Battle of Chausa

At the Battle of Chausa on June 26, 1539, he defeated the Mughal emperor Humayun and assumed the royal title of Farid al-Din Sher Shah. In May 1540 at Kannauj he again defeated Humayun; he had driven his foes from Bengal, Bihar, and northern India, and also…

…to fight a battle at Chausa, 10 miles southwest of Buxar (Baksar; June 26, 1539), in which Humāyūn was defeated. He did not feel strong enough to defend Agra, and he retreated to Bilgram near Kannauj, where he fought his last battle with Sher Khan, who had now assumed the…