Tukaroi, Battle of

Tukaroi, Battle of

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      (March 3, 1575), conflict between the forces of the Indian Mughal emperor Akbar under Munʿīm Khān and Dāʾūd Khān, the Afghan sultan of Bengal. The battle, which took place at a village between Midnapore and Jalesar in western Bengal, was decisive in scattering the Bengali army. The conquest of Bengal, which had been independent from Delhi since about 1338–39, was completed by the Mughals in 1576.

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