Battle of Panipat

When

5 Nov 1556

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

29.39° N, 76.97° E

Description

1556 battle

1556 battle during the Mughal conquest of the Sur Empire

The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on 5 November 1556, between the Mughals under Akbar and king Hemu, titularly known as Hemchandra Vikramaditya. Hemchandra had conquered Delhi and Agra a few weeks earlier by defeating Mughal forces under Tardi Beg Khan in the Battle of Delhi. He crowned himself Vikramaditya at Purana Quila in Delhi.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mughal army defeats the forces of Hemu and recaptures Delhi for the Mughal Empire”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Großmogul Akbar und sein Vormund Bairam Khan siegen in der Zweiten Schlacht von Panipat gegen Hemu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Akbar est victorieux à la deuxième bataille de Pânipat contre les Hindous dirigés par Himou, habile ministre de Muhammad Adil Shah qui est tué dans la bataille”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “第二次帕尼帕特戰役，莫臥兒帝國軍隊在白拉姆汗的指揮下戰勝了赫穆指揮的蘇爾王朝阿富汗軍隊，隨後莫臥兒帝國軍隊重新占領了德里和阿格拉。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page