He then started a campaign, winning battles throughout northern India.

He made his intentions of winning Delhi for himself known to his commanders. At the time of HumayunвЂ™s death in January 1556, Hemu had just quelled a rebellion in Bengal, killing the Bengal ruler Muhammad Shah in the war. Hemu had won 22 battles, as Prime Minister and Chief of Army of Islam Shah, during 1553 to 1556 to quell the rebellion by Afghan rebels against Sur regime. Hemu belonged to Rewari in present day Haryana, who earlier was an adviser to Sher Shah SuriвЂ™s son Islam Shah from 1545 to 1553. Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya or Hemu was a Hindu emperor in Delhi by virtue of defeating Akbar/HumanyunвЂ™s army in Battle for Delhi. Akbar was then campaigning in Kabul with his guardian, Bairam Khan. At the time of his accession to the throne, the Mughal rule was confined to Kabul, Kandahar, parts ofDelhi and Punjab. On February 14, 1556, Akbar was enthroned as the king. On January 24, 1556, the Mughal ruler Humanyun died in Delhi and was succeeded by his son, Akbarat Kalanaur, who was only thirteen years old. It was a decisive victory for AkbarвЂ™s generals Khan Zaman I and Bairam Khan. The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly calledHemu, the Hindu king who was ruling North India from Delhi, and the army of Akbar, on November 5, 1556.

Battles of the third age