The battle of Giri Sumel in 1544 was fought between Rao Maldeo of Marwar and which ruler?
- A.Babur
- B.Sher Shah Suri
- C.Akbar
- D.Humayun
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Sher Shah Suri. Giri Sumel, near Jaitaran in the present Pali district, was fought in 1544 between the Afghan ruler Sher Shah Suri and Rao Maldeo of Marwar. Sher Shah prevailed only after forged letters created distrust between Maldeo and his commanders Jaita and Kumpa, who died fighting, and he is remembered as saying that for a handful of millet he had nearly lost the empire of Hindustan.
Option A is wrong because Babur's Rajput battle was Khanwa in 1527 against Rana Sanga of Mewar. Option C is wrong because Akbar's Marwar contest was with Rao Chandrasen, Maldeo's son, and with Mewar at Chittor in 1568. Option D is wrong because Humayun lost the throne to Sher Shah at Chausa and Kannauj and was in exile when Giri Sumel was fought.
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Practice Questions
View allWho founded the city of Jodhpur and began the construction of the Mehrangarh fort?
- A.Rao Siha
- B.Rao Chunda
- C.Rao Jodha
- D.Rao Maldeo
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In 1459 Rao Jodha shifted the Rathore capital from Mandore to a defensible hill called Chidiyatunk, founded the city of Jodhpur named after himself and laid the foundation of the Mehrangarh fort that still dominates the city.
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- A.Rao Chandrasen
- B.Mota Raja Udai Singh
- C.Maharaja Jaswant Singh I
- D.Maharaja Ajit Singh
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Chandrasen ruled from 1562 to 1581, never attended Akbar's court and carried on resistance from the hill country of Siwana and Bhadrajun even after Jodhpur was occupied by imperial troops.
Read the full explanation →Veer Durgadas Rathore is remembered in the history of Marwar for which achievement?
- A.Founding the city of Bikaner
- B.Protecting the infant Ajit Singh from Aurangzeb
- C.Building the Umaid Bhawan Palace
- D.Signing the subsidiary alliance with the British
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After Maharaja Jaswant Singh I died at Jamrud in 1678, Aurangzeb tried to bring Marwar under direct imperial management and to keep the late ruler's posthumous son under control at Delhi.
Read the full explanation →The Khejarli sacrifice of 1730, in which Amrita Devi Bishnoi and other villagers died protecting trees, took place during the reign of which ruler?
- A.Maharaja Abhai Singh
- B.Maharaja Vijay Singh
- C.Maharaja Man Singh
- D.Maharaja Jaswant Singh II
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Read the full explanation →Which of the following was the first capital of the Rathores of Marwar before Jodhpur?
- A.Nagaur
- B.Mandore
- C.Siwana
- D.Pali
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Mandore, a few kilometres north of the present city of Jodhpur, was obtained by Rao Chunda and served as the Rathore capital until Rao Jodha founded Jodhpur in 1459 and moved to the new fort of Mehrangarh.
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