1526 in India
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Events from the year 1526 in India.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- 21 April – The First Battle of Panipat is fought. Babur becomes Mughal emperor, invades northern India and captures Delhi, beginning the Mughal Empire, which lasts until 1757.[1]
- Date unknown – The Siege of Sambhal occurs.
- Date unclear – The Siege of Calicut.[2]
- Henrique de Meneses ends his governance of Portuguese India
- Lopo Vaz de Sampaio begins his governance of Portuguese India (which ends in 1529)
- Bahadur Shah of Gujarat first reign as sultan of Gujarat Sultanate begins (ends 1535)[3]
Births[edit]
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Deaths[edit]
- 21 April – Ibrahim Lodi, sultan of Delhi (birth date unknown)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "First Battle of Panipat (1526) | Panipat, Haryana | India". Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ Mathew, K. M. (1988). History of the Portuguese Navigation in India, 1497-1600. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-046-8.
- ^ Farhat Hasan (11 November 2004), State and locality in Mughal India: power relations in western India, c. 1572-1730Volume 61 of University of Cambridge oriental publications, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-521-84119-1,
... Bahadur Shah was the son of Muzaffar Shah (1511-26), an important ruler of the Gujarat Sultanate ... In 1526, when Bahadur Shah formally ascended the throne of Gujarat ...
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