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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Battle of Kannauj<br />
| place = [[Kannauj]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|border=}} [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[Sur Empire]]<br />
| date = 17 May 1540<br />
| commander1 = {{flagicon image|Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|border=}} [[Humayun]]<br />{{flagicon image|Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|border=}} [[Bairam Khan]]<br />{{flagicon image|Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|border=}} [[Askari Mirza|Askari]]<br />{{flagicon image|Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|border=}} [[Hindal Mirza|Hindal]]<br />
| commander2 = [[Sher Shah Suri]]<br />
| result = [[Sur Empire|Sur]] victory<br />
}}<br />
The '''Battle of Kannauj''' took place at [[Kannauj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]] between [[Sher Shah Suri]] and [[Humayun]] on May 17, 1540. This battle is also known as the battle of [[Bilgram]], Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah Suri in the battle.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sarkar |first1=J.M. Belal Hossain |title=History of Indian Subcontinent |date=2012 |publisher=Hasan Book House |page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Bilgram (1540) |url=http://indianexpresss.in/battle-of-bilgram-1540/ |website=Indian Express |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
On 26 June 1539, the army led by Sher Shah Suri destroyed the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] forces which were led by Humayun at the [[Battle of Chausa]]. Mughal Emperor Humayun fled the incident jumping in the [[Ganges]] and saved his life somehow. Losing at the battle of Chausa, Humayun came back to [[Agra]] asking for assistance of his brothers to challenge Sher Shah Suri again. One of his brothers [[Hindal Mirza]] assured Humayun to support with his army. But Humayun’s other brother named [[Kamran Mirza]] did not agree to send his army while Humayun was commanding, because Kamran Mirza wanted to take control of the throne himself. Afterwards, Kamran could not manage to take control of the power from his brother Humayun and moved to [[Lahore]] taking his army with him. Yet Humayun gathered quite sufficient forces to fight against Sher Shah Suri.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Kanauj |url=https://www.indiancontents.com/2017/09/battle-of-kanauj-17-may-1540.html |website=Indian Contents |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> Sher Khan declared himself [[Sultan]] with the victory in the battle of Chausa. He gained more power and prestige and took the title Sher Shah while Humayun and his brothers were misspending their time with futile arguments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Bilgram |url=https://www.historyforexam.com/2018/09/battle-of-bilgram-battle-of-kannauj.html |website=History for Exam |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Battle ==<br />
Humayun went to face Sher Shah again at the battlefield of Kannauj taking two brothers [[Askari Mirza]] and Hindal Mirza with him. These two groups fought each other on May 17th, 1540. [[Mughal artillery|Humayun’s artillery]] could not prove its potential, besides Humayun’s repetition of tactical errors and taking wrong decisions (the decisions he made during the battle of Chausa) made him a loser once again. Sher Shah defeated the Mughal force for the second time in the battle of Kannauj. Again, Humayun along with his brothers fled the battlefield to save their lives and went back to Agra.<br />
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== Aftermath ==<br />
Humayun became almost a [[fugitive]] after the battle of Kannauj. He and his brothers reached Agra safely but they could not stay there because Sher Shah chased them with his forces. He did not even get to Lahore when he heard about losing [[Delhi Sultanate|Delhi]] and Agra to Sher Shah. Sher Shah became the sultan of Agra and Delhi. Humayun met his brothers in Lahore but they could not gather a force to fight Sher Khan because they all had different personal interests. Kamran became concerned with the safety of [[Punjab]] and [[Afghanistan]] and Hindal wanted to take control of [[Sindh]]. After the battle of Kannauj, Humayun spent the next 15 years of his life in [[exile]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://kannauj.nic.in/history/ |website=Government of Uttar Pradesh’s Portal |access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bilgram]]<br />
* [[Battle of Chausa]]<br />
* [[Kannauj]]<br />
* [[Sher Shah Suri]]<br />
* [[Humayun]]<br />
* [[Delhi Sultanate]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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