Friday, February 5, 2016

Panipat


Panipat is located in Haryana and about 90 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH1. It is currently known for recycling old wool clothes and producing shoddy yarn.

There have been three battles of Panipat.

1526: Mughal empire founder Babur vs. Delhi Sultanate Ibrahim Lodi
1556: Mughal emperor Akbar vs. Delhi King Hemu or Hemachandra 
1761: Durrani king Ahmad Sha Abdhali vs. Maratha commander in chief Sadasiva Bhau

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