TUKAROI, BATTLE OF

(March 3, 1575), conflict between the forces of the Indian Mughal emperor Akbar under Mun'im Khan and Da'ud Khan, the Afghan sultan of Bengal. The battle, which took place at a village between Midnapore and Jalesar in western Bengal, was decisive in scattering the Bengali army. The conquest of Bengal, which had been independent from Delhi since about 133839, was completed by the Mughals in 1576.