Who was the ruler of Delhi when Babur invaded India?

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (d) Ibrahim Lodi.
• Babur invaded India in 1526, during the reign of Ibrahim Lodi, the last ruler of the Lodi dynasty.
• Ibrahim Lodi was defeated by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat (1526), which marked the end of the Delhi Sultanate and the beginning of Mughal rule in India.
Information Booster:
• Ibrahim Lodi ruled from 1517 to 1526.
• He was the son of Sikandar Lodi and succeeded him to the throne.
• Babur was the ruler of Ferghana and a descendant of Timur (from his father’s side) and Genghis Khan (from his mother’s side).
• Babur used gunpowder artillery and matchlock guns, which gave him a decisive advantage over Ibrahim Lodi’s forces.
Additional Knowledge:
• The First Battle of Panipat was fought on 21 April 1526.
• Ibrahim Lodi was killed on the battlefield along with a large number of Afghan nobles.
• Babur later laid the foundation of the Mughal Empire, which ruled large parts of India for over three centuries.
• Daulat Khan Lodi, the governor of Punjab, had earlier invited Babur to invade India against Ibrahim Lodi.