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Panipat

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Panipat is a city and administrative territorial entity in India, serving as the capital of Panipat district. Located in the state of Haryana, it has a population of 295,970. The city covers an area of 64 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 219 meters above sea level. It operates under a Municipal Corporation government led by a mayor.

The city’s postal code is 132103, and it uses the local dialing code +91 180. Panipat is situated in the UTC+05:30 time zone. The Grand Trunk Road, a motorway, passes through the Shiv Nagar area of the city. According to historical records, the city was founded by the Maratha Empire.

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Place details

Locality
Panipat
Region
Haryana
Country
India
Population
295,970
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

132US AQIUnhealthy (sensitive)
PM2.5
73.8 µg/m³
PM10
74.3 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-11 06:30 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

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+5:30
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Pandavprastha
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Panipat Elevated Expressway
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Location in Haryana, India

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Travel guide

Get in

Panipat is small but enjoyable city, with many malls, museums, and hotels.

Eat

Ram Lal Chowk Laal Tanki Market Hotel Gold & Nathu's Try Paneer ki Jalebi only from Mitthan's Sweets

Drink

Bars are available in Hotel Gold & Hotel Skylark.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

~9 min read

Encyclopedic overview

22 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Inception
  • Reason behind the merger
  • Battles
  • First
  • Second
  • Third
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Industries
  • Industrial Estate
  • Products
  • Landmarks
  • Hemu's Samadhi Sthal
  • Ibrahim Lodhi's Tomb
  • Babur's Kabuli Bagh Mosque
  • Kala Amb
  • Prachin Sidhh Shree Devi Mandir
  • Panipat Syndrome
  • References
  • External links

Panipat () is an industrial , located 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-44 in Panipat district, Haryana, India. It is famous for three major battles fought in 1526, 1556 and 1761. The city is also known as 'city of weavers', 'textile city' and 'cast-off clothes capital' of the world. It is home to industries like wool and cotton milling, saltpetre refining and manufacture of glass, electrical appliances, and other products. The city is included in the list of critically polluted industrial areas in India. As in Dec 2009, the Comprehensive Environment Pollution Index (CEPI) of the city was 59.00, as against 88.50 of Ankaleshwar (Gujarat). The three battles fought in the fatal field of Panipat changed the course of India's history, first two resulting in creation and confirmation of the Mughal Empire. The third battle led to the decisive defeat of the Maratha Confederacy in North India, which had become a dominating power in Delhi by then and enabled the British Empire's Company rule in India .

==Etymology== Borrowed from Hindi पानीपत (pānīpat), Pani (water) Pat means (Bank) "Panipat". As per another version, it is derived from Pandavprasth, i.e. 'Pani' as a short form of 'Pandav' and 'pat' as a short form of 'prasth'.It was also known as Panprastha.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Panipat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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