Khanwa

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Khanwa is a village in Rajasthan, India, historically renowned as the site of the 1527 Battle of Khanwa between the Mughal emperor Babur and the Rajput confederacy led by Rana Sanga.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf village
administrativeDivision Gram panchayat
administrativeHierarchy village in district in state in India
battleBelligerent Mughal forces under Babur
Rajput confederacy
surface form: Rajput confederacy under Rana Sanga
battleDate 16 March 1527
battleHistoricalImpact consolidation of Mughal rule in North India
battleOccurredHere Battle of Khanwa
battleOutcome Mughal victory
battleType decisive field battle
battleWeaponry use of gunpowder artillery by Mughals
climate semi-arid
commemoratedBy references in Mughal chronicles
country India
crop millet
mustard
wheat
culturalRegion northern India
surface form: North India
demographicCategory rural settlement
economy agriculture-based
geographicFeature alluvial plain
governingSystem Panchayati Raj
surface form: Panchayati raj
historicalEra Mughal period
surface form: Mughal era
historicalSignificance site of the Battle of Khanwa
knownFor Battle of Khanwa
surface form: Battle of Khanwa (1527)
languageSpoken Hindi
Rajasthani dialects
locatedIn Bharatpur
surface form: Bharatpur district

Rajasthan
northern India
locatedInSubcontinent Indian subcontinent
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
locatedNear Agra
Fatehpur Sikri
mentionedInSource Baburnama
nearHistoricalRoute Agra–Rajasthan routes
partOf India
region Braj region
religionMajority Hinduism
religionMinority Islam
strategicImportance proximity to Agra, Mughal capital at the time
terrainAtBattle open plain suitable for cavalry and artillery
timeZoneOffset +05:30
transportConnection connected by road to nearby towns

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