Sher Shah Suri died in 1545 during the siege of which fort?
- A.Gwalior
- B.Kalinjar
- C.Mandu
- D.Chauragarh
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Kalinjar. Sher Shah Suri died at Kalinjar in 1545 when a gunpowder explosion during the siege of the fort burned him fatally. Kalinjar, in the Bundelkhand country, had long been one of the great strongholds of the Chandelas, and its reputation for being almost impossible to storm is the reason Sher Shah pressed the siege himself. His tomb was built at Sasaram in Bihar.
Option A, Gwalior, is the other famous fort of the region, called the pearl among fortresses by Babur, but Sher Shah did not die there; it is where Man Singh Tomar built the Man Mandir palace. Option C, Mandu, was the capital of the Malwa Sultanate, known for Hoshang Shah's tomb and the Jahaz Mahal, and never the scene of his death. Option D, Chauragarh, was the Gond fort that fell to Asaf Khan in 1564 after the defeat of Rani Durgavati, which is a different siege twenty years later.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Chandela
- B.Paramara
- C.Kalachuri
- D.Bundela
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- B.Vidyadhara
- C.Sangram Shah
- D.Dhanga
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- A.Paramara
- B.Chandela
- C.Gond
- D.Kalachuri
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- B.Vishvanatha temple
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- D.Chausath Yogini temple
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- A.Mahmud of Ghazni
- B.Prithviraj Chauhan
- C.Qutbuddin Aibak
- D.Alauddin Khalji
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