| Skirmish at Pipli | |||||||||
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| Part of the Prelude to the Dano-Mughal War | |||||||||
 A large Mughal encampment, 1815 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Danish India |
 Mughal Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Poul Nielsen (POW) |
Mirza Mumin | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Sepoys from Tranquebar |
Great Mogul's troops | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Minor | 300 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Many Danes imprisoned | Unknown | ||||||||
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.