Battle of Raichur - One of the bloodiest battles in Indian History
A battle caused by 40,000 gold coins led to more than 40,000 casualties. The Battle of Raichur was one of the biggest battle fought in medieval India in terms of scale and ferocity with the total number of soldiers involved approximating a million. The fertile doab region of Raichur lying between the Krishna and Bhima river was much sought after land by the kingdoms of yore because of the potential of huge revenues. The rich soil of the region yielded many types of crops including oilseeds,cotton,sorghum,groundnut etc. The Bahamanis had recaptured Raichur fort while Sri Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar Empire was on a campaign in Odisha. The trigger for war Old King Saluva Narasimha Raya expressed a wish in his testament that the city of Raichur be recaptured. This has been in the mind of Krishnadevaraya since his coronation in 1509. In the year 1520 Krishnadevaraya sent Seyed Maraikar, a Muslim in his service to Goa with a large sum of money to buy horses. Imag
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