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Kumbhalgarh (lit. " Kumbhal fort "), also known as the Great Wall of India , [ 2 ] is a fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills in Kumbhalgarh in the Rajsamand district of the Rajasthan state in India .
The fort, which is roughly in the shape of a fish, has a circumference of 13 km (8.1 mi) with a maximum length of 5 km (3.1 mi) and it covers an area of 700 acres. [44] The fort is approached through a difficult zig-zag ascent of more than 1 km (0.6 mi) from the plains, after crossing over a limestone bridge. The bridge spans the Gambhiri River ...
Notes Sialkot Fort: Sialkot District: Punjab: 2nd Century Raja Sálbán: Aror: Sukkur District: Sindh: Throchi Fort: Kotli District: Azad Kashmir: 1460 Shagai Fort: Khyber District: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1927 Harkishan Garh Fort: Haripur District: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1822–23 HARI SINGH NALWA Baghsar Fort [1] Samahni Valley, Bhimber: Azad ...
He was best known for his translation of Amir Khusro's classic epic Qissa Chahar Dervish [1] (The Tale of the Four Dervishes) [2] His translation is considered classic literature itself for its use of contemporary Urdu, and was done on the request of John Borthwick Gilchrist, an English scholar of literature of those days. It in turn was widely ...
The Kumbhalgarh inscription mentions an unnamed narendra (prince), who is identified with him. [45] 31: Vairisiṃha (II) Son of Vijayasiṃha. Called Virasiṃha in Kumbhalgarh inscription 32: Arisiṃha 33: Choḍa Called Choḍasiṃha in Sadadi inscription 34: Vikramasiṃha Son of Choḍa (Abu insc.) or Elder brother of Choḍa ...
Khushal Khan Khattak, the renowned King of Kings (Pashto: خوشال خان خټک; Urdu, Persian: خوشحال خان خٹک; 1613 – 20 February 1689), also known as Khushal Baba (Pashto: خوشال بابا), was a 17th-century Pashtun poet, chief, and warrior. [2]
Mohsin-ul-Mulk was an outstanding person [citation needed] who organized the Muslims in defense of Urdu language. Towards the beginning of the 20th century, the Hindi-Urdu controversy again flared up in the United Provinces. Mohsin-ul-Mulk took up the pen in defense of Urdu in collaboration with the Urdu Defense Association. [7]
The siege of Chittorgarh (23 October 1567 – 23 February 1568) was the military expedition of the Mughal Empire under Akbar against the Mewar kingdom that commenced in 1567 during which the Mughals successfully captured the fort of Chittorgarh after a hard-pressed siege which lasted for several months.