghori, he burnt the eyes of Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan with hot rods and after torturing him many times, finally Mohammed Ghori killed Prithviraj.
Decided to kill Chauhan. But before Gauri could kill Prithvi, Chandbardai, the royal poet of Prithviraj’s court, said something in which Gauri also became interested. Actually, poet Chandbardai told that Prithviraj Chauhan is an expert in shooting arrows and after hearing this, Gauri ordered the demonstration of this art. After which Prithviraj Chauhan was handed over the bow and arrow. After this, poet Chandbardai said to Prithviraj, four bamboos, 24 yards, fingers, eight proofs, there is a Sultan above, don’t miss Chauhan.
Hearing these lines of Chandbardai, Emperor Prithviraj understood in which direction Gauri was sitting and he shot an arrow in that direction or the arrow went straight and hit Gauri and she died at the same time. After killing Gauri, to escape from her army, Prithviraj and Chandbardai sacrificed themselves by stabbing each other in the stomach. Let us tell you that it is said that Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan had defeated Mohammad Gauri badly in the war 17 times and perhaps he would have defeated him for the 18th time also.
If Mohammad Ghori had not deceitfully attacked his army and fought the war with principles. It is said that after hearing the news of Prithviraj’s self-sacrifice, his queen Sanyogita also ends her life by committing sati. Friends, this war was a very decisive war which Mohammad Ghori won and captured Northern India. Even though Prithviraj Chauhan’s rule ends here, Mohammad Gauri makes his son Govind Raj Chauhan the ruler of Ajmer. After this, Mohammad Ghori handed over all the Indian territories he had taken under his control to Qutubuddin Aibak and himself returned back to Afghanistan.
This war certainly changed the course of Indian history and marked the beginning of Muslim rule in Northern India.
Anyway, see you again with the powerful explanation of the History.
