The main places of attraction are “Panipat Battles Museum”, Hemu’s ‘Samadhi-sthal’ and camp site of Babur and Akbar at village Sodhapur, the grave of Ibrahim Lodhi, Kabuli Bagh, Devi Mandir, Kala Amb, Salar Gunj Gate, and the tomb of the thirteenth century sufi saint Bu Ali Shah Qalandar.

* Panipat Museum:

Panipat Museum has been especially established for dissminating information about archaeology, history, art and crafts of Haryana with special emphasis on the Battles of Panipat which marked the turning point in Indian history, The display of antiquities, inscription, sculptures, arms and armours, Pottery, old and valuable documents, jewellery and art and craft objects, have been augumented by maps, writeups photographs and translides, etc. Through display an attempt has been made to provide an insight into the acts of bravery of some valiant and patriotic warrios who sacrificed their lives at Panipat. These include, hemu-a local hero, Raja Surja Mal of Bharatpur, Vikramaditya (Vikramajit) of Gwalior, Maharaja of Patiala, Sher Shar SURI< Sadashiv Rao Bhau, Vishwas Rao Peshwa, Tukuj Shinde and Ch. Ganpat Rai (Pradhan of Sarvakhab Panchyat of village Sisauli). Enlarged photographs of a large number of important miniatures, mostly from babur Nama and Akbar Nama, relating to these battles and personalities connected therewith, have been obtained from the National museum of New Delhi, The British Library, Victoria and Albert Museum of London. A Large number of contemporary weapons, armoury, guns, etc. have been acquired through loan from the Archaeological Survey of India, The Department of Archaeology and Museums, Haryana is also associated with this project, has donated a large number of items for display in this Museum. These include replicas of a large number of artifacts in the form of status, pottery, coins, etc. which were collected from the excavated sites in Haryana besides a number of blow-ups of building and sites of historical and archaeological importance. In addition, a large number of items of traditional art have been procured from various districts of haryana with the help of District Administration which exhibit a glimpse of haryana’s traditional art.

* Grave of Ibrahim Lodhi :

The tomb is situated near a Tehsil Office at Panipat. Ibrahim Lodhi fought fiercely with his uncle Babur, in the battle known to us today as the “First Battle of Panipat” and was slained and burried at this place. It was one of Sher Shah Suri’s dying regret that he could never fulfil his intention of erecting a tomb to the fallem monarch. Much later, the British erected a plain plateform over the place, with ashort Urdu Inspriction on it.

Another memorial of some kind, however, appears to existed which used to from a place of pilgrimage for the people of Gwalior sine Vikramaditya the last Raja of the old Towrebs dyansty of Gwalior, fell in the same battle. This memorial, according to general Cunningham, was destroyed when the Grand Trunk Road was made.

* Kabuli Bagh:

The garden of Kabuli Bagh along with a mosque and a tank was built by Babur after the First battle to commemorate his victory over Ibrahim Lodhi. Some years later when Humayun defeated Salem Shah near Panipat, he added a masonary Platform to it and called it ‘Chabutra” Fateh Mubarak, bearing the inspription 934 Hijri (A.D.1557).These building and the garden still exist under the name of Kabuli Bagh called so after Babur’s wife – Mussammat Kabuli begum.

* Devi Temple:

A temple dedicated to local deity exists on the bank of a large tank. A Shiva temple believed to have been built by Maratha named Mangal Raghunath who had remained in Panipat after the battle, also exists besides it.

* Kala Amb:

According to the tradition, the site 8 Kilometers from Panipat and 42 Kilometers from Karnal, where Sadashiv Rao Bhau commanded his maratha forces during the third battle of Panipat was marked, by a black Mango Tree (Kala Amb) which has since disappeared. The dark colour of its foliage was probably the origin of the name. The site has a brick Piller with an iron rod and the structure is surrounded by an iron fence.The site is being developed and beautified by a society with Governor, Haryana as its President.

The counrty side is no less famous than the city of Panipat remanets of various buildings and structure alongwith galical and archaeologocal intrest.

* Salar Gunj Gate:

This gate is situated in the middle of Panipat city historical importance to Nawab Salar Juge, The gate still denoting its archacological interest .

* Tomb of Bu-Ali Shah Kalandar:

Seven hundared years old this tomb is known as Dargah of Shah Kalandar Khizar Khan son of allau-din Khilji who got this tomb constructed. Bu-Ali-Shah kalander was born in 1190 A.D. His father’s name was Salar Fakirudin. There are tombs of Hakim Mukaram Khan and Khawaja Altaf Hussain Hali in the premises of this tomb. Hali was a great Urdu poet. A large number of people from all walks of life, Hindu, Muslims, Sikh and Christians visit the tomb of Shah Kalandar and offer prayers here on every Thursday.

* Shri Ram Sharnam:

Shri Ram Sharnam stands as an emblem of supreme devotion to Shri Ram and Selfless service of humanity in the war : ravaged historical city of Panipat. The grace and dignity of its congregation halls and its atmosphare suffused with pity and devotion attract devotees in large numbers. With ceutres spread all over India and abrod, Shri Ram Sharnam Panipat has the honour of being the only prayer hall inaugrated by Swami Satya Nandji himself in 1960, who described it as devinely inspired. swamiji’s great desciple Maa Shakuntala Devi and Maa Darshi Devi, the present head of Shri Ram Sharnam have worked with great commitment and devotion to develop it into a singular place for the mental, moral and spiritual advancement of its innumerable devotees.

A ladies special EMU train between New Delhi and Panipat and an A/C superfast express train from the city to Sri Ganganagar were flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.

The ladies special ”Matribhoomi” train will run five days a week leaving here at 5.50 pm and reaching Panipat at 8.10 pm.

In the return direction, it will leave from there at 6.45 am and arrive at 9 am.

The ladies special is intended for working women travelling to the Capital. Two other ladies specials — between New Delhi and Palwal and New Delhi and Ghaziabad — were started earlier.

The Haryana police arrested six persons along with a big haul of pirated CDs in Panipat. The six accused are Ashwani, Joginder Singh, Sewa Ram, Shribhagwan, Mohinder Das and Rajesh Kumar, all residents of Panipat.

The police team also seized instruments used to prepare CDs from the accused. A special team led by Inspector General of Rohtak range raided various places in Panipat acting on specific inputs that the illegal business of developing pirated CDs and DVDs has been flourishing in the town.

During raids, the police recovered around 1.75 lakh CDs besides DVD making machines, TV sets and satellite discs.

IGP V Kamraja said the police received secret information about the business of making pirated CDs and DVDs in the city.

The team seized 1.62 lakh pirated CDs from the shop of Ashwani along with many CD and DVD making machines, writers and other equipments. A case under Section 420 of IPC (forgery) and Section 292 of Copyright Act has been registered, he said.

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