describe the battle of panipat that babur had
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the victory of Babur over Punjab was the outcome of the first battle of panipat: it was fought in 1526 A.D. between Babur and Ibrahim lodhi, the sultan of Delhi . Babur won this battle and occupied Punjab.
Babur's invasion: Babur left Kabul for India in November 1525, with his twelve thousand soldiers . He defeated daulat Khan lodhi at Lahore on his March towards Delhi. The Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodhi proceeded towards north west along with an army of one lakh soldiers against Babur. His army was divided into four wings, namely, the advance guard, central division, right wing and left wing. There were five hundred elephants in his army . The rival armies stood face to face in the battlefield of Panipat .
Beginning of the battle: There were no attack from either side for eight days . Ultimately, on April 21, 1526 , the army of Ibrahim attacked Babur's forces . Babur started his attack by continuously firing his cannons. It was a new situation and experience for the Delhi army. Immediately afterwards, the right and the left Talugma wings of Babur's army attacked Delhi army. It was followed by a strong charge of the middle wing of Babur's army consisting of cavalry on the centre of Delhi army . In this manner, Delhi army was encircled from all sides . They could move neither forward nor retreat . The elephants of Ibrahim's army were terrified and injured by the gunshots . they trampled their own soldiers of Delhi army under their feet . Within no time , the ground of Panipat was flooded with corpses of the killed soldiers . By the end of the noon , on the same day, the battle was over. The dead body of Ibrahim was found lying among numerous corpses of Rajput soldiers who were bodyguards of the dead sultan. this battle completed the occupation of Punjab by Babur.
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Babur's invasion: Babur left Kabul for India in November 1525, with his twelve thousand soldiers . He defeated daulat Khan lodhi at Lahore on his March towards Delhi. The Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodhi proceeded towards north west along with an army of one lakh soldiers against Babur. His army was divided into four wings, namely, the advance guard, central division, right wing and left wing. There were five hundred elephants in his army . The rival armies stood face to face in the battlefield of Panipat .
Beginning of the battle: There were no attack from either side for eight days . Ultimately, on April 21, 1526 , the army of Ibrahim attacked Babur's forces . Babur started his attack by continuously firing his cannons. It was a new situation and experience for the Delhi army. Immediately afterwards, the right and the left Talugma wings of Babur's army attacked Delhi army. It was followed by a strong charge of the middle wing of Babur's army consisting of cavalry on the centre of Delhi army . In this manner, Delhi army was encircled from all sides . They could move neither forward nor retreat . The elephants of Ibrahim's army were terrified and injured by the gunshots . they trampled their own soldiers of Delhi army under their feet . Within no time , the ground of Panipat was flooded with corpses of the killed soldiers . By the end of the noon , on the same day, the battle was over. The dead body of Ibrahim was found lying among numerous corpses of Rajput soldiers who were bodyguards of the dead sultan. this battle completed the occupation of Punjab by Babur.
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#jay#
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