16 March in Hindu history
16 March 152716 March 1846
Battle of Khanwa: Rana Sanga against Babur
Rana Sanga leads a great Rajput confederacy against Babur at Khanwa near Fatehpur Sikri. Babur’s guns and a late flank attack break the Rajput lines; the wounded Rana is carried from the field.
Treaty of Amritsar creates Jammu and Kashmir state
After the first Anglo-Sikh war, the British sell Kashmir to Gulab Singh of Jammu for 75 lakh rupees. The Dogra state of Jammu and Kashmir lasts until 1947.