Battle of Madarpur

The Battle of Madarpur was a battle fought between a small army of Bhumihar zamindars brothers named as Maharaja K Dev Misir,Maharaja Dham Dev Singh and Maharja Vikram Pratap Dev Singh and the Mughal commander Mir Baqi in 1528 AD The Mughals were led by Babur. The zamindars, of Sikarwar gotra, were from Madarpur, a place in present-day Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The zamindars were defeated and massacred; the survivors migrated to other places in present-day Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.[1][2]

Battle of Madarpur
Date1528
Location
Kanpur, India
Result Babur's victory over Kanpur and Vijaypur Sikri state and end of Sakarwar Dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Maharaja Dham Dev Singh, Maharaja Kam Dev Misir Mir Baqi, Army General of Mughal emperor Babur

References
  1. सैयद वंश व मुगलकालीन खंडहरों के ध्वंसावशेष
  2. "Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan settlements in middle ganga valley".
  • Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Rachnawali, Rajkamal Prakashan, Delhi.
  • Bibha Jha's Ph.D thesis Bhumihar Brahmins: A Sociological Study submitted to the Patna University.
  • People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part Two edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 718 to 724 Manohar Publications.
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