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Battle of Surajgarh
The Battle of Surajgarh was fought in 1534 near Surajgarha on the Kiul river in Bihar, India, between the Afghan leader Sher Khan Sur and the army of Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, sultan of Bengal, allied with the Lohani rulers of Bihar. Sher Khan's victory made him master of Bihar and opened the way to his conquest of Bengal and later of the Mughal empire.
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