Confrontation between the Danes and Mughals in Pipli
Skirmish at Pipli
Part of the Prelude to the Dano-Mughal War
A large Mughal encampment, 1815
Date
1640
Location
Pipli, Bengal Subah, Mughal Empire
Result
Mughal victory
Territorial changes
Danish factory at Pipli disestablished
Belligerents
Danish India
Mughal Empire
Commanders and leaders
Poul Nielsen (POW)
Mirza Mumin
Units involved
Sepoys from Tranquebar
Great Mogul's troops
Strength
Minor
300 men
Casualties and losses
Many Danes imprisoned
Unknown
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The Skirmish at Pipli (Danish; Træfningen ved Pipli) or more formally the Destruction of the Danish factory at Pipli, was one of the two recorded land confrontations between the Danish East India Company and the Mughal Empire during the Dano-Mughal War. The Skirmish was a Mughal punitive expidition in retalition for the Danish arrest of a Persian merchant. The Skirmish ended in a Mughal victory, and the Danish factory in Pipli was destroyed and burned down.
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