2nd battle of panipat

In a move being seen as aimed at spiting India, the Taliban have announced the formation of a new military unit called the ‘Panipat operational unit’. The new unit will be deployed in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, bordering Pakistan. The local media has published photographs of masked Taliban fighters in military uniform, holding US-made rifles, and taking out a parade in Nangarhar’s capital Jalalabad. Panipat in Haryana was the place where three battles were fought between foreign invaders and Indian rulers. In Afghanistan, these battles, especially the third one fought between Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas on January 14, 1761, often come up for discussion. Abdali is widely regarded as the founder of present-day Afghanistan. Afghans cherish his victory over the Maratha forces as perhaps his greatest achievement against odds. By some estimates, the battle Abdali won against the Marathas claimed 60,000 lives in a day. Abdali, it is said, took thousands prisoners of war; they were taken along with him to serve as slaves. Many of them settled in what is now Balochistan in Pakistan. Author Uday S. Kulkarni, a well-regarded authority on the Maratha Empire, calls Taliban’s move as out of sync with reality. “It is crude and immature. Invading forces won the three battles in Panipat. Naming anything after Panipat is empty rhetoric harking to medieval times.” Kulkarni adds that using the name Panipat is a pattern with regimes inimical to India. “Pakistan has named its miss...

Second Battle of Panipat The Second Battle of Panipat took place on 5th November, 1556, between the Mughal Forces of Akbar and the army of Hemu. The war was ultimately won by Mughal Forces. Bairam Khan with Akbar advanced through Thaneswar to the plain of Panipat, where thirty years earlier, Akbar’s grandfather, Babur had routed and slain Ibrahim Lodi. Himu lost his park of artillery in a preliminary engagement yet he faced his adversary with 15,000 war-elephants and a vast number of troops far superior in number to those of Akbar. The second battle was fought on November 5, 1556, and at the initial stage Himu successfully attacked the enemy on both wings. Bairam Khan commanded the ten thousand strong army from the rear, placed Ali Quli Khan, later appointed Khan Zaman, in charge of the centre, Sikandar Khan Uzbeg in charge of the right wing and Abdullah Khan Uzbeg in charge of the left wing. Akbar was kept at a safe distance in the rear by his guardian Bairam Khan. After a successful attack on the two wings, Himu launched an attack on the centre of the Mughal army, Himu appeared to be on the point of winning victory. But the defeated Mughal troops on two wings collected themselves and made a counter offensive on Himu’s flanks. Ali Quli Khan made a cavalry charge on the centre of Himu’s army. While fighting was raging with all fury between the two sides, Himu was struck by an arrow in his eye and he fell fainted. Himu’s elephant driver took him out of the battlefield but w...

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Panipat, a historic city in Haryana, India has a great courageous past. The three crucial battles, namely the first, second and the third battle of Panipat fought near the city were said to be the major turning points in Indian history. The current city is located at 90 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The city is also famous by the name of “City of Weavers” and “Textile City”. Without wasting must time on exaggerations, lets dive into the history of battles fought in PaniPat, and learn the reasons and results of these battles. Movie based on Third Battle of Panipat: There have been three Battles of Panipat: • The • The • The Here is a cool infographic which gives you a brief introduction to the battles of panipat. The First Battle of PaniPat: When was the first battle of Panipat fought? The First Battle of Panipat, was fought on 21 April 1526 Between: It was fought between the invading forces of Babur then ruler of Kabul and Ibrahim Lodhi, king of Delhi Sultanate. Reason: After the failure of many attempts to rule over the kingdom of Fergana and Samarkand in Uzbekistan, Babur gave attention to conquering India. Until 1524, his aim was to only expand his rule to Punjab, mainly to fulfil his ancestor Timur’s legacy, since it used to be part of his empire. At the time parts of north India were under the rule of Ibrahim Lodi of the Lodi dynasty, but the empire was crumbling and there were many defectors. By taking advantages of these circumstances, Ba...