PANIPAT HARYANA

Thursday, 15 September 2011

Hazrat Bu Ali Shah Kalander, Panipat (Hariyana)

The History Of Sheikh Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Qalandar Panipati Hazrat Sheikh Sharf

Hazrat Bu-Ali Shah Qalandar PANIPAT, Dargah of Bu Ali Shah Qalandar PANIPAT,

Sheikh Sharafuddeen Bu Ali Qalandar Panipati (1209-1324 CE), born at Ganja, Azerbaijan) was a Sufi saint who lived in India. His mausoleum in the town of Panipat is a place of pilgrimage.

Birthplace
One account says he was born in early 1400 in Panipat, India. However an epitaph on his tomb in Persian gives his birthplace as Ganja in present-day Azerbaijan. It traces his descent from Imam e Aazam Nauman Ibn Thaabit Abu Hanifa.

Tomb
The dargah (mausoleum or shrine), mosque and enclosure at the Qalandar Chowk in Panipat were constructed by Mahabat Khan a Mughal General in service of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Mahabat Khan's own tomb in red sandstone is adjacent to the saint's mausoleum. The tombs of Hakim Mukaram Khan and the Urdu poet Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali are also located within the enclosure.

The left wall of the mausoleum has a qasida (panegyric) embossed and painted in blue and gold, written by Zahuri Neishabouri who visited India during the reign of Akbar.

A large number of people from all walks of life - Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians - visit the tomb and offer prayers there each Thursday.

Legends
Various legends exist about the saint. One legend says after the ibadah (act of obedience and submission) of 36 years standing in the water in Karnal he was awarded the status of "Bu Ali" (Fragrance of Ali) by Muhammad. After achieving this Rutba (rank) he was visited by many other Sufi saints. An alternative legend to explain his name says that Muhammad appeared to him in a dream and offered him a wish. The Qalandar asked for prophethood and was told that all positions has been filled and Muhammad was the last one. He asked to be Ali and was told that position was also filled. He then asked for at least the fragrance of Ali and that wish was granted. A scholarly view of his name is that Bu Ali is simply another form of Kuniyyat Abu Ali.

Further reading
Mulla Abdul Qadir Badayuni, Muntakhab-ut-Tawaareekh. English translation by John William Greers. The Royal Asiatic Society Calcutta. India.
Sir Ghulam Yazdani, Epigraphia Indo-Islamica. Vol XIII. Archaeological Survey of India. Institute of Archaeology, New Delhi.India.
Dr. Shaikh Muhammad Ikram, Aab-e-kausar. Shaikh Ghulam Ali & Sons. Lahore. Pakistan.
Shaikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi, Akhbaar-Ul-Akhiyaar. ( Urdu translation by Professor Ghulam Rasool Mehr). Maktaba Usmania. Hyderabad.A.P. India.

Important Dargahs of Chishty Sufis in Indian sub-continent :

1. Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty, Ajmer Sharif.

2. Hazrat Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, Delhi (Mehroli).

3. Hazrat Baba Fariduddin Masood Ganj-e-Shakar, Pak Pattan Sharif, Pakistan.

4. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya , Delhi.

5. Hazrat Alauddin Sabir Kalyari, Kalyar Distt. Rurki (Uttaranchal).

6. Hazrat Nasiruddin Chiragh, Delhi

7. Hazrat Gaisu Daraz Banda Nawaz, Gulbarga Sharif (karnataka)

6. Hazrat Amir Khusru, Delhi

9. Hazrat Sufi Hamiduddin Suwali, Nagaur (Rajasthan).

10. Hazrat Khwaja Fakhruddin Chishty, Sarwar Sharif, Ajmer.

11. Hazrat Hisamuddin Jigar Sokhta, Sanbhar Lake (Rajasthan).

12. Hazrat Jamaluddin Hanswi, Hansi (Hariyana).

13. Hazrat Jahangir Ashraf Samnani, Kachocha Sharif (U.P.).

14. Hazrat Waris Ali Shah Dewa Sharif (UP)

15. Hazrat Shah Sarang Machgaon, Bara Banki.

16. Hazrat Shah Meena, Lucknow (U.P.).

17. Hazrat Bu Ali Shah Kalander, Panipat (Hariyana).

18. Hazrat Shamsuddin Turk, Panipat (Hariyana).

19. Hazrat Jalaluddin Kabirul Auliya.

20. Hazrat Syed Abdur Razzaque Bansa Sharif, Bara Banki.

21. Hazrat Makhdoom Abdul Haque, Rudoli Sharif, Bara Banki.

22. Hazrat Abdul Quddus Gangohi, Gangoh (Saharanpur)

Panipat : Schools in Panipat India

Worried about searching a good school for your kid? Here we make your search easier!This section provides an exhaustive listing of the schools in Panipat, India. The school listing includes primary, high schools.

School
Address
City
State
Affiliation
Pupils

Kendriya Vidyalaya Nfl
Panipat, Haryana
Panipat
Haryana
CBSE
Co-ed

Bal Vikas School
Panipat, Haryana
Panipat
Haryana
-
-

DAV Public School
(Thermal Colony), Panipat, Haryana
Panipat
Haryana
-
-

Dr. MKK Arya Model School
Panipat, Haryana
Panipat
Haryana
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I B L B Senior Secondary [...]

Panipat : Education Institutes in Panipat

General colleges
* S D College
* I B College
* Arya College
Engineering colleges
* APIIT SD INDIA
* N C College of Engineering, Israna
* Panipat Institute of Textile & Engineering, Samalkha
* S.D. Institute of Technology and Management, Israna
Schools
* I.B.L.Bh.Senior Secondary School
* M.A.S.D. Public School
* Bal Vikas School, Model Town
* Kendriya Vidyalaya, NFL
* Dr. M K K Arya Model [...]

Friday, 9 September 2011

Second Battle of Panipat City

On 24th January 1556 AD Mughal ruler Humayun slipped while climbing down the steps of his library and fell to his death. His son Akbar was only thirteen years old when he ascended the throne. At the time of Akbar's accession to the throne, the Mughal rule was confined to Kabul, Kandhahar, and parts of Punjab and Delhi.

Akbar was then campaigning in Punjab with his chief minister Bairam Khan. On February 14, 1556, in a garden at Kalanaur, Akbar was enthroned as emperor. Hemu (Hemchandra) was a military chief of the Afghan King Muhammad Adil Shah who had established himself at Chunar and was seeking to expel the Mughals from India. Taking advantage of Humayun's death, Hemu marched to Agra and Delhi in October and occupied it without difficulty, and became the ruler under the title 'Raja Vikramaditya'.

To counter this, Bairam Khan (Akbar's guardian) marched towards Delhi. On November 5 both the armies met at Panipat. Hemu with a large army including 1,500 war elephants had initial success. There was a pitched battle and Hemu was on a winning spree when a stray arrow struck him in the eye. He fell unconscious. As in many other battles, the loss of the leader caused panic among the troops and turned the tide of the battle. The Mughals won the battle. Shah Quli Khan captured the Hawai elephant with its prize occupant, and took it directly to Akbar. Hemu was brought unconscious before Bairam and Akbar. Bairam pleaded Akbar to perform the holy duty of slaying the infidel and earn the Islamic holy title of 'Ghazi'. Among much self-congratulation Akbar then severed the head of unconscious Hemu with his saber.

Some historians claim that Akbar did not kill Hemu himself, but just touched the infidel's head with his sword and his associates finished the gory 'holy' work. After the battle Hemu's head was sent to Kabul as a sign of victory to the ladies of Humayun's harem, and Hemu's torso was sent to Delhi for exposure on a gibbet. Iskandar Khan chased the Hemu's fleeing army and captured 1500 elephants and a large contingent. Hemu's wife escaped from Delhi with the treasure and Pir Mohammad Khan's troops chased her caravan without success. There was a great slaughter of those who were captured and in keeping with the custom of his ancestors, Akbar had a victory pillar built with their heads. This battle, known as Second Battle of Panipat was an epoch-making event in the history of India as it resulted in re-establishment of the Mughal empire in India.

First Battle of Panipat(1526)

Date: 21 April 1526
Location: Panipat, Haryana, India
Result: Decisive Mughal victory
Territorial changes: Delhi Sultanate annexed by Mughals

The first Battle of Panipat gave a death blow to the Lodhi empire and marked the end of the Delhi Sultanate's rule in India. It led to the establishment of the Mughal Empire in India. Mongol prince Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad, known as Babur, had promised to help Daulat Khan Lodhi, Governor of Lahore, to fight the Sultan of Delhi Ibrahim Lodhi in 1523 and made many raids into Punjab.

Babur, after occupying the whole of Panjab by 1525 AD, marched towards Delhi. In November 1525 he set out to meet the Sultan of Delhi. Passage of Indus took place on 15th December. Babur had about 12,000 soldiers. Crossing Sutluj at Roper and reached Ambala without meeting any resistance. On April 1st Babur reached Panipat. It was barren wasteland dry and naked with few thorny bushes. Rumors came that Sultan was coming with an army of 100,000 and 1000 war elephants. The Afghan Sultan of Delhi, Ibrahim Lodhi advanced from Delhi to meet the invader. Babur had a strong artillery which was effectively pressed into service.

The battle started at six in the morning. Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi advanced rapidly . At about 400 yards Babur's Cannons opened fire, noise and smoke from the artillery terrified the Afghans and the attack lost momentum. Seizing the movement Babur sent out his flanking columns to envelop the Sultan's army. Here the Afghans met for the first time the real weapon of Mongols 'Turko-Mongol Bow'. Its superiority lay in the fact that it was the weapon of the nobles, of the finest warriors. Such a bow in the hands of a Mongol warrior would shoot three times as rapidly as musket and could kill at 200 yards.

Attacked from 3 sides the Afghans jammed into each other. Elephants hearing noise of cannon at close range ran wildly out of control. Ibrahim Lodhi and about 6000 of his troops were involved in actual fighting. Most of his army stretching behind up to a mile never saw action. Battle ended in about 3 hours with the death of Ibrahim Lodhi who was at forefront.

And in place where fighting had been the fiercest, among the heap of Mongols slain of his sword, lay the vain but courageous Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi. His head was cut off and taken to Babur. Ibrahim Lodhi's tomb is still present in Panipat. When afghans fled they left 20,000 dead and wounded. Losses to Babur's army were heavy 4000 of his troops were killed or wounded. Had Sultan Ibrahim survived another hour of fighting he would have won, as Babur had no reserves and his troops were rapidly tiring in Indian mid-day sun. Babur observes in his autobiography, "The mighty army of Delhi was laid in the dust in the course of half a day." In the words of Rushbrook Williams, "If there was one single material factor, which more than any other conduced to his ultimate triumph in Hindustan, it was his powerful artillery." The elephants trampled their own soldiers after being frightened away by the explosion of gunpowder.

Two weeks later the victorious Babur entered Agra where he was presented with the famous diamond 'Koh-i-noor'. Babur celebrated his victory in a lavish manner and occupied Delhi and Agra.

Panipat City Map

Phone No. of Panipat

Important Telephone Numbers of District Panipat (STD CODE-0180)

Name	Office	Residence
Deputy Commissioner	2651502	2652800,2653800
Add.Dy. Commissioner	2650152	2650652
Superintendent of Police ( S.P.)	2632302	2633655
S.D.O.(C)Panipat	2632302	2633655
S.D.O.(C)Samalkha	2571100	2573652
C.T.M.	2651801	2650701
G.M. Roadways	2630204	2669166
M.D. Sugar Mill	2651269	2652751
D.T.O.	2668668	-------
D.R.O.	2653850	-------
D.D.P.O.	2653012	2654554
Tehsildar panipat	2639453	-------
Tehsildar Samalkha	2571206	-------
Tehsildar Israna	2979793	-------
Civil Surgeon	2630275	2672601
Red Cross	2638918,2630102	2642674
Fire Brigade	101,2650458	-------
EX. Directorr Refinery	2578804	2585004
G.M. NFL	2652676	2666404
C.E.OPE. & MTC.	2566859	2566804