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21 April
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The First Battle of Panipat was fought.
First Battle of Panipat 1526: How Babur’s Guns Broke the Lodi Army
On an April morning in 1526, the thunder of cannons silenced the war cries of elephants on the plains of Panipat. It was the day a prince from…
Read the storyAllama Iqbal
Indian philosopher and poet.
This date is in the wider Indian-history calendar but does not yet have a dedicated Curious Indian article.