Panipat

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Panipat (Hindi: ? पानीपत, Pānīpat listen, / i ) is an Indian city in the state of Haryana, about 90 kilometers north of Delhi located. The city has about 294.00 inhabitants ( 2011 census ) and is the administrative seat of the district of the same name. Panipat, 16 kilometers west of the Yamuna, on the western channel of the river. Panipat, an industrial city with a refinery and a large fertilizer plant, is also known for its hand-woven fabrics.

History

According to legend, Panipat was established as Paneprastha of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata.

Panipat is situated on the main passage route from Delhi to the north west, the - always served invaders from Persia and Central Asia as a route of invasion to North India - in the opposite direction. The few hundred kilometers away, mostly Punjab were given the additional role of a deployment base for these invasions. To ward off such ideas, the ruler of Delhi have been forced to move their troops into the area of Panipat. So it's no surprise that in the semi -desert, largely flat and unimpressive scenery around Panipat three for the Indian history enormously important battles were fought.

On April 20, 1526 defeated Babur, who came from the Ferghana Valley in Central Asia, Timur Lenk's great-grandson, the last Sultan of Delhi in the First Battle of Panipat and founded by the Mughal empire. His grandson Akbar defeated on November 5, 1556 the Hindu usurper Hemu in the Second Battle of Panipat and thus consolidated the Mughal empire final. On January 14, 1761 finally the Marathas in the Third Battle of Panipat suffered a devastating defeat against the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Durrani. This defeat favored again the rise of the British for supremacy in India significantly.

Personalities

• Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914-1987), film director, screenwriter and journalist