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Exam Traps — Frequently Confused Facts
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- Plassey vs Buxar: Plassey (1757) began British political entry into Bengal; Buxar (1764) is often considered more decisive as it secured actual administrative/revenue control (Diwani rights, 1765) — a subtlety often tested.
- First vs Second Battle of Tarain: Prithviraj Chauhan won the first (1191) but lost the decisive second (1192) to Muhammad of Ghori.
- Panipat battles: Three distinct battles (1526, 1556, 1761) at the same location with entirely different combatants and outcomes — commonly mixed up.
- Haldighati (1576) was tactically indecisive, not a clear-cut victory for either side, despite popular retellings emphasising Rajput heroism — an important nuance for accurate answers.
- Kalinga War (261 BCE) is the battle most associated with a ruler's remorse and religious conversion (Ashoka to Buddhism) — a unique "battle that changed a king's philosophy" question type.
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