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Hemu

1501 - 1556

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Hemu (; 1501 – 5 November 1556), also known as Hemu Vikramaditya and Hemchandra Vikramaditya, was an Indian king (maharaja) who previously served as a general and Wazir of Adil Shah Suri of the Sur Empire during a period in Indian history when the 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 many Indian kings had adopted 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hemu is the 13,652nd most popular politician (down from 11,506th in 2019), the 566th most popular biography from India (down from 424th in 2019) and the 174th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hemu ranks 13,652 out of 19,576. Before him are María Corina Machado, Mikhail Khorobrit, Sakir-Har, Mugur Isărescu, José Tadeo Monagas, and Swithhelm of Essex. After him are Carl Vaugoin, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, Thomas I Komnenos Doukas, Kim Sol-song, Gregoria, and King Kao of Zhou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Hemu ranks 15. Before him are Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, Ivan Susanin, Perino del Vaga, and Maurice Scève. After him is Francisco de Ulloa. Among people deceased in 1556, Hemu ranks 19. Before him are Richard Chancellor, Giovanni della Casa, Luca Ghini, Francesco Venier, Domingo Martínez de Irala, and Konrad Pellikan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hemu ranks 566 out of 1,861. Before him are Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805), Shiva Rajkumar (1961), Shammi Kapoor (1931), M. F. Husain (1915), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), and Yellapragada Subbarow (1895). After him are William Birdwood (1865), Sidharth Malhotra (1985), Malik Kafur (1250), Arjun Appadurai (1949), B. V. Doshi (1927), and Manorama (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Hemu ranks 174. Before him are Jhalkaribai (1830), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), Prince Vijaya (-543), Vichitravirya (null), Lobsang Sangay (1968), and Jagjivan Ram (1908). After him are Malik Kafur (1250), Bal Thackeray (1926), Nitish Kumar (1951), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Amarinder Singh (1942), and Harihara I (1336).

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