The Battle of Kannauj took place at Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh, India between Sher Shah Suri and Humayun on 17 May 1540. This battle is also known as the battle...

Kannauj (Hindustani pronunciation: [kənːɔːd͡ʒ]) is a city, administrative headquarters and a municipal board or Nagar Palika Parishad in Kannauj district...

The Tripartite Struggle, also known as The Kannauj Triangle Wars, for control of northern India took place in the ninth century, among the Gurjara-Pratihara...

position of muhardar (keeper of the seals) and took part in military campaigns in Benares, Bengal and Gujarat. In 1540, during the Battle of Kannauj, he was...

Hindal, marched to meet Sher Shah 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of Agra at the battle of Kannauj on 17 May 1540. Humayun was soundly defeated. He retreated...

of the Afghan army extending as far as Kannauj. As a result, Humayun was effectively stranded at Gauda with no communication lines. After learning of...

Humayun visited Guru Angad at around 1540 after Humayun lost the Battle of Kannauj, and thereby the Mughal throne to Sher Shah Suri. According to Sikh...

Seeing no chance of furthering his ambition, Kamran withdrew back to Lahore. Sher Shah defeated Humayun in the Battle of Kannauj in May 1540 and became...

Babur in 1526, from the victory at the first battle of Panipat against Lodi dynasty. Mughals fought battles against the Safavid empire, Rajputs, Sikhs,...

This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving former kingdoms and states in the Indian subcontinent and the...

History of India. also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and Years in India. . . . . . . . . . . Chronology of Tamil...

employed a cannon capable of firing a 540 lb (240 kg) stone ball. Humayun did not field such massive artillery at the Battle of Kannauj in 1540, but still had...

chapters, concluding the Dissolution of the Monasteries. May 17 – Battle of Kannauj: Sher Shah Suri defeats and deposes Mughal Emperor Humayan, establishing...

not proceed to Kashmir. But after Emperor Humayun's defeat in the Battle of Kannauj, the nobles again tried to persuade Mirza Haidar for help. Mirza Haidar...

Ghaznavid invasion of Kannauj or the siege of Kannauj in 1018 was a military campaign conducted by Mahmud of Ghazni, the then ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire...

dynasty that ruled much of Northern India from the mid-8th to the 11th century. They ruled first at Ujjain and later at Kannauj. The Gurjara-Pratiharas...

Kashmir from 1540 to 1551, when he was killed in battle. René Grousset, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia (1970 translation), p. 497. N....

 590–647 CE) was the Emperor of Kannauj of the Pushyabhuti dynasty who ruled northern India from year 606 to 647 CE. He was the son of Prabhakaravardhana who...

(IAST: Gāhaḍavālas) also Gahadavalas of Kannauj was a Rajput dynasty that ruled parts of the present-day Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, during 11th...

Suheldev learns of this, he is enraged and promises retaliation. Together with his father King Mangaldhwaj, Suheldev goes to Kannauj to ask for King Ajitpal's...

Bengal and Bihar, and installed a nominee at Kannauj. The Pala chronicles also claim that several other rulers of North India acknowledged his suzerainty,...

the important cities of Kannauj and Varanasi. His territory included much of the present-day eastern Uttar Pradesh and some parts of western Bihar. The...

Mahmud marched from Ghazni to Kannauj with a formidable army. Along his journey, he reached Bulandshahr, where King Hardat of Bulandshahr fled, leaving a...

tribute to Sabuktigin. Jayapala arranged a confederacy of army with the support of Kingdoms of Kannauj, Ajmer and Chandela to fight against Ghaznavids. But...

march; Kannauj and Meerut submit without battle. 1018-1020: Sacks the town of Mathura. 1021: Raises Ayaz to kingship, awarding him the throne of Lahore...

garrison cities of Al Mahfuza and Al Mansura, then campaigned in Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. Lalitadyata Muktapida and Yashovarman of Kannauj checked the...

the Gahadavala ruler of Kannauj. Mahil then secretly informed Prithviraj that Chandela kingdom had become weak in absence of its strongest generals...

defeats an Afghan army at the Battle of Kannauj. 1529: Babur crushes an Afghan army at the Battle of Ghaghra, ending hopes of a Lodhi restoration. 1530:...

Amoghavarsha I. Kannauj Amoghavarsha Rashtrakuta Empire Tripartite Struggle Branches of Rashtrakuta dynasty Kannauj, Age of Imperial. "The Age Of Imperial Kanauj"...

chapters, concluding the Dissolution of the Monasteries. May 17 – Battle of Kannauj: Sher Shah Suri defeats and deposes Mughal Emperor Humayan, establishing...