Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori fought the battle of ______.

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  1. Tallikota
  2. Chanderi
  3. Tarain
  4. Chausa

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Option 3 : Tarain
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The correct answer is ​Tarain.

Key Points

  • There were two battles between Muhammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan in the plain of Tarain.
    • First War (1191 AD) -
      • Prithviraj Chauhan was victorious in this war.
    • Second Battle of Tarain (1192 AD) -
      • In this war, Prithviraj Chauhan was badly defeated by Muhammad Ghori.

Additional Information

  • Battle of Chanderi (29 January 1528 AD) -
    • This war was fought between the Mughals and the Rajputs.
    • In this war, the Mughal army was led by Babur and the Rajput army was led by Medini Rai.​
  • Battle of Talikote (23 January 1565 AD) -
    • This war was fought between the Deccan Sultanates and the Vijayanagara Empire.
    • The Vijayanagara Empire had to face defeat in this war.
    • This war was the fall of the last Hindu kingdom of South India.​
  • Battle of Chausa (26 June 1539) -
    • It was fought near Chausa village in the Buxar district of the modern Bihar state.
    • This war was a war in India between the Mughal Emperor Humayun and Sher Shah Suri, the founder of the Suri Empire.
    • Sher Shah Suri was victorious in this and Humayun fled from the battlefield to save his life.
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