Gohiratikiri
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Gohiratikiri (गोहीराटिकिरी) is a historical village in Balasore district, Orissa, India. One of the battles that changed the course of Odisha history by transferring power to the Afghans was fought near Jajpur at Gohira Tikiri between Afghans and Mukunda Deva.[1]
Origin
Variants
- Gohira Tikiri गोहीराटिकिरी (जिला बालासौर, उड़ीसा) (AS, p.308)
History
Capture of Orissa 1568: Orissa’s problems actually started with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Under his influence, a basically martial king, Prataparudra Gajapati turned towards Bhakti and neglected the kingdom military tradition of Kalinga. With a weak/withdrawn centre, the Prime Minister, Govinda Vidyadhara rebelled and took the reigns from the Emperor’s sons in 1541. His dynasty itself was overthrown by a general Mukunda Deva in 1559. Mukundadeva allied with Bhurishreshta drubbed the Muslim forces in the Battle of Triveni in 1565 under the command of Rajiv Lochan Ray. Something happened in the middle because of which Rajiv Lochan Ray asked permission from Mukunda Deva to convert to Islam so that he may marry the daughter of the Sultan of Bengal. The permission was denied, he rebelled and took the name of Kalapahad. In 1568, taking opportunity at the break in alliance between Bhurishreshta and Kalinga, Kalinga was attacked by the Sultanate of Bengal with the same Kalapahad as the commander of the invading forces. Mukundadeva was killed in a battle at Gohira Tikiri on Vaitarini River near Bhadrak. The kingdom was subjugated completely and all lands till Rajahmundry in North Central Andhra Pradesh came under Muslim rule for good. All these wars placed even the Bengal on a platter to the advancing Mughals who took Bengal in 1576.[2]
गोहीराटिकिरी
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[3] ने लेख किया है ...गोहीराटिकिरी (जिला बालासौर, उड़ीसा) (p.308): 1567 ई. में इस स्थान पर उड़ीसा नरेश मुकुंददेव और उसके विश्वासघाती भाई रामचंद्रभंज में युद्ध हुआ था जिसके पश्चात उड़ीसा का स्वतंत्र हिंदू राज्य सदा के लिए समाप्त हो गया. 1568 ई. में उड़ीसा पर बंगाल के अफ़गानों का राज्य स्थापित हुआ था.