when and where the battle of panipat beggien
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· First Battle of Panipat (1526) 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.
The First Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi. The Battle was fought on April 21, 1526.
♧Ibrahim Lodi, a great warrior but an undiplomatic ruler, was the reigning king of the Sultanate from 1517.
♧Babur, a descendant of both Timur and Chengiz Khan, was the ruler of Fergana (in Uzbekistan) and had conquered Kabul in 1504. He tried to capture Samarkand but lost it three times. Hence, he turned his attention to Punjab.
♧He was invited by Daulat Khan, the governor of Punjab, to invade the region and unsettle Ibrahim Lodi.
♧Babur reached Lahore in 1524 but was sent back by Lodi’s troops. He tried to defeat Lodi again with the help of another rebel chief but in vain.
♧However, in 1526, Babur prepared better with an improved intelligence network. Although he had a smaller number of troops compared to Lodi, he organised his men better into three flanks. He also introduced gunpowder firearms and field artillery into the subcontinent with this war.
♧Lodi’s army relied heavily on cavalry and especially on elephants, which in earlier times, could shock the enemy and rout them.
♧However, this time around, the terrible sound of the gunfire excited the elephants so much that many of Lodi’s own men were trampled under their feet.
♧Even though possessing the numerically superior army, Lodi’s bravery could not match up to the expertise of Babur on the battlefield.
♧A military genius and modern technology and warfare led to the defeat of Lodi’s nearly 50,000 troops at the hands of a mere 12000-strong army.
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