short note on battle of panipat
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The First Battle of Panipat was fought between the invading forces of Babur and the Lodi Empire, which took place on 21 April 1526 in North India. It marked the beginning of the Mughal Empire. This was one of the earliest battles involving gunpowderfirearms and field artillery.
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The First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526) fought near a small village of Panipat( Haryana), this marked the beginning of Mughal Empire in India.
The battle was fought between the invading forces of Zahir-ud-din Babur and the last empire of the Delhi Sultanate, Lodi Empire during the rule of Ibrahim Lodi.
•The Military Force-
Babur’s forces numbered around 15,000 men with 20 to 24 pieces of field artillery.
The fighting force of Ibrahim Lodi was around 30,000 to 40,000 men in total, along with at least 1000 war elephants.
•Babur’s Tactics-
The weapons were not all, it was Babur’s tactics of Tulughma and Araba that led him to victory.
Behind the Araba, cannons were placed which could be fired without any fear of being hit as they were shielded by the bullock carts which were held in place due to the hide ropes holding them together.
•Result-
The Mughal forces of Babur, the Timurid ruler of Kabulistan, defeated the much larger ruling army of Ibrahim Lodi, Sultan of Delhi.
The victory enabled Babur to lay the foundations for the Indian Mughal Empire.
Ibrahim Lodi died on the field of battle, abandoned by his feudatories and generals (many of whom were mercenaries).
Most of them changed their allegiance to the new master of Delhi.
However, the fate could have been turned in the favour of Sultan Ibrahim if he had survived another hour of fighting as Babur had no reserves left and his troops were rapidly tiring.