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| image = 1528 Chanderi fort-large.jpg<br />
| image_size = 300px<br />
| caption = Illustration of the battle from ''[[Baburnama]]''<br />
| conflict = Battle of Chanderi<br />
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| partof = Mughal Conquests<br />
| date = 20 January 1528<br />
| place = [[Chanderi]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] (near [[Ashoknagar (Madhya Pradesh)|Ashok Nagar]])<br />
| coordinates = <br />
| territory = [[Malwa]] along with capital Chanderi came under Mughal Rule.{{sfn|Chaurasia|2002|p=157}}<br />
| result = Mughal victory<br />
*Babur captured the Fortress of Chanderi<br />
| combatant1 = [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| combatant2 = Kingdom of Malwa<br />
| combatant1a = <br />
| combatant2a = <br />
| commander1 = [[Babur]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Medini Rai]]{{KIA}}<br />
Prithidev{{KIA}}<br />
| strength1 = unknown<br />
| strength2 = 15,000 Garrison{{sfn|Sharma|1954|p=42}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Battle of Chanderi''' or ''' Siege of Chanderi''' took place in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Khanwa]] in which the Mughal Emperor [[Babur]] had defeated the [[Rajput|Rajput Confederacy]] and firmly establish [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] rule while crushing regrowing Rajput powers as the battle was fought for supremacy of [[Northern India]] between Rajputs and Mughals.{{sfn|Sharma|1954|p=8}} On receiving news that [[Rana Sanga]] had renewed war preparations to renew the conflict with him, Babur decided to isolate the Rana by inflicting a military defeat on one of his vassals [[Medini Rai]] who was the ruler of Malwa.<ref name="Lane-Poole">{{cite web |last=Lane-pool |first=Stanley |url=https://archive.org/details/babar035008mbp |title=Babar|access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Chandra">{{cite book |first=Satish |last=Chandra |title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals (1206–1526) |volume=2 |publisher=Har-Anand Publications |year=2006}}</ref><br />
Consequently, in December 1527, taking a circumlocutious route Babur marched to the fortress of [[Chanderi]] in Malwa which was the capital of the kingdom of [[Malwa]].{{sfn|Chaurasia|2002|p=156}} Upon reaching Chanderi, on 20 January 1528, Babur offered Shamsabad to Medini Rai in exchange for Chanderi as a peace overture but the offer was rejected by Rai.{{sfn|Sharma|1954|p=43}}<br />
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The outer fortress of Chanderi was taken by Babur's army at night, and the next morning the upper fort was captured. Babur expressed surprise that the upper fort had fallen within an hour of the final assault.<ref name="Lane-Poole" /><br />
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Medini Rai organized the [[Jauhar]] ceremony during which Rajput women and children committed [[self-immolation]] to save their honour from the Mughals.{{sfn|Sharma|1954|p=43}} A small number of soldiers also collected in Medini Rai house and proceeded to slay each other in collective suicide. This sacrifice does not seem to have impressed Babur who does not express a word of admiration for the enemy in his autobiography.<ref name = "Lane-Poole"/> Rather, as he had done after Khanwa, he ordered a tower of skulls—a practice formulated by [[Timur]] against opponent—to be erected in an act of barbarism.<ref name = "Chandra"/> The practice of constructing a tower of skulls was to record a monumental victory and also to terrorize opponents, according to Chandra. Babur had earlier used the same tactic against the Afghans of Bajaur.<ref name = "Chandra"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{Cite book|last=Chaurasia|first=Radhey Shyam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XnaL7zPXPUC|title=History of Medieval India: From 1000 A.D. to 1707 A.D.|date=2002|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0123-4|language=en}}<br />
* {{Cite book|last=Sharma|first=Gopi Nath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIs9AAAAMAAJ|title=Mewar & the Mughal Emperors (1526–1707 A.D.)|date=1954|publisher=S.L. Agarwala|language=en}}<br />
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