Panipat
a town of the Punjab, India; 53 miles N. of Delhi, near the old bank of the Jumna, and on the great military road of northern India between Afghanistan and the Punjab. The first great battle of the Panipat was fought in 1526, when Baber, at the head of 12,000 Mongols, defeated the army, 100,000 strong, of the Emperor of Delhi.
The second in 1556 by the Mongols under Akbar, grandson of Baber, and third of the Mogul emperors, against Hemu, an Indian general of the Afghan Sher Shah, the latter being defeated. The third battle was fought Jan. 7, 1761, between Ahmed, ruler of Afghanistan, and the till then invincible Mahrattas, suffered total defeat and great slaughter.
Manufactures copper utensils, cloth, blankets, hardware, silver and glass ornaments. Pop. about 35,000. a