Battle of Kandarpi Ghat
Date4th - 7th October, 1753
Location
Kandarpi Ghat, Mahrail, Harna Village, Mithila (present-day Mithila, Bihar, India)
Result Raj Darbhanga victory
Belligerents
Raj Darbhanga Bengal Subah
Commanders and leaders
Maharaja Narendra Singh Alivardi Khan
Strength
Unknown 5,000+ including Afghan Pathans
Casualties and losses
Low Heavy
Alivardi Khan's Army got defeated by Mithila Naresh.

The Battle of Kandarpi Ghat occurred between the Nawab of Bengal and Raj Darbhanga in October 1753.[1] One such invasion, when Raj Darbhanga was governed by Maharaja Narendra Singh, was led by the Mughal Bengal Subah of Alivardi Khan.[2][3]

Victory Pillar

A Vijaya Stambh i.e.,a victory pillar has been erected and constructed to commemorate this event by the efforts of Dr. Rangnath Diwaker in Kandarpi Ghat, Mahrail, Mithila.[4]

Kandarpi Ghat Mithila Vijay Stambh
Mithila Victory Pillar for this event.

References

  1. ↑ Ansari, Tahir Hussain (2019-06-20). Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-65152-2.
  2. ↑ Henningham, Stephen (1983). "Bureaucracy and Control in India's Great Landed Estates: The Raj Darbhanga of Bihar, 1879 to 1950". Modern Asian Studies. 17 (1): 35–55. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00008891. ISSN 0026-749X. JSTOR 312401. S2CID 144262953.
  3. ↑ Eaton, Richard Maxwell (1993). The rise of Islam and the Bengal frontier, 1204-1760. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08077-5.
  4. ↑ मिथला विजय स्तंभ || कंदर्पी घाट || झंझारपुर , मधुबनी Episode - 1, retrieved 2023-10-02

See also

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