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First Battle of Panipat

Type Event Region Asia Time 1526

On April 21, 1526, Timurid descendant Babur led Mughal forces to defeat Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat, extinguishing the Lodi dynasty, using a…

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  1. 1525–1526Punjab to the Delhi plain · HaryanaBabur marched south again from Kabul, pushing through Punjab deep into the Gangetic plain. Ibrahim Lodi personally led an army of roughly 100,000 (including war elephants) north from Delhi to meet him; the two armies faced off near Panipat, where Babur fortified his position with wagon-forts and artillery.
  2. 1526Panipat battlefield · PanipatBabur shattered the Lodi army's center with artillery bombardment and the tulughma flanking maneuver. Ibrahim Lodi was killed, the Lodi army routed, and the Delhi Sultanate's military power suffered a devastating blow, rewriting the political landscape of northern India.
  3. 1526Delhi · DelhiAfter the defeat at Panipat, the Lodi dynasty lost effective governing power. Babur's forces subsequently advanced on Delhi, seizing the heartland of northern India and laying the foundation for the establishment of the Mughal Empire and the capture of cities such as Agra and Delhi.

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