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Events in April 1526 1
1526First Battle of PanipatBabur founds the Mughal EmpireIn 1526 Babur — a Central Asian descendant of both Timur and Genghis Khan — defeated the last Lodi sultan Ibrahim at the First Battle of Panipat, using field artillery to shatter a far larger army. The victory ended the Delhi Sultanate and founded the Mughal Empire.