| Expulsion of Danes from Balasore | |||||||||
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| Part of the Dano-Mughal War | |||||||||
_-_Kulturhistorisk_museum,_UiO_-_UEM4446.jpg) The fortress of Gingee in Karnatik, part of the Mughal Empire. By Dano-Norwegian Peter Anker. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Mughal Empire |
 Danish India | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Malik Beg |
Unknown | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Unknown | None | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | c. 40 people | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| None |
c. 40 poisoned All goods seized | ||||||||
The Expulsion of Danes from Balasore (Danish: Udvisningen af danskerene fra Balasore) was a violent expulsion and ousting of the Danish East India Company from the Mughal habour and trading hub of Balasore in 1643 or 1644 by the local Mughal governor, Malik Beg.