Correct Answer - Option 4 : Only iii and iv
The correct answer is Only iii and iv.
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The Battle of Khanwa was a decisive engagement between the Mughal forces under Babur and the Rajput alliance under Rana Sanga of Mewar.
- The battle was fought on 16 March 1527.
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It ended in a decisive victory for the Mughal forces and would consolidate Babur and his descendants’ rule for centuries to come.
- The First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526) was fought near a small village of Panipat( Haryana), this marked the beginning of the Mughal Empire in India.
- The battle was fought between the invading forces of Zahir-ud-din Babur and the last empire of the Delhi Sultanate, the Lodi Empire during the rule of Ibrahim Lodi.
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The Battle of Chanderi or Siege of Chanderi took place in the aftermath of the Battle of Khanwa in which the Mughal Emperor Babur had defeated the Rajput Confederacy and firmly establish Mughal rule while crushing regrowing Rajput powers as the battle was fought for supremacy of Northern India between Rajputs and Mughals.
- On receiving news that Rana Sanga had renewed war preparations to renew the conflict with him, Babur decided to isolate the Rana by inflicting a military defeat on one of his vassals Medini Rai who was the ruler of Malwa.
- Consequently, in December 1527, taking a circumlocutious route Babur marched to the fortress of Chanderi in Malwa which was the capital of the kingdom of Malwa.
- Upon reaching Chanderi, on 20 January 1528, Babur offered Shamsabad to Medini Rao in exchange for Chanderi as a peace overture but the offer was rejected by Rai.
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The Battle of Ghaghra, fought in 1529, was a major battle for the conquest of India by the Mughal Empire. It followed the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 and the Battle of Khanwa in 1527.
- It was fought between Mughal forces under Babur against the Sultanate of Bengal under Sultan Nusrat Shah. Thus, this battle is between Babur and Afghans.
