HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Immense increase in his prestige
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Capture of the English factory
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A lot of booty
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Demoralisation of the Mughal forces
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Surat, also known as the Sack of Surat, was a land battle that took place on January 5, 1664, near the city of Surat, in present-day Gujarat, India; between Maratha ruler Shivaji and Inayat Khan, a Mughal commander. The Marathas defeated the Mughal force, and ransacked the city of Surat for six days.
Detailed explanation-2: -The attack was so sudden that the inmates had no chance flee. The plundered was continued for six days, two third of the city was burnt and turned in to smoke in the air for many days. The loot was then transferred to Raigad fort’.
Detailed explanation-3: -An Indian warrior king and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan, Shivaji was formally crowned as the Chhatrapati (Monarch) of his realm at Raigad in 1674.
Detailed explanation-4: -Shivaji thought to raid on surat because it is great center of trade in the moghal empire and a very rich city.