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Battle of Ghaghra
Part of Mughal conquests

Ghaghra River
DateMay 6, 1529
Location
Ghaghara River, near Chhapra, Bihar
25°48′N 84°48′E / 25.8°N 84.8°E / 25.8; 84.8
Result Mughal victory
Territorial
changes
Bihar annexed by Mughal Empire including surrounding territories.
Peace settlement with the Sultanate of Bengal.
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Eastern Afghan Confederacy
• Lodi dynasty
• Lohani dynasty
Sultanate of Bengal
Commanders and leaders
Babur
Humayun
Bairam Khan
Askari Mirza
Muhammad Zaman Mirza
Sultan Jalal ud-Din Sherki
Sultan Junaid Birlas
Ustad Ali Quli
Mustafa Rumi
Sultan Nusrat Shah
Sultan Mahmud Lodi 
Sher Shah Suri)[1]
Sultan Jalal ud-Din  Lohani 
Bayezid 
Biban 
Fateh Khan Shirwani 
Shah Muhammad Maaruf 
Bhaktuddin Aibek (POW)
Hakam Khan (POW)
Strength
50,000[2]

100,000[3]

100-150 Vessels
Casualties and losses
unknow entire army[4]
Battle of Ghaghra is located in South Asia
Battle of Ghaghra
Battle of Ghaghra
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Location within South Asia
Battle of Ghaghra is located in Bihar
Battle of Ghaghra
Battle of Ghaghra
Battle of Ghaghra (Bihar)

The Battle of Ghaghra, fought in 1529, was a great battle for the conquest of India by the Mughal Empire. It followed the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 and the Battle of Khanwa in 1527. The forces of Mughal Emperor Babur of the emerging Mughal Empire were joined by Indian allies in battle against the Eastern Afghan Confederates under Sultan Mahmud Lodi and Sultanate of Bengal under Sultan Nusrat Shah.[5]

  1. ^ Ali Khan, Zulfiqar (1925). Sher Shah Suri, Emperor of India. Civil and Military Gazette Press. p. 21.
  2. ^ A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of the House of Taimur, Báber and Humáyun, By William Erskine, Published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854,Public Domain
  3. ^ A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of the House of Taimur, Báber and Humáyun, By William Erskine, Published by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854,Public Domain
  4. ^ Jean Paul Roux,Babur:History Of The Great Mongols,Pp:370
  5. ^ Joshi, Rita (1985). The Afghan Nobility and the Mughals: 1526-1707. Vikas Publishing House. ISBN 978-0-7069-2752-8.

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