Panipat  pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: पानीपत) بَنِبَت is an ancient and historic city in Panipat district, Haryana state, India. It is 90 km north from Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-1. The three battles fought at the city were turning points in Indian history. The city is famous in India by the name of "City of Weaver". The first verse of the Bhagavad Gita is possibly referencing to Panipat as 'Dharmakshetra'

According to the legend, Panipat was one of the five cities (prasthas) founded by the Pandava brothers during the times of the Mahabharata; its historic name being Panduprastha. Panipat was the scene of three pivotal battles in Indian history.

The First Battle of Panipat was fought on 21 April 1526 between Ibrahim Lodhi, Sultan of Delhi, and the Timurid warlord Zaheeruddin Babur. Babur's force defeated Ibrahim's much larger force of over one lakh (one hundred thousand) soldiers.This First battle of Panipat thus ended the 'Lodi Rule' established by Bahlul Lodhi in India.

Vishwas Patil is born on November 28, 1959 in Nerle, (Kolhapur district) in a farmer family. He has an M.A. in English Literature and a degree in Law. He belongs to Kokarud, Shirala, Sangli.

He works for the Indian Police Service in Maharashtra.

“From my childhood I was aware of irrigation and power projects coming up. The Warna, that marked the boundaries of sangli and Kolhapur Districts, was our river, and on her banks was our village, Nerle, of the one thousand odd dwellings. A short distance away, the construction of the Chandoli dam was in progress. I had heard those huge thundering machines at work and seen the hapless farmers, lost without their lands, dazed without their homes, wander about aimlessly. Even before the actual construction began, word of the proposed project spread, and people from neighboring villages refused to enter into any new relationships with these people. “Give a daughter into that family and have her sacrificed to the waters? Never!” they declared. That region, long lost to the Warna, began to resurface in my mind and the displaced people who me now seemed to be my kith and kin. I too was born into a humble farmer’s family. I too had toiled on the land. In these people, who weathered the fury sun and rain, their hope filled eyes staring at the cloud laden skies, willing the rain god to bless their crops, I saw my mother and brother. Reading these lines, one would suspect that they are from the autobiography of an environmental activist. No, this is an excerpt from the introduction to the English translation of Jhadjhadati, the novel that made Vishwas Patil, one of the youngest recipients of Sahitya Akademi Award, at the age of 33.

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

His real name was Shaykh Sharfuddin but he is famous by the title Bu Ali Shah. His father, Shaykh Fakhar Uddin was a great scholar and saint of his time. He completed his studies at an early age and subsequently taught near the Qutub Minar in Delhi for 20 years.

He wrote the famous couplet in Persian about Hazrat Ali:

Haiderium Qalandaram Mastam

Banda-e-Murtuza Ali Hastam

Peshwa-e-Tamaam Rindaanam

Ke Sag-e-koo-e-Sher-e-Yazdaanam

Translation: I am Haideri (a follower of Haider, aka Ali ibn Abi Talib), I am a Qalandar and I am intoxicated (with inspiration).

I am a servant of Ali Murtaza (aka Ali ibn Abi Talib)

I am leader of all saints

Because I am a dog of the lane of "Allah's Lion" (referring to Ali Murtaza)

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 Numan Ibn Thabit Hazrat Abu Hanifa. His father, Sheikh Fakhar Uddin was a great scholar and saint of his time. His mother, Bibi Hafiza Jamal, was a Syeda; the daughter of Maulana Syed Nemat Ullah Hamdani.

Ali Hassimshah Omarshah, (known as Ali Shah, born August 7, 1959 in Salisbury - now Harare) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 28 ODIs from 1993 to 1996. Ali is currently living in Harare with his wife Aisha Omarshah, son Zain Omarhshah and daughter Fariyah Omarshah. He is currently in business trading in various commodities from around the world.

Honey Singh also known as Yo Yo Honey Singh is a Punjabi rapper, singer and a film actor. He started as a session and recording artist, and became a Bhangra producer.

Honey Singh has received the ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for his song Glassi and the PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth and PTC PUNJABI Best Music Director 2011.

It has been reported that he has been paid the highest fees ever for a song (as of 2012) of 70 lakh (US$139,700) for a song in the film Mastaan.

He was born on 15 March 1984 in Hoshiarpur. While in the UK, he studied music at the Trinity School.

It is reported that Honey Singh prefers to sing in his native language Punjabi rather than English, Spanish and French. The Punjabi album International Villager was released on 11 November 2011 (11-11-11). The track Gabru from International Villager featuring singer J-Star topped Asian music charts (including world iTunes and the official BBC asian charts)

He has performed at many college festivals including at Ansal Institute of Technology and Ramjas College, Delhi.