Thread by @VAdkri

#HamviraMahapatra
Unsung Hero of medieval India:

Hamvira Deva commonly known as Dakshina Kapileswara in indian history,the eldest son of
Emperor Kapilendra Deva of odisha

form the fort of Warangal to Srirangam temple inscription,it tells the victorious campaign of a hindu
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Empire. Which was lead by Havmira deva Mahapatra( General of Gajapati army) in 1445AD.

Kapilendra deva expanded the
Gajapati kingdom greatly by the help of his son Hamvira deva in various conquests which are worth
mentioning.
👇🏾
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Hamvira mahapatra was a great military genius in several battle. Hamvira
mahaPatra conquered the Reddi kingdom of Rajahmundry and the
Vijayanagar province of Kondavidu, captured Warangal and Bidar
from the Bahmanī sultanate, and eventually occupied Udayagiri.
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CONQUER OF THE REDDY KINGDOM AND CAPTURE OF
KONDAVIDU
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The political alliance between Vijayanagar and the Reddy
kingdom had ceased to exist as Deva Raya II had died and the
power passed on to a weaker successor, Malikarjuna Raya.
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(Inscription of Hamvira, Vijayawada)

The
Odia forces lead by Hamvira Mahapatra conquered the Reddy
kingdom and occupied Kondavidu by the year 1454 A.D

Hamvira Deva brought under his sway the entire
Rajamahendri Kingdom.Hamvira defeated the Reddis with ease
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and Rajahmundry was annexed to the empire of Kapilendradeva.
On conquest of Rajamahendri he appointed Raghudeva
Narendra Mahapatra as its Governor.

SUBJUGATION OF VIJAYANAGAR KINGDOM:-
As per father's order Hamvira deva
conquer Vijayanagar and Bahmani sultanate.
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Hamvira Deva
successfully captured the Vijaynagar capital, Hampi and forced
the weak ruler Malikarjuna Raya to pay yearly taxes.
Hamvira
Deva's commander TamaBhupala conquered the southern states
of Udayagiri (Nellore district) and Chandragiri in the year 1460
A.D
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The inscriptions of Srirangam temple near Trichinapalli ,Tamilnadu
state that Hamvira Deva captured as far as Tiruchinapalli, Tanjore and Arcot in South
Excluding this one can get n numbers of inscriptions of Hamvira deva and his commanders in various places of tamilnadu
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Recently many inscription stones were found in Guntur and Nellie dist of Andhrapradesh .

One of them is Jakkampodi inscription. The insription was Carved on a black granite tablet, issued by Kumara Hamviradeva,
Where he gifted the Jakkireddypalle (Jakkampudi ) village to
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God Papavinasanadevara. He put had the Brahmins of Bijayabahuda (Vijayawada) near Krishna River in-charge of the maintenance of the Jangama.

CONQUEST OF TELENGANA and (GULBERGA OR KALABARGA)-

The Velama chiefs of Devara Konda in Telengana and the
Bahmani sultan Aladdin
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Ahmad Shah II had cordial relations in
the initial stages but on the event of war between Vijayanagar
and Bahmani Sultanate,the Velama chiefs backed Bahmani
sultante and sought to fight Vijaynagar. In an act of revenge the
Bahmani sultan invaded the Telegana region
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and the Bahmani
commander Sanjar Khan exerted barbaric atrocities on the
common people.
#Hindus were sold as slaves. In 1456 A.D.
Humayun Shah ascended the throne of the Bahmani sultanate
and his general Sikander Khan suppressed the rebel Velama
chiefs
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after occupying Devarakonda. Kapilendra Deva was invited
by the Velama chiefs to rescue the Telengana population from the
Bahmani rulers.
In 1458 A.D. a battle ensued at Devara Konda
between Odia forces led by Hamvira Mahapatra and Bahmani
forces.
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As a result of this battle Odia forces came out as
victorious and Telengana region became a feudal state of the
Gajapati empire .
The #Warangal fort inscription dated A.D. 1460 speaks of
Hamvira as son of Kapilendra and records his
conquest of that fort.
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CAMPAIGNS AGAINST BAHMANI SULTANATE AND CAPTURE OF
BIDAR-
During his second expedition on Bidar, the Bahmani
sultanate faced another simultaneous invasion from the Malwa
kingdom due to which the Odia forces lead by Hamvira Mahapatra
easily captured the capital Bidar
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and carried out widespread loot
and destruction of the kingdom. Later Malwa and its capital
Dhara was also invaded successfully by Hamvira Mahapatra.
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In fact such Hindu warrior never got any recognition.

Narration: @VAdkri