Hemu
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Hemu (; also known as Hemu Vikramaditya and Hemchandra Vikramaditya; died 5 November 1556) was an Indian emperor who previously served as a general and Wazir of Adil Shah Suri of Sur Empire during a period in Indian history when Mughals and Afghans were vying for power across North India. He fought Afghan rebels across North India from Punjab to Bengal and Mughal forces of Humayun and Akbar in Agra and Delhi, winning 22 battles for Adil Shah Suri.
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- Born
- 4 April 1941
- Died
- 20 November 2025
- Works
- 143
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- Sternenwege
- Tabaluga - Die schönsten Traumgeschichten
- Drei kleine Freunde
- Ein Fall für Freunde
- Marvelous Journey Through the Night
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- Total plays
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Key facts
- Royalty.reign type
- Rule
- Royalty.name
- Hemu
- Royalty.regnal name
- Vikramaditya
- Royalty.title
- Maharaja Hemchandra Vikramaditya
- Royalty.image
- Hemu captured by Akbar's forces in 1556.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Hemu captured by Akbar's forces, painted by Shankar,
- Royalty.reign
- 7 October 1556– 5 November 1556
- Royalty.coronation
- 7 October 1556
- Royalty.birth_date
- 1501
- Royalty.birth_place
- Alwar, Rajasthan
- Royalty.death_date
- 5 November 1556
- Royalty.death_place
- Panipat, Haryana
- Royalty.predecessor
- Adil Shah Suri
- Royalty.successor
- Akbar
- Royalty.father
- Rai Puran Das
- Royalty.religion
- Hinduism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Alwar
- Place of death
- Panipat
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Position held
- emperor
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Hemu captured by Akbar's forces in 1556.jpg
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- date of death
- 1556-11-05
- Commons category
- Hemu
- date of birth
- 1501-00-00
- cause of death
- decapitation
- replaces
- Adil Shah Suri
- replaced by
- Akbar
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Early life<!-- Before editing this section See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hemu/Archive_1#Hemu's_Caste_by_Birth_and_Profession -->
- Rise to prominence
- Military career
- Battle of Tughlaqabad
- As Raja Vikramaditya
- Second Battle of Panipat
- Death
- Aftermath
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Hemu (; also known as Hemu Vikramaditya and Hemchandra Vikramaditya; died 5 November 1556) was an Indian emperor who previously served as a general and Wazir of Adil Shah Suri of Sur Empire during a period in Indian history when Mughals and Afghans were vying for power across North India. He fought Afghan rebels across North India from Punjab to Bengal and Mughal forces of Humayun and Akbar in Agra and Delhi, winning 22 battles for Adil Shah Suri.
Hemu claimed royal status after defeating Akbar's Mughal forces on 7 October 1556 in the Battle of Delhi and assumed the title of Vikramaditya that had been adopted by many Indian kings and emperors in the past. A month later, Hemu was wounded by a chance arrow and captured unconscious during the Second Battle of Panipat and was subsequently beheaded by Akbar, who took the title of Ghazi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hemu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.