Option d is the correct answer. The First Battle of Panipat was fought between the invading forces of Babur and Ibrahim Lodi. It took place on 21 April 1526 in North India. It marked the beginning of the Mughal Empire. This was one of the earliest battles involving gunpowder, firearms and artillery. Ibrahim Lodi died on the field of battle, abandoned by his feudatories and generals (many of whom were mercenaries). Important Tips Second Battle of Panipat (1556): The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly called Hemu, the Hindu king who was ruling North India from Delhi, and the army of Akbar, on November 5, 1556. It was a decisive victory for Akbar's general Bairam Khan. Hemu was an adviser to Sher Shah Suri's son Islam Shah from 1545 to 1553. Hemu commanding his forces from atop an elephant was on a winning track and was about to rout Akbar's army, but an arrow struck Hemu's squinting eye and changed the game in fabor of Akbar Army. Third Battle of Panipat (1761): The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761, at Panipat, about 60 miles ( 95.5 km ) north of Delhi It was fought between force of the Maratha Empire and the King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali with two Indian Muslim allies - the Rohilla Afghans of the Doab, and Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Oudh. Both the Marathas as well as Afghans tried to get the Nawab of Awadh, Shuja-ud-Daulah, into their camp. By late July, Shuja-ud-Daulah made the decision to join the Afghan-Rohilla coalition. This was strategically a major loss for the Marathas, since Shuja provided much needed finances for the long Afghan stay in North India. The Marathas failed to get support from the Rajputs, Jats or the Sikhs. Immediately after the battle, the Afghan army massacred thousands of Maratha soldiers as well as civilians in the streets of Panipat. The vanquished women and children were taken as slaves to Afghan camps.