One group of
soldiers had to ride along the sides and attach the Lodi army from the back.
The other two groups had to attack the Lodi army from the sides.
Babur used his
small army very efficiently. He placed big guns called cannons in a line in
front of his army when it faced the Lodi army.
In India,
people were not used to such weapons.
Lodi did not
know how to fight this attack from all sides. His army was badly hit by the
quick and efficient Mughals.
As Babur attacked,
many of Lodi's soldiers were killed. The remaining ran away, after being chased
by Babur's fast horsemen. A general of Ibrahim's army came to Ibrahim and said,
"YOUR Majesty, Your life is precious. If we loss, you can always from
another army later and fight."
But Ibrhim
Lodi said, "Nom I cannot go away, See there are so many people fighting
for me, I cannot leave them." So he fought on.
When Babur was
informed about Ibrahim Lodi's death during the battle, he said to his soldiers,
"Take me to his dead body."
On seeing
Ibrahim Lodi lying dead on the ground, Babur bent down and lifted his head with
his hands and said, "He was a brave king. I will give him te funeral
befitting a king. I will also make a tomb for him."
Thus ended the
rule of Ibrahim Lodi, the last ruler of th Delhi Sultunate.
Babur became
the first Mughal Emeror to rule over a part of North Indiaa around Delhi and
Agra.
After his
victory in the Battle of Panipat, Babur ruled only for four years. He did not
spend much time in India. He was a brave and kind ruler.
HIS BODY was
very fit and strong. He is said to have swum nearly every big river in India
and that too often against the current.
He was so
healthy and fit that he could carry two people, one on each shoulder, and run
or even climb a slope.
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