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
- Wikipedia: Battle of Chausa
- Britannica: Battle of Chausa
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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