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Panipat (Hindi pronunciation: [päː.niː.pɐt̪] [5] Hi-panipat.ogg ⓘ) is an industrial planned city, located in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three major battles fought in 1526, 1556 and 1761 took place near the city. The city is famous in India as the "City of Weavers" and "Textile ...
Jan 14, 2020 · January 14, 1761, is known as the ‘the blackest day in Indian history'—a day when more than 40,000 Maratha warriors fell on the field of Panipat, and more than 20,000 others, mostly women and children, were taken as prisoners. It was a day that changed the course of Indian history and shaped its contours irrevocably.
Panipat, city, east-central Haryana state, northwestern India. It is connected by road and rail with Delhi (south) and Ambala (north). The plain of Panipat was the site of three decisive battles in Indian history in the 16th and 18th centuries.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Panipat district (pronunciation ⓘ) is one of the 22 districts of Haryana in north India. The historical city of Panipat is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district occupies an area of 1,268 km 2 (490 sq mi), making it the nineteenth largest in the state with Gurugram and Panchkula following it.
- Kirti Pandey
- Afghan warlord Ahmed Shah Abdali had been looting the northern part of India repeatedly. He had attacked in 1749, 1752 and again in 1757 when he finally reached Delhi and looted the 200-year-long accumulation of wealth in the Mughal treasury.
- The 1758 expedition by the Marathas pushed back Abdali’s son and General from Lahore. The Maratha flag flew atop vital installations at Lahore, Multan, Attock and Peshawar.
- Dattaji and Jankoji Sindia accordingly rushed to the north. In the circumstances, Sindia met the returning elderly subedar Malhar Rao Holkar who advised him to take Najib’s help to build the bridge of boats on the Ganga.
- Dattaji was asked to take Najib's help to cross the Ganga by building a bridge of boats. Even the Nawab of Oudh (Avadh) Shujauddaulah – whose father Safdar Jung had once been a recipient of Maratha aid – forsook the agreement.
Feb 26, 2010 · The fact that the place lies on the direct route to Delhi – the very reason for the battles having been fought there – has changed the character of the town. Today, its lifeline is not heritage but the massive flow of traffic passing on the national highway that cuts through it.
Apr 21, 2014 · For, the victory of Babur’s invading army on 21 April 1526 in what is called the First Battle of Panipat, led to the establishment of one of the great empires of the medieval world — the Mughal...
