Military operation

Mughal invasion of Bengal

1572 · 23.99° N, 88.73° E

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When
1572
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
23.99° N, 88.73° E
Description
Military conflict

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Mughal conquest of Bengal

16th–17th century Mughal military campaign

The Mughal conquest of Bengal was a series of campaigns against the Sultanate of Bengal, then ruled by the Afghan Karrani dynasty, by the Mughal Empire from 1574 to 1666. The Mughals initially defeated the Sultanate of Bengal in the Battle of Raj Mahal in 1576, but the annexation of the region into their empire as the province of Bengal took in the subsequent periods.

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