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Khanwa

Coordinates: 27°2′7″N 77°32′35″E / 27.03528°N 77.54306°E / 27.03528; 77.54306
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Khanwa
Khanwa is located in Rajasthan
Khanwa
Khanwa
Location in Rajasthan, India
Khanwa is located in India
Khanwa
Khanwa
Khanwa (India)
Coordinates: 27°2′7″N 77°32′35″E / 27.03528°N 77.54306°E / 27.03528; 77.54306
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictBharatpur
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Rajasthani
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationRJ

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.[1]

History

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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.[1][2]

References

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  • Havell, E. B. (1904). A handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood (1904). Longmans, Greens & Co., London.
  • Smith, Vincent Arthur (1917). Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605. Oxford at The Clarendon Press.