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Battle of Talikota

📅 Date
23 January 1565
📍 Place
Tangadi aur Rakshasi gaon ke paas (Talikota, Uttari Karnataka)
👤 People
Vijayanagar: Ali Rama Raya VS Deccan Sultanates
🎓 Class
Class 11th & 12th both
📚 Subject
History
Vijayanagar empire ki badhti hui taqat aur uska Deccan ke sultano ke internal matters mein lagaftar interference karna. Vijayanagar kings dwara Deccan ke sultano (khaaskar Bijapur aur Golconda) ke sath lambe samay se chal raha territorial dispute aur ego clash.
Deccan ki chaar Muslim sultanates (Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar, Bidar) ne ek hokar ek federation (confederacy) banaya aur Vijayanagar ke khilaf war declare kar diya. 23 January 1565 ko Talikota ke maidan mein dono armies ke beech bhayankar yuddh hua. War ke dauran Vijayanagar army ke do Muslim commanders (Gilani brothers) ne dhokha diya, jisse paasa palt gaya aur Ali Rama Raya ko captive banakar maar dala gaya.
Vijayanagar empire ki buri tarah haar hui. Capital city Hampi ko buri tarah loot liya gaya, tahas-nasah kiya gaya aur jala diya gaya, jisse yeh ek shandar city se khandhar mein badal gayi.
Is yuddh ko 'Rakshasi-Tangadi War' bhi kaha jata hai. Is ek defeat ne South India ke sabse powerful Hindu empire ke golden age ka ant kar diya aur Hampi aaj UNESCO ka ek famous World Heritage Site hai.
Yaad rakhne ki trick: "B-A-G-B" (Bijapur, Ahmednagar, Golconda, Bidar) - In 4 sultano ne milkar Vijayanagar ko haraya tha, aur Berar isme shamil nahi tha (aksar exams mein pucha jata hai).