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Examine the causes of Babur’s success against the Ibrahim Lodi in the First Battle of Panipat.

  • UPSC 2021
  • The Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century: Political History

At Panipat (21 April 1526), a numerically inferior Mughal force overturned Ibrahim Lodi's army through superior technology, tactics, and generalship.

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