Who was the first Muslim to invade India?
- A.Firdausi Shah
- B.Muhammad Ghori
- C.Mohammad Bin Qasim
- D.Mahmood Ghaznavi
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Muhammad bin Qasim. The Arab general Muhammad bin Qasim invaded Sindh in 712 AD on behalf of the Umayyad governor of Iraq, defeated and killed Raja Dahir at Raor and annexed Sindh and Multan. His invasion was the first by a Muslim army, though it stayed in the Indus valley and did not reach the plain of Haryana, where the later Turkish invasions were decided.
Option A is wrong because Firdausi was the Persian poet of the Shahnama and never led an invasion. Option B is wrong because Muhammad Ghori came much later and fought the two battles of Tarain in 1191 and 1192. Option D is wrong because Mahmud of Ghazni raided India in the early eleventh century, three centuries after Qasim, and is often marked as the answer by mistake.
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View allWho among the following Rajput rulers defeated Muhammad Ghori in the First Battle of Tarain in 1191 AD?
- A.Maldeo Rathore
- B.Rana Kumbha
- C.Prithviraj Chauhan
- D.Bappa Rawal
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Prithviraj Chauhan III, the Chahamana ruler of Ajmer and Delhi, met Muhammad Ghori at Tarain, the modern Taraori in Karnal district of Haryana, in 1191.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the second battle of Tarain fought, in which Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan?
- A.1191
- B.1192
- C.1194
- D.1206
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Ghori returned to Tarain a year after his defeat with a larger force of mounted archers, drew the heavy Rajput cavalry out of formation with a feigned retreat and destroyed it.
Read the full explanation →The first battle of Panipat in 1526 was fought between Babur and which ruler?
- A.Ibrahim Lodi
- B.Sikandar Lodi
- C.Rana Sanga
- D.Hemu
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On 21 April 1526 Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last sultan of the Lodi dynasty, using field guns handled by Ustad Ali Quli and Mustafa Rumi behind a line of carts and the tulughma method of flanking attack.
Read the full explanation →Who commanded the Mughal army at the second battle of Panipat in 1556 on behalf of the young Akbar?
- A.Bairam Khan
- B.Tardi Beg Khan
- C.Munim Khan
- D.Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
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Akbar was only about thirteen when Humayun died, and the campaign against Hemu was conducted by his guardian and regent Bairam Khan, who insisted on marching to Panipat rather than retreating to Kabul.
Read the full explanation →Which title did Hemu assume after capturing Delhi, shortly before the second battle of Panipat?
- A.Sikandar Shah
- B.Vikramaditya
- C.Ghazi
- D.Adil Shah
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Hemu, also called Hem Chandra, rose from a trader and officer of the Sur house to be its chief general, defeated the Mughal governor at Delhi in 1556 and had himself crowned there with the old Indian imperial title Vikramaditya.
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