VICTORIES OF THE GREAT RAJPUTS AGAINST INVADERS
●Umayyad campaigns in India (738) - An Arab invasion from the Umayyad Caliphate was repulsed. According to one theory, the triple alliance of Nagabhata I , Jaysimha Varma and Bappa Rawal defeated Arabs
●Umayyad campaigns in India (738) - An Arab invasion from the Umayyad Caliphate was repulsed. According to one theory, the triple alliance of Nagabhata I , Jaysimha Varma and Bappa Rawal defeated Arabs
on the modern Rajasthan-Sind Border.
●Battle of Kasahrada (1178) - Mularaja II of Solanki Dynasty defeated Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori.
●First battle of Tarain (1190–1191 CE) - In the ensuing battle, Prithviraj's army decisively defeated the Ghurids.
●Battle of Kasahrada (1178) - Mularaja II of Solanki Dynasty defeated Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad Ghori.
●First battle of Tarain (1190–1191 CE) - In the ensuing battle, Prithviraj's army decisively defeated the Ghurids.
Muhammad of Ghor was injured and forced to retreat
● Siege of Ranthambore (1236) - Vagbhata Chauhan recaptured Ranthambore during the reign of the Mamluk ruler Razia Sultana.
● Siege of Ranthambore (1236) - Vagbhata Chauhan recaptured Ranthambore during the reign of the Mamluk ruler Razia Sultana.
●Siege of Ranthambore (1248) - Vagabhata Chauhan successfully defended the fort against Nasir ud din Mahmud
●Siege of Ranthambore (1253) - Vagbhata Chauhan repelled another invasion from the Mamluks.
●Siege of Ranthambore (1253) - Vagbhata Chauhan repelled another invasion from the Mamluks.
●Siege of Ranthambore (1283) -Shakti Dev Chauhan recaptured Ranthambore from the Mamluks.
●Battle of Ranthambore (1290) - Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji attacked Hammir deo because of his rising power. Jalaludin's forces were defeated by Hammir .
●Battle of Ranthambore (1290) - Jalaluddin Firuz Khilji attacked Hammir deo because of his rising power. Jalaludin's forces were defeated by Hammir .
● Siege of Ranthombore (1301) – Hammiradeva defeated Alauddin Khalji's generals Ulugh Khan and Nusrat Khan; later although ater, Alauddin defeated Hammiradeva.
●Battle of Chittor (1321) - Rana Hammir Singh defeated Maldev Songara, a vassal of the Tughlaq dynasty
●Battle of Chittor (1321) - Rana Hammir Singh defeated Maldev Songara, a vassal of the Tughlaq dynasty
and recovered Mewar.
● Battle of Singoli (1336) - Maharana Hamir Singhdefeated Muhammad bin Tughluq and annexed Ajmer, Ranthambhore, Nagor and Shivapuri. The Tughlaqs were forced to pay 5,000,000 Tankas for the safe passage of their sultan.
● Battle of Singoli (1336) - Maharana Hamir Singhdefeated Muhammad bin Tughluq and annexed Ajmer, Ranthambhore, Nagor and Shivapuri. The Tughlaqs were forced to pay 5,000,000 Tankas for the safe passage of their sultan.
●Battle of Sarangpur (1437) - Maharana Kumbha defeated Sultan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa.
● Battle of Mandavgad (1440) - Rana Kumbha of Mewar and Rao Ran Mal rathore of Marwar defeated Sulatan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa. The sultan was held captive and taken as POW
● Battle of Mandavgad (1440) - Rana Kumbha of Mewar and Rao Ran Mal rathore of Marwar defeated Sulatan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa. The sultan was held captive and taken as POW
●Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas (1442-1446) - A series of battles took place between Mahmud Khalji of Malwa and Maharana Kumbha of Mewar. Bloodied by these engagements the Sultan did not attack Mewar for another ten years.
●Battle of Abu (1455) - Qutbuddin sent Imadul Mulk to invade Mewar through Abu, but Imadul suffered heavy losses against the Mewari soldiers posted on the hills and was immediately called back.
●Battle of Nagaur (1455) - Rana Kumbha defeated the combined armies of Shams Khan (sultan of Nagaur) and Qutbuddin (Sultan of Gujarat) and captured Nagaur, Kasili, Khandela and shakambhari. Nagaur Sultanate ceased to exist
● Battle of Mandalgarh (1456) - Sultan Mahmud attacked Mandalgarh, he sent 7 detachments to attack the Rana from multiple directions. The Malwa forces under Taj Khan and Ali Khan suffered heavy losses in battle against Rana Kumbha after which Mahmud retreated the next morning.
● Siege of Kumbalgarh (1458-9) - Sultan Mahmud besieged Kumbalgarh but finding the fort too strong he retreated back to Mandu.
● Battle of Nagaur (1467) - Sultan Mahmud invaded Mewar and fought a battle with Maharana Kumbha, but retreated after taking heavy losses.
● Battle of Nagaur (1467) - Sultan Mahmud invaded Mewar and fought a battle with Maharana Kumbha, but retreated after taking heavy losses.
●Battle of Peepar (1492) - Rao Sataldefeated Gudhla Khan, an Afghan general and rescued 140 maidens that had been captured.
● Battle of Gagron (1514) - Maharana Sangram Singh I(aka Rana Sanga) defeated Sultan of Gujarat.
● Battle of Gagron (1514) - Maharana Sangram Singh I(aka Rana Sanga) defeated Sultan of Gujarat.
●Battle of Khatoli (1518) – Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi.
●Battle of Ahmadnagar (1519) - Rana Sanga captured Sultan Mehmud of Malwa.
●Battle of Dholpur (1519) - Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi
●Battle of Ahmadnagar (1519) - Rana Sanga captured Sultan Mehmud of Malwa.
●Battle of Dholpur (1519) - Rana Sanga defeated Ibrahim Lodhi
●Battle of Gagron (1519) – Rana Sanga defeated Mahmud Khalji II of Malwa and Asaf Khan of Gujarat. Khilji was taken POW.
● Seige of Nadsa (1520) - Maharana Sangram Singh I defeated Nizamulak, noble of Ahmadnagar.
● Seige of Nadsa (1520) - Maharana Sangram Singh I defeated Nizamulak, noble of Ahmadnagar.
●Rana Sanga's invasion of Gujarat(1520)–Rana Sanga led a coalition of Rajput armies to invade Gujarat. He defeated the Muslim forces and plundered the wealth of the Gujarat Sultanate. Idar given to Rao Rai Mal.
●Siege of Mandsaur (1520) - Sultan Muzaffar Shah II sent an army under Malik Ayaz but failed and retreated to Gujarat.
●Battle of Jodhpur (July 1555) - Rao Maldevdefeated the local Afghan garrison in Marwar and reoccupied his lost territories.
●Battle of Jodhpur (July 1555) - Rao Maldevdefeated the local Afghan garrison in Marwar and reoccupied his lost territories.
● Battle of Dewair (1582) - Maharana Pratap attacked a Mughal stronghold which resulted in the flight of Mughal soldiers and closing of all the thirty-six Mughal posts in Mewar. He defeated the Mughals and was able to recover most of his kingdom.
● Battle of Dewar (1606) - Fought in a valley 40 km from Kumbalgarh. Rana Amar Singh defeated and killed Sultan Khan, the Mughal prince Muhammad Parviz fled from the battlefield with his commander Asaf Khan.
●Battle of Udaipur (1680) - Aurangzeb attacked Mewar and plundered Udaipur, the citizens were safely escorted to the aravalli hills by Rana Raj Singh but 63 temples in and around Udaipur were plundered and many villages were burned down by Aurangzebs general Taj Khan.
The Mughal army was eventually starved out of Mewar because of the scorched earth techniques and guerrilla warfare used by the Rana. Aurangzeb after a failed campaign left Mewar to his son Akbar and retreated to Ajmer.
●Battle of Aravalli hills (1680) - In the second half of 1680, after several months of such setbacks, Aurangzeb decided on an all-out offensive. Niccolao Manucci, an Italian gunner in the Mughal army, says: "for this campaign, Aurangzeb put in pledge the whole of his kingdom."
Three separate armies, under Aurangzeb's sons Akbar, Azam and Muazzam, penetrated the Aravalli hills from different directions. However, their artillery lost its effectiveness while being dragged around the rugged hills and both Azam and Muazzam were defeated by the Rajputs
under Durgadas Rathore and Rana Raj Singh.
●Battle of Jodhpur (1707) - Durgadas Rathore took advantage of the disturbances following the death of Aurangzeb to seize Jodhpur in 1707 and eventually evict the occupying Mughal force out of Marwar.
●Battle of Jodhpur (1707) - Durgadas Rathore took advantage of the disturbances following the death of Aurangzeb to seize Jodhpur in 1707 and eventually evict the occupying Mughal force out of Marwar.
●Rajput Rebellion (September 1708) - The three Rajput Raja's of Amber, Udaipur and Jodhpur made a joint resistance to the Mughals. The Rajputs first expelled the commandants of Jodhpur and Bayana and recovered Amer by a night attack. They next killed Sayyid Hussain Khan Barha,
the commandant of Mewat and many other officers. Bahadur Shah I, then in the Deccan was forced to patch up a truce with the Rajput Rajas.
●Battle of Kama (October 4-7 1708) - Ajit singh Kachwaha, the Rajput zamindar of Kama defeated the combined armies of Mughals and Jats.
●Battle of Kama (October 4-7 1708) - Ajit singh Kachwaha, the Rajput zamindar of Kama defeated the combined armies of Mughals and Jats.
The Mughal-Jat army numbered 18,000 while the Kachwahas had 10,000 horsemen. After a bitter fight the Mughal faujdar Raza Bahadur was killed and the Jat leader Churaman was forced to flee to Thun.
●Battle of Gangwana (1741) - 1,000 Rathor cavaliers of Bhakt Singh fought a combined army of a 100,000 men consisting of Mughals, Kachwahas, Chauhans, Jadauns and Jats. In this battle Bhakt Singh was defeated but his cavalry charge killed and injured thousands of his foes.
Sir Jadunath Sarkar quotes that - "the battle front was like tigers upon a flock of sheep". According to Harcharandas more than 12,000 men were slain in the battlefield. Historians call it a strategic Rathor victory.
●Battle of Raona (1750) - The Mughal Empire invaded Marwar but were repelled by the armies of Raja Ram singh Rathore and Ishwari Singh Kachwaha.
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