What is First Battle of Panipat?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = First Battle of Panipat | partof = [[Mughal Empire|Mughal conquests]] | image = The battle of Panipat and the death of Sultan Ibrāhīm, the last of the Lōdī Sultans of Delhi.jpg | caption = The battle of Panipat and <br /> the death of Sultan Ibrāhīm | date = 20 April 1526 | place = [[Panipat]]<br />(present-day [[Haryana]], India) | coordinates = {{Coord|29|24|11|N|76|58|24|E}} | result = Mughal victory *Sack of [[Delhi]] *End of the [[Lodi dynasty]] *Fall of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] *Establishment of the [[Mughal Empire]] | territory = [[Delhi Sultanate]] annexed by the [[Mughals]] | combatant1 = [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|25px]] [[Mughal Empire]] | combatant2 = [[File:Delhi Sultanate Flag.svg|25px]] [[Delhi Sultanate]] | commander1 = [[File:Flag of the Mughal Empire.png|25px]] [[Babur]] | commander2 = [[File:Delhi Sultanate Flag.svg|25px]] [[Ibrahim Lodi]]{{KIA}} | strength1 = 12,000{{sfn|Watts|2011|p=707}}–25,000 soldiers {{sfn|Chandra|2009|p=30}}<ref name=DO/><br>15–20 field guns{{sfn|Watts|2011|p=707}} | strength2 = 20,000 regular cavalry<ref name=DO>[[Jadunath Sarkar]], ''Military history of India'', p. 50.</ref><br> 20,000 irregular cavalry<ref name=DO/><br> 30,000 infantry armed with swords, pikes, bows and bamboo rods<ref name=DO/>{{sfn|Chandra|2009|p=30}} | casualties1 = Heavy | casualties2 = 6,000 killed in battle<ref name=DI>[[Jadunath Sarkar]], ''Military history of India'', p. 52.</ref><br>thousands killed while retreating<ref name=DI/> }} The '''First Battle of Panipat''' was an engagement between the Afghan Sultan of Hindustan, [[Ibrahim Lodi]] and the invading army of Timurid ruler [[Babur]]. Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the first battle of [[Panipat]] in 1526. In this Babur used the Rumi (Ottoman) device of lashing a large number of carts to form a defending wall with breastwork in between to rest guns (Tughlama system of welfare). His artillery was led by Ustad Ali and Mustafa. It marked the beg