Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be in Bahraich on 10 June. CM Yogi will inaugurate the newly constructed Maharaja Suheldev Memorial on the banks of Lake Chittora in Bahraich. In this memorial, built with a log of about Rs 39 crore 49 lakh, a 40 feet tall statue of Maharaja Suheldev has been installed with a spear in his hand and a horse with a bow on his shoulder. The event will also include Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (Subhaspa) chief and Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar in the Yogi cabinet.
Omprakash Rajbhar’s party Subhaspa has also organized Shaurya fair on this occasion. Subhaspa chief Omprakash Rajbhar announced to organize a grand victory day celebrations at Bahraich, the site of Maharaja Suheldev’s decisive victory on June 10 at the press conference. He had said that this would be an opportunity to live and preserve our glorious cultural heritage. What is the history of Victory Day and Shaurya Fair organized to remember the might of Maharaja Suheldev?
What is the history of victory day
Maharaja Suheldev, who was a powerful king of Shravasti, was ruled in Bahraich and the surrounding areas. Maharaj Suheldev, saddened by the robbery in the Somnath temple of Mahmud Ghaznavi, waged a guerrilla war with communities like Banjara and Tharu. The effect of this was that the decades could not muster the courage to go towards the invader Awadh region. Later, Mahmud Ghaznavi’s nephew and commander Syed Salar Masood Ghazi took a huge army from Delhi and traveled towards Awadh. Ghaznavi’s army, which came out of Delhi, won the war of Meerut and moved forward.
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Bahraich was attacked by a huge army led by Ghazi Mian, who moved ahead with morale, winning the Meerut war. A fierce fight broke out between the army of King Mordhwaj of Bahraich and the army of Maharaja Suheldev and the vast army of Ghazi Mian. Maharaja Suheldev beat Masood’s furnished army with strategic skills. Maharaj Suheldev took help of small kings including Lakhimpur, Sitapur, Lucknow and Barabanki to face this huge army and defeated the huge army by the coalition forces.
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The decisive battle took place on the banks of Chittara lake
This decisive battle of Bahraich took place on the banks of Lake Chittaora. Syed Salar Masood Ghaznavi, who was killed in the war, was buried in Bahraich, where the tomb was later built by the Muslim rulers. It was here that every year in the month of Jeth, Ghazi Mian’s fair was held and the procession used to come out on June 10. On this day, Hindu organizations were celebrating Victory Day. Omprakash Rajbhar’s party was demanding to build a memorial of Maharaja Suheldev on the banks of Lake Chittaora. Now this monument has been prepared, which will be inaugurated by CM Yogi.