1557 in India

none November 2025 August 2016 May 2024 1557 Events from the year 1557 in India. Events The Sur Empire comes to an end Siege of Mankot as part of the Mughal expansionNath Pratyay 10.1163/9789004395695_008 The World of the Siege (Narratives of Akbar's Sieges and the Construction of Mughal Universal Sovereignty) 24 May 2019 Brill 978-90-04-39569-5 176- en Narratives of Akbar’s Sieges and the Construction of Mughal Universal Sovereignty Mankot (1557) was the first siege of Akbar’s career and was undertaken at a stage when he was still under the regency of Bairam Khan. Chased by Mughal troops, the Afghan chieftain Sikandar Sur had taken refuge in this fort in the Himalayan foothills near the Punjab Plains of North India. Sikandar was a member of the aristocracy of the Afghan sultanate that Mughal armies had defeated on the plains of Panipat the year before. This siege represented an important phase in the struggle of the emergent Mughal Empire against the increasingly-cornered Afghan aristocracy – one that would continue for decades to come. It was a keenly contested siege during which the garrison defended the fort valiantly with artillery and matchlocks. They sued for peace after almost six months, only after they were seriously threatened by rising desertions and a scarcity of food. Sikandar was pardoned by the young emperor and admitted into the Mughal officialdom. Emperor Akbar welcomes his mother to Indiahttps://viewer.cbl.ie/viewer/image/In_03_25/2/#:~:text=Akbar%20welcomes%20his%20mother%20to,Fazl%20-%20Chester%20Beatty%20Online%20Collections Akbar welcomes his mother to India in 1557 the History of Akbar (Akbarnama) Abu'l-Fazl See also India Timeline of Indian history References 1557 India Category:Years of the 16th century in India Category:1557 in Asia Category:1550s in India