Khanwa

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Khanwa (also spelt Khanua) is a village in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan, lying about 35 km from city of Bharatpur, the district headquarter, 60 km west of the city of Agra in India. It was the site of a historic battle in the history of North India, and a few miles from Fatehpur Sikri.

History

The Battle of Khanua was fought on 17 March 1527, between Babur, founder of the Mughal empire on the one hand and Rajput army led by Rana Sanga, king of Mewar, on the other.Smith, p. 12Havell, p. 11

References

{{cite book|last=Havell|first=E. B.|authorlink=Ernest Binfield Havell|title=A handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood (1904)|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924024120200#page/n11/mode/2up|year=1904|publisher=Longmans, Greens & Co., London|ref=Ha}}
{{cite book|last=Smith |first=Vincent Arthur|authorlink=Vincent Arthur Smith|title=Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924024056503#page/n7/mode/2up|year=1917|publisher=Oxford at The Clarendon Press|ref=Sm}}

Category:Villages in Bharatpur district

Category:History of Uttar Pradesh

Category:Historic sites in India