Birth of Prithviraj Chauhan: Prithviraj Chauhan,
The great ruler of the earth, was born in 1149. Prithviraj was the son of Someshwar and Kapuri Devi, the Maharajas of Ajmer. Prithviraj was born after 12 years of marriage to his parents. This became a cause of turmoil in the state and conspiracies were started in the state from the time of his birth, but he kept on escaping. But at the age of just 11, Prithviraj's head was raised from his father's shadow, even after that, he performed his duties well and continued to expand his kingdom by defeating other kings.Chandrabardai, Prithviraj's childhood friend, was no less than a brother to him. Chandbardai was the son of the daughter of Anangpal, ruler of the Tomar dynasty. Chandbardai later became the ruler of Delhi and with the help of Prithviraj Chauhan, he built Pithoragarh, which still exists in Delhi by the name of Old Fort.
Prithviraj Chauhan and Kannoj's princess Sanyogita
When the tales of Prithviraj's bravery reached Jayachand's daughter Sanyogita, she began to fall in love with Prithviraj and secretly began to communicate with him. When Sanyogita's father Jaychand came to know about this, he decided to teach his daughter and her lover Prithviraj a lesson.Jaichand organized his daughter's swayamvara in which the Hindu bride was allowed to choose her bridesmaid and every person who put a garland around her neck would become her queen. Jaichand sent an invitation to all the big and small princes of the country to join the royal swayamvara, but he deliberately did not send an invitation to Prithviraj. Not only this, in order to insult Prithviraj, put an idol of Prithviraj in place of the gatekeepers.Prithviraj came to know of this thoughtful move of Jaichand and made a secret plan to get his girlfriend Sayongita. On the day of Swayamvar, Sayongita passed through all the princes who had gathered in the assembly. Ignoring everyone, he reached the main gate and put a necklace on the neck of the statue of Prithviraj, who was the gatekeeper. All the people gathered at the meeting were stunned by his decision as he honored a lifeless idol while making all the princes ashamed.
But Jaichand still had to suffer a setback. Prithviraj was standing behind the idol disguised as a gatekeeper and he slowly picked up Sanyogita and, riding on his horse, moved towards his capital Delhi at a rapid pace. Jaichand and his army followed them and as a result 1189 between those two states And in 1190, a fierce war took place in which both the armies suffered a great loss.
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