12-05-2006, 12:14 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Capt Manmohan Kumar+Dec 3 2006, 08:18 PM-->QUOTE(Capt Manmohan Kumar @ Dec 3 2006, 08:18 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--emo&:cool--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/specool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='specool.gif' /><!--endemo--> Digvijay re:#108
Alha/Udal 0f Mahoba
Alha/Udal r very famous in the folklores of Haryana. Could u tell more on them.
2ndly, I visited the site on post:
At places, caption is Lt Gen
and down below u will find the same offr being addressed as Lt Col. I can understand that first u become Lt Col to be Lt Gen but readers may take this as fallacy; so, I think, a little changing of words here and there will remove the fallacy.
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Hello Captain Kumar,
Alha and Udal were two brothers who were generals in the army of Parmardin of Mahoba. They were Banafar rajputs.
Alha was the elder brother and Udal the younger. They fought many wars to save there motherland, Mahoba.
There most memorable battles were fought against Prithivraj Chauhan.
Once Prithviraj Chauhan's army was returning from an expedition and were camped near Mahoba's boundary and came into conflict with Parmardin's army. In the ensuing conflict, Alha and Udal fought with great bravery and defeated the Chauhan army.
Due to a slight by Pramardin both brothers left Mahoba and went to the court of Jaichand of Kannauj.
Once Prithviraj learnt of this defeat he decided to attack Mahoba again. Mahoba was not that large a kingdom compared to Ajmer.
When Prithviraj arrived at the gates of Mahoba, Parmardin got worried that without Alha/Udal Mahoba cannot be defended and he tried his best to placate the two brothers.
Prithviraj on the other hand was an epitome of chivalry and decided he will only attack once the brothers are back because he had heard so much about them.
Finally Alha and Udal came back and the war started. As expected both of them fought with exemplary bravery but were defeated by a much larger army of Ajmer.
The feats done by both Banfar brothers in the war were stuff of legends and have been immortalized by the bards. Till today throughout UP/Bihar/MP/Haryana/Punjab/Rajasthan people relish listeing to the tales of Alha and Udal.
-Digvijay
Alha/Udal 0f Mahoba
Alha/Udal r very famous in the folklores of Haryana. Could u tell more on them.
2ndly, I visited the site on post:
At places, caption is Lt Gen
and down below u will find the same offr being addressed as Lt Col. I can understand that first u become Lt Col to be Lt Gen but readers may take this as fallacy; so, I think, a little changing of words here and there will remove the fallacy.
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Hello Captain Kumar,
Alha and Udal were two brothers who were generals in the army of Parmardin of Mahoba. They were Banafar rajputs.
Alha was the elder brother and Udal the younger. They fought many wars to save there motherland, Mahoba.
There most memorable battles were fought against Prithivraj Chauhan.
Once Prithviraj Chauhan's army was returning from an expedition and were camped near Mahoba's boundary and came into conflict with Parmardin's army. In the ensuing conflict, Alha and Udal fought with great bravery and defeated the Chauhan army.
Due to a slight by Pramardin both brothers left Mahoba and went to the court of Jaichand of Kannauj.
Once Prithviraj learnt of this defeat he decided to attack Mahoba again. Mahoba was not that large a kingdom compared to Ajmer.
When Prithviraj arrived at the gates of Mahoba, Parmardin got worried that without Alha/Udal Mahoba cannot be defended and he tried his best to placate the two brothers.
Prithviraj on the other hand was an epitome of chivalry and decided he will only attack once the brothers are back because he had heard so much about them.
Finally Alha and Udal came back and the war started. As expected both of them fought with exemplary bravery but were defeated by a much larger army of Ajmer.
The feats done by both Banfar brothers in the war were stuff of legends and have been immortalized by the bards. Till today throughout UP/Bihar/MP/Haryana/Punjab/Rajasthan people relish listeing to the tales of Alha and Udal.
-Digvijay