Battle of Tukaroi

Battle of Tukaroi
Part of Mughal invasion of Bengal

Daud Khan receives a Kaftan from Munim Khan
Date3 March 1575[1]
Location
between Midnapore and Jaleswar
21°58′23″N 87°17′02″E / 21.973°N 87.284°E / 21.973; 87.284
Result

Mughal victory

  • Treaty of Katak[1]
Belligerents
Mughal Empire Bengal Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Akbar
Munim Khan  (WIA)
Daud Khan
Raja Todar Mal
Daud Khan Karrani
Gujar Khan 
Junaid Khan Karrani
Strength
200,000 troops consisting of
150,000 infantry
30,000 cavalry
20,000 musketeers
40,000 cavalry
140,000 infantry
20,000 guns
3,600 elephants
several hundred war-boats[1]
Casualties and losses
70,000 casualties

110,000 casualties
30,000 infantry and 250 cavalry fled
All elephants killed or captured
Rest of the army captured, of which 30% executed

[1]

The Battle of Tukaroi, also known as the Battle of Bajhaura or the Battle of Mughulmari,[2] was fought between the Mughal Empire and the Bengal Sultanate on 3 March 1575 near the village of Tukaroi in present-day Balasore District of Odisha. It resulted in a Mughal victory and greatly weakened the Bengal Sultanate.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e The History of India: The Hindú and Mahometan Periods By Mountstuart Elphinstone, Edward Byles Cowell, Published by J. Murray, 1889, Public Domain
  2. ^ Haig, Wolseley (1937). Burn, Richard (ed.). The Mughul Period. The Cambridge History of India. Vol. IV. Cambridge University Press. p. 113. OCLC 7492314.