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Panipat

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Panipat (pä`nēpət), town (1991 pop. 191,212), Haryana state, NW India, on the Western Yamuna Canal. It has saltpeter refining plants and manufactures electrical appliances, bricks, glass, and textiles. On a plain astride the easiest route from Afghanistan to central India, Panipat has seen several great battles. In 1526, Babur Babur (bä`bər) [Turk.,=lion], 1483–1530, founder of the Mughal empire of India. His full name was Zahir ud-Din Muhammad.
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 defeated the Delhi Sultanate Delhi Sultanate, refers to the various Muslim dynasties that ruled in India (1210–1526). It was founded after Muhammad of Ghor defeated Prithvi Raj and captured Delhi in 1192.
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 there, thus paving the way for the formation of the Mughal Mughal (m
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 empire. In 1556, Akbar Akbar (ăk`bär), 1542–1605, Mughal emperor of India (1556–1605); son of Humayun , grandson of Babur .
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 defeated the Afghans at Panipat and thus secured Mughal rule. In 1761, Panipat was the site of an Afghan victory over the Marathas Marathas or Mahrattas (both: mərăt`əz, mərä`təz)
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