Conflict: | Battle of Madarpur, |
Date: | 1528 |
Place: | Kanpur, India |
Result: | Babur Army conquered the Doab region |
Territory: | Babur Army able to capture the area |
Commander1: | Maharaja Dham Dev Singh Misir, Maharaja Kam Dev Misir |
Commander2: | Mir Baqi, Army General of Mughal emperor Babur |
Strength1: | 20,000 strength of Brahmans with royal priest vijaypur sikri |
Strength2: | 40,000 to 50,000 20,000 horsemenUnknown number of foot musketeers, Swivel guns, mortarsUnknown number of Indian allies |
Casualties1: | 7,000 Brahman soldiers were martyred in battlefield . Heavy loss |
Casualties2: | 23,000 soilider were killed heavy loss |
Battle of Madarpur was fought between a small army of brothers Maharaja Kam Dev Misir, Dhām Dév Singh Misir and Vikram Pratap Dev Singh Misir, the brothers were Kanyakubja Brahmin by caste and Babur's Mughal commander Mir Baqi in 1528. The Mughals Army faced heavy casualties; the survivors migrated to other places in present-day Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Rao Kam Dev Singh Misra died in Reotipur while Dham Dev shifted to Gahmar, rest of the clan migrated to Bihar.[1]