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INDIA - FREEDOM
STRUGGLE - Battle of Karnal |
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Date-wise Events |
- February 13 (some say February
24), 1739: Battle of Karnal - Victory
of Nadir Shah and capture of
Mohammad Shah paved the way
for Nadir Shah's march to Delhi.
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Description |
- It was a decisive victory for
Nadir Shah, the Shāh of
Iran, during his invasion of Mughal India.
- Nader's forces defeated the army of Muhammad Shah within
three hours, despite being heavily outnumbered (six-to-one),
paving the way for the Persian sack of Delhi.
- It was Nadir Shah's best tactical masterpiece.
- The battle was the culminating point of Nader Shah's
invasion of the Mughal Empire.
- After his conquest of eastern Afghanistan and invasion
via Kabul and Peshawar, Nadir Shah led his forces south
towards the Mughal capital.
- Defeated Muhammad Shah agreed to pay a large indemnity.
- Nadir Shah, however, forced the Mughal emperor to submit
utterly and marched him to his capital, Delhi, where the
Mughal treasury was plundered.
- An uprising against
Nadir Shah's soldiers by Delhi's citizens
ended in a bloody massacre where the entire city was sacked
and looted.
- The enormous plunder gained in Delhi caused
Nadir Shah to
issue an imperial decree removing all taxes in his home
country,Persia, for a total of
three years.
- The Persian army killed over 30,000 enemy soldiers.
- Muhammad Shah was also forced to concede all his lands
west of the Indus which were annexed by
Nadir Shah.
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