In the beginning of AD 1672, Diler Khans general Ikhlas Khan laid siege on the Salher fort and Diler Khan and Bahadur Khan attacked Poona. He ordered the massacre in Poona. Shivaji played a trick to get them out of Poona. He sent his general Prataprao Gujar to attack Salher. Prataprao started beatin
After the death of Vigraharaj (IV) in AD 1163, his minor son Amargangaya or Apargangeya ascended the throne of Ajmer. He could only rule for 5-6 years and was ousted by his cousin Prithviraj (II). Prithviraj (II), was the son of the patriarch Jagadeva. An inscription dated to AD 1167 from the time o
Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị, known as the Trung Sisters (? – c. 43) or Hai Bà Trưng (“the two Trung ladies”) in Vietnamese, are two Vietnamese female fighters known for repelling Chinese attacks for three years. They are considered national heroines. The spark that ignites the powder Daughters of a l
Son of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castile. After his marriage, his brother the King of France Louis IX made him Count of Anjou and Count of Maine (1246-1285), thereby creating the second Angevin dynasty (after that of the Plantagenêts). In 1248, he took part in the Seventh Crusade. In 1266 Charles of