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The battle of Khanwa took place in ________.
A. 1540
B. 1577
C. 1548
D. 1527

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Hint:The battle of Khanwa took place in the village of Khanwa, in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan, this battle was fought between the two kings of the Mughal Empire and the king of Mewar.

Complete answer:
In the battle, the RanaSanga’s army consists of 200,000 soldiers. According to the historians, the Rana Sanga’s army greatly outnumbered Babur’s forces. This battle was started at 9 a.m in the morning of March 17’ 1527 and continued for about ten hours.
Rana Sanga’s and his allies suffered a disastrous defeat despite putting all their efforts and gave a gallant fight for the Mughals. Irrespective of the religious beliefs Babur ordered the tower of enemy skulls to be erected.
The battle of Khanwa took place in the year 1527 near the village of khanwa, about 60 km from the west of Agra. The battle was fought between the Rajput king Rana Sanga of Mewar and the first Mughal Emperor Akbar. This battle was fought after the first battle of Panipat. This battle was won by the Mughal king Babur and this victory consolidated Mughal dynasty in India.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note:The Mughal got the victory and Rana Sanga was wounded very badly. He was taken away from the battle field, when he wanted to take the revenge of his defeat with Mughals his nobles did not want to take any risk.