Khanwa | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Rajasthan#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Rajasthan, India |
Coordinates: | 27.0353°N 77.5431°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Rajasthan |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bharatpur |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Rajasthani |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Registration Plate: | UP |
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.
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]
. Ernest Binfield Havell. A handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood (1904). 1904. Longmans, Greens & Co., London. Ha.
. Vincent Arthur Smith. Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605. 1917. Oxford at The Clarendon Press. Sm.