Significant1539

Battle of Chausa

Chausa · Bihar · North India

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

On 26 June 1539 the Afghan ruler Sher Shah Suri defeated the Mughal emperor Humayun near Chausa on the Ganges; Humayun barely escaped and Sher Shah proclaimed himself emperor.

Belligerents2

  • Mughal Empire
  • Sur Empire (Sher Shah Suri)

ON THE MAPMughal Empire (Babur–Humayun)

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Battle of Chausa
  2. Britannica: Battle of Chausa
  3. Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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25.52°N · 83.88°E · 1539WARS-ATLAS / CONFLICT / BATTLE-OF-CHAUSA

Cite as: Battle of Chausa (1539). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-chausa · Sources & methodology