Major conflict1567 – 1568 · 1 year

Siege of Chittorgarh (1567-1568)

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Chittorgarh · Mewar · Rajasthan

Estimated casualties

20K – 30Kestimated dead

Chronicle figure of ~30,000 civilians massacred after the fort fell on 23 Feb 1568; combat losses additional and unquantified.

SOURCEAbu'l-Fazl, Akbarnama (via Wikipedia)

Akbar's Mughal army besieged the Mewar stronghold of Chittorgarh from October 1567 to February 1568; after the fort fell Akbar ordered a massacre reported at around 30,000 civilians, breaking organized Rajput resistance to the Mughals.

Belligerents2

Mughal Empire
Kingdom of Mewar

ON THE MAPMughal Empire (Akbar)

Sources

Wikipedia: Siege of Chittorgarh (1567-1568)
Abu'l-Fazl, Akbarnama
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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