The greatest Indian warrior of all time...
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Topic: The greatest Indian warrior of all time...
Posted By: Theseus
Subject: The greatest Indian warrior of all time...
Date Posted: 07-Dec-2009 at 05:45
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I have made a list of several Indian kings who were famous for their military achievements throughout the history of India.But what do you think?Who was the greatest warrior king in Indian history?  Chandragupta: He founded the Maurya Empire in 321 BC and defeated Seleceus  Ashoka: He unified almost whole India under the Maurya Empire in 300 BC  Kharavela The king of Kalinga conquered almost whole North and Central India in 200 BC  Samudragupta The ruler of the Gupta Dynasty is considered to be one of the greatest military geniuses in Indian history.He expanded the Gupta Dynasty at its zenith in 4.Century  Harsha Vardhana After the collapse of the Gupta Dynasty He was able to unify whole North India  Bappa Rawal He defeated the arabs in 738 AD in the famous battle of Rajasthan and protected whole India  Rajendra Chola He is considered to be the greatest King of the the Chola Empire. He unified South India and conquered Sri Lanka in 11.Century  Raja Bhoja He defeated Salar Masud and protected whole India in 11.Century  Prithviraj Chauhan He is commonly known as the last hindu king of Delhi in 12.Century.Even though he lost the second battle of Tarain against Muhammad Ghori.He was still able to defeat him in the first battle and he was generally famous for his military campaigns against several indian kings.  Veera Ballala He was perhaps the greatest monarch of the Hoysala Dynasty in 13.Century because of his military successes against several kingdoms.  Rana Kumbha The king of Mewar never lost a battle against the muslim invaders in 15.Century during his reign.  Sri Krishna Deva Raya During his rule the Vijayanagara Empire expanded and reached its zenith in 16.Century. Its said that he never lost a battle during his reign.  Shivaji Chatrapati The founder of the Maratha Empire won several battles against the Mughals in 17.Century even though he had a smaller army.  Peshwa Baji Rao He expanded the Maratha Empire at its zenith in 18.Century.
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Posted By: ranjithvnambiar
Date Posted: 08-Jul-2010 at 06:59
| What about Maharana Pratap Singh..? |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 24-Mar-2011 at 16:52
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Rani Lakshimibai, queen of Jhansi who personally led her forces against the British until she was killed in 1858. She was said to have worn red so the blood wouldn't show if she was wounded
http://books.google.com/books?id=0hKthqa2kkQC&lpg=PP1&dq=rani%20jhansi&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false |
Posted By: yaudheya
Date Posted: 26-Mar-2011 at 14:42
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[A] In mythological period --- 1 -- Lord Ram -- Great organizer , expert in choosing man and strategy and greatest expert of weapons of all time. 2-- Lord Krishna --- Advance most weapons ,and greatest expert of strategy . Maximum wars fought and win without help of army . 3-- Parashuram -- great expert of hand practicing weapons but defeated by Lord Ram and Bheeshma. 4-- Bheesma --- In his own word - " only Krashna and Lord Shiva is capable to fight with me . 5-- Arjun --- Sensitive warrior though he had the most advance weapons of that time except Krishna and Bheeshma . 6-- Bheema -- Paranormal body power like Herculis of Greeks . 7-- Bharat -- on which name India was named 'Bharat Varsh ' 8---Raghu -- victor of all even gods . 9-- Mandhata -- monarch of land between western and eastern sea . 10 -- Sahstrarjun -- equal to 500 warrior . ------------- dev |
Posted By: yaudheya
Date Posted: 27-Mar-2011 at 01:35
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In ancient period --- 1-- Vikramaditya -- The Ganpati [ president ] of Malav Republic , who uprooted Shak- Murund from whole north India . 2-- Chandrgupt ' Vikramaditya ' --- The Monarch of Gupt dynesty , who sprayed the boundaries of his empire up to 'Balhika' [ bactria ]. 3-- Samudrgupt --- Father of Chandragupt who organized India in a empire , V. Smith titled him -' Nepoliyan of India '. 4-- Chandrgupt Maurya --- Freed north west India from Greek slavery and form first largest empire of that time . 5-- Skandgupt --- Stopped the invasion of Huns in the age of 16 year only . 6-- Lalitaditya ' Muktapeed' -- Stopped the invasion of Tibbatians and Arabian and form a large empire . 7-- Nagbhatt 2 -- Stopped the Arabian invasion and form a large empire . 8-- Rajendra Chol -- defeated the singhalies and shailendra empire of indonesia - Malaysia . 9-- Maharana Pratap --- Started the strategy of gorilla war in India and never bowed against greatest power of Asia - Akbar . 10 -- Shivaji --- Uprooted the moghal empire . 11-- Bajirao 2-- Never lost a single battle in his life . 12 -- Hari Singh Nalua --- Afghan used to escape to hear only this ' Hariya rangla ' [ Hari singh is coming ] ------------- dev |
Posted By: balochii
Date Posted: 27-Mar-2011 at 04:01
| ^ lol talk about bunch of lies |
Posted By: yaudheya
Date Posted: 27-Mar-2011 at 09:15
Explain Please . ------------- dev |
Posted By: huntergill
Date Posted: 21-May-2011 at 19:53
Well..Looks like he escaped  , Nalua did it again.
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Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 21-May-2011 at 19:57
Who escaped?  ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: innocent
Date Posted: 23-May-2011 at 06:21
balochi 
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Posted By: opuslola
Date Posted: 23-May-2011 at 14:31
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If this thread will include Native American Indians, I will nominate Red Eagle, the great Creek/Cree leader who led Andy Jackson to fame.
Please read; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Weatherford I might well have some relationships with him? Weatherford is a family name! Sorry to interfer with this thread but it did look dead! ------------- http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/history/ |
Posted By: shikra
Date Posted: 26-May-2011 at 11:16
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A better title of this post could have been "The Greatest Hindu Rulers of all time ..." |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 27-Sep-2011 at 19:13
How come nobody's mentioned Akbar yet? Not the fishman, the 16th century emperor who conquered the Hindus. As a Muslim, he believed everyone was free to practise their faith and built a special hall for religious-debate, despite accusations by his rivals he had forsaken Islam ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: yaudheya
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2011 at 02:40
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Because he won his war either by coincidence or by cheating . For example --- 1-- 2nd war of Panipat -- he was 13 year old at that time and army was under the command of Bairam khan . 2-- Asirgarh campaign --- won by bribe and cheating . 3-- Kashmir --- won by cheating . 4-- Afganistan , Bengal and Bihar --- won by Maan Singh 5-- Mewar -- Akber couldn't win it even after his best efforts . His solo glorious achievement was victory of Gujrat and suppression of revolt in which he used ' speed ' and ' rumor ' as war strategy . ------------- dev |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 11-Oct-2011 at 20:06
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Cheating is a perfectly acceptable way of winning a war. Chivalry died long before the Middle Ages ended ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: balochii
Date Posted: 16-Oct-2011 at 21:00
| I would say Ranjit singh |
Posted By: huntergill
Date Posted: 18-Oct-2011 at 21:01
| Akbar and Ranjit singh were kings not warriors.Bairam Khan and Man singh won battles for Akbar and Hari singh and Jorawar singh were Ranjit singhs warriors.Exeptions are always there like Rana Partap. |
Posted By: yaudheya
Date Posted: 03-Mar-2012 at 01:15
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Completely agreed . ------------- dev |
Posted By: oxydracae
Date Posted: 03-Mar-2012 at 02:06
Jhala Man Singh, Raja Ram Singh Tomar of Gwalior, Bhim Singh Dodia, Kesa Charan, Jaisa Charan, Bhama Shah and Panja Bhil were Maharana Pratap's warriors. (so no exception)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06-Mar-2012 at 12:04
| Also add Bhagatsigh, Ver Savarkar, Netaji Subhashchandra Bose and Abdul hamid |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 23-Mar-2012 at 15:22
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One of the greatest military leaders of India who gets almost no attention is Yashwantrao Holkar. He decisively defeated the British at the Battle of Bharatpur and convinced the British to accept peace on his own terms. No one else had been able to do that in India. He also recognized the importance of artillery in 19th century warfare and personally oversaw the large-scale manufacture of cannons at Bhanpura. He suddenly died in 1811 (he was only 35 years old) while preparing an army of 100,000 soldiers to attack the East India Company Headquarters at Calcutta. If anyone is deserving of the title "Napoleon of India", it is him.
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Posted By: huntergill
Date Posted: 27-May-2012 at 02:51
Ranjit singh led many battles but always from the back sorrounded by his personal gorcharra guards.I donot remember reading anywhere that if he took active part in the thick of any battle of Sikh- Afghans and any warrior of repute fell under his sword.Or if he sufferred any wounds.May be in his younger days while fighting with other misls and lesser enemy.Sure he led his army many times to the battle field.He did play a little active part in Nowshera pannua though.Maharana Partap was just the opposite.
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Posted By: oxydracae
Date Posted: 27-May-2012 at 10:55
| Akbar and Ranjit Singh were fighting to expand their empire and Maharan Pratap is fighting for his survival... circumstances were different in both the cases.. |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 27-May-2012 at 20:03
Sounds like an amazing individual. Can you tell us more about him? ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: BlackPanther
Date Posted: 17-Oct-2012 at 04:36
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You can find more info about this great warrior here...If only the other kings of the time had the guts to stand with him the history would have been different..Battle of Bharatpur is considered to be the pinnacle of his military success. He also had several other skirmishes with British where he turned up victorious. I wish I could find an animated map of the Battle of Bharatpur..but sadly can't find it anywhere.. ------------- ACHTUNG!!! |
Posted By: Bijurn
Date Posted: 31-Oct-2012 at 04:33
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I think the greatest Indian warrior was Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj for the following reasons - a) He established a Maratha kingdom from a small Jagir at Pune inherited from his father b) The Maratha kingdom was established by Shivaji when most of Maharashtra was controlled by Adilshah, Nizamshah and other Bahamani Kingdoms existed in Karnataka. c) He had to face the full might of Mughals from North as well. He fought them off and kept the kingdom intact. d) When the Bahamani kingdoms were defeated and taken over by Mughals, only Marathas kept fighting the Mughals. e) He, during his last days, after coronation, invaded South India and established a base there which helped later Maratha kings after his death to establish their base and fight the Mughals and regain the Maratha kingdom. f) He established a Navy which kept the English, Portugese and Siddis in check. |
Posted By: Bharata
Date Posted: 19-Dec-2012 at 15:39
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In terms of agression samudragupta defeated many kingdoms in various battles and is said to be undefeated.A whole stone pillar inscription of allahabad is dedicated to him. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad_Stone_Pillar_Inscription_of_Samudra_Gupta - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad_Stone_Pillar_Inscription_of_Samudra_Gupta We can only speculate what chandragupta maurya must have done because we find his acheivements only in books. In terms of defending native culture of india Vijayanagar empire comes to my mind.
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