The First Battle of Panipat was fought in 1526 between Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire in India, and Ibrahim Lodhi, the last ruler of the Delhi Sultanate. Babur had around 15,000 troops with artillery versus Ibrahim's larger but unprepared army of around 100,000 men. During the battle, Babur's use of gunpowder weapons like cannons frightened Ibrahim's elephants and gave his smaller army an advantage. Ibrahim was killed during the battle, marking the end of the Delhi Sultanate and the beginning of the Mughal Empire under Babur's rule.

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PANIPAT
Battle I
- Priyal Daftari

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INDEX

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Ibrahim
khan Lodi
Background
Babur Places
conquered by
Babur
Introduction

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Advantages of
cannon
Quiz
Battle

5. 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 gunpowder firearms
and field artillery.
Introduction
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Who is Babur
Babur (Persian: ‫ب‬
, romanized: Babur, lit. 'tiger’14 February 1483 – 26
December 1530), born Zahīr ud-Din Muhammad, was the founder of the
Mughal Empire and first Emperor of the Mughal dynasty (r. 1526–1530) in
the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan
through his father and mother respectively. He was also given the posthumous
name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise'). After losing
Samarkand for the third time, Babur turned his attention to India and
employed aid from the neighbouring Safavid and Ottoman empires Babur
defeated Ibrahim Lodi, Sultan of Delhi, at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 CE
and founded the Mughal Empire. At the time, the sultanate at Delhi was a
spent force that was long crumbling. The Mewar kingdom, under the able rule
of Rana Sanga, had turned into one of the strongest powers of northern India.
notable among his sons are Humayun, Kamran Mirza and Hindal
Mirza. Babur died in 1530 in Agra .

7. Places conquered by Babur one
by one
Kab
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Doa
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Punja
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Amba
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Del
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8. Who is Ibrahim khan Lodhi
Ibrahim Khan Lodhi ( )
,
(
1480
–
21 April 1526) was the last
Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate, who became Sultan in
1517 after the death of his father Sikandar Lodhi. He was the
last ruler of the Lodhi dynasty, reigning for nine years until 1526,
when he was defeated and killed at the Battle of Panipat by Babur's
invading army, giving way to the emergence of the Mughal Empire
in India. Ibrahim was an ethnic Pashtun. He attained the throne
upon the death of his father, Sikandar, but was not blessed with the
same ruling capability. He faced a number of rebellions. Ibrahim
Lodhi also displeased the nobility when he replaced old and senior
commanders with younger ones who were loyal to him. His Afghan
nobility eventually invited Babur to invade India.
In 1526, the Mughal forces of Babur, the king of Kabuli Stan (Kabul,
present Afghanistan), defeated Ibrahim's much larger army in
the Battle of Panipat. He was killed in the battle.

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The battle was fought on 21 April 1526 near the small village
of Panipat (now an industrial town in Haryana), in the present
day Indian state of Haryana, an area that has been the site of
a number of decisive battles for the control of Northern India
since the twelfth century.
It is estimated that Babur's forces numbered around 15,000
men and had between 20 to 24 pieces of field artillery. Babur
estimated Lodi had around 100,000 men, though that number
included camp followers. The actual Lodi fighting force was
around 30,000 to 40,000 men in total, along with at least
1,000 war elephants.
Background

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Battle
Hearing of the size of Ibrahim's army, Babur secured his right flank against
the city of Panipat, while digging a trench covered with tree branches to
secure his left flank. In the centre, he placed 700 carts tied together with
ropes. Between every two carts there were breastworks for his matchlock
men. Babur also ensured there was enough space for his cavalry to charge
between these carts.
When Ibrahim's army arrived, he found the approach to Babur's army too
narrow to attack. While Ibrahim redeployed his forces to allow for the
narrower front, Babur quickly took advantage of the situation to flank
(Tulghuma) the Lodi army. Many of Ibrahim's troops, were unable to get
into action and as the battle turned against Ibrahim, they fled. Faced with
musket fire, cannon fire and cavalry attacks from all sides, Ibrahim Lodi
fought and died with 6,000 of his remaining troops.

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Advantages of cannons
It is correctly seen that Ibrahim Lodhi had a huge army
then also he was defeated by the Babur. It is due to field
artillery, cannon. The sound of cannon was so loud that it
frightened Ibrahim Lodhi's elephants and trampled Lodhi's
men. It is also said that apart from the guns and all, it was
a Babur tactic that gained him the victory. Let us tell you
that the new war tactics that were introduced by Babur
were the Tulghuma and the araba. Tulghuma is dividing
the whole army into several units like the Left, the Right
and the Centre. The Left and Right divisions were further
divided into Forward and Rear divisions. Due to this, a
small army was able to surround the enemy from all
sides. The Centre forward division was provided with
carts (araba) which were placed in rows facing the enemy
and tied to each other with animal ropes.
In the battle itself, Ibrahim Lodhi died on the field,

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Q1 - Between whom was the first battle of Panipat fought
between ___________ & ____________ ?
a)Akbar
b)Babur
c)Timor
d)Ibrahim khan Lodi

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Answer- Babur & Ibrahim Lodi

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Q2 – Babur conquered ________ & __________ .
a) Agra
b) Delhi
c) Ajmer
d) Kabul

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Answer - Delhi, kabul & Agar

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Q3 - In which year was the
battle of Panipat fought ?
a)1528 CE
• 1426 CE
a)1516 CE
b)1526 CE

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Answer - 1526 CE

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Q4 – Ibrahim khan Lodi died in the
war.
a)True
b)False

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Answer- true

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Q 5 – cannons _______________ the elephants
of Ibrahim Lodi.
a)Laughed
b)Frightened
c)Made angry
d)Jumped

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Answer- Frightened

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Q6 - how many times did Babur lose Samarkand
?
a)1
b)2
c)3
d)4
e)5

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Answer- 2

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Q7- where is Panipat present day in
India ?
a)Agra
b)Punjab
c)Pakistan
d)Haryana

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Answer- Haryana

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