Battle of Madarpur

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Battle of Madarpur,
Date1528
Location
Result Babur Army unable to conquer Doab region
Territorial
changes
Babur Army unable to capture the area and migrated from there.
Commanders and leaders
Maharaja Dham Dev Singh Misir, Maharaja Kam Dev Misir Mir Baqi, Army General of Mughal emperor Babur
Strength
20,000 strength of Sakarwars with royal priest vijaypur sikri

40,000 to 50,000

20,000 horsemen Unknown number of foot musketeers, Swivel guns, mortars

Unknown number of Indian allies
Casualties and losses
7,000 thousand sikarwar soilider were killed in battlefield . Heavy loss 23,000soilider were killed heavy loss

Battle of Madarpur was fought between a small army of brothers Maharaja Kam Dev Misir, Dhām Dév Singh Misir and Vikram Pratap Dev Singh Misir, the brothers were Kanyakubja Brahman by caste and Babur's Mughal commander Mir Baqi in 1528. The Mughals Army faced heavy casualties; the survivors migrated to other places in present-day Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Rao Kam Dev Singh Misra died in Reotipur while Dham Dev shifted to Gahmar, rest of the clan migrated to Bihar. [1] [ better source needed ]

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