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Battle map of Khajwa, 1659.jpg. The armies of Aurangzeb and Shah Shuja fired their cannons at each other until Shah Shuja released his bulky war elephants and believed that his well-trained cannon gunners would reinforce the charge of his war elephants and eliminate any counterattack by Aurangzeb.
Shuja marched to the capital again, this time against Aurangzeb. A battle took place on 5 January 1659 at the Battle of Khajwa (Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India), where Shuja was defeated. Ultimately, Aurangzeb was victorious making him the 6th Mughal Emperor. [4]
Khajwa, officially known as Azad Nagar khajwa, also known as khajwa is the largest town, Janpad panchayat and Nagar Panchayat in Chhatarpur district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is 11 km from Khajuraho , 5 km from Rajnagar and 38 km from district headquarters Chhatarpur .
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Shuja was defeated in the Battle of Khajwa on 5 January 1659. [2] He retreated, first to Tanda and then to Dhaka, on 12 April 1660. [2] He left Dhaka on 6 May and boarded ships near present-day Bhulua on 12 May heading to Arakan. [2] Mir Jumla reached Dhaka on 9 May 1660 and was then appointed by Aurangzeb as the next Subahdar of Bengal. [19]
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments are a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, India.They are about 175 kilometres (109 mi) southeast of Jhansi, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Khajwa, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Rajnagar, and 49 kilometres (30 mi) from district headquarter Chhatarpur.
Khajwa Kutni Dam is a multipurpose river canal project on Kutni river situated in Khajwa, Madhya Pradesh, India.It is the largest dam in Chhatarpur district.The dam across the Kutni river and it is 7 km from Rajnagar, 12 km from Khajuraho and 40 km from Chhatarpur District.The dam is famous for its beauty and vastness and Kutni island resor,hotel is located in Kutni dam khajwa town.
This is a list of rulers of Bengal.For much of its history, Bengal was split up into several independent kingdoms, completely unifying only several times. In ancient times, Bengal consisted of the kingdoms of Pundra, Suhma, Vanga, Samatata and Harikela.