Editing Hemu (section)

{{short description|General, Wazir and King (1501-1556)}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Hemu
| regnal name  = Maharaja Vikramaditya{{sfn|Richards|1995}}
| title        = [[Vizier|Wazir]]<br>[[Vikramaditya|Maharaja Vikramaditya]]{{sfn|Richards|1995}}<br>[[Bhargava]]{{sfn|Tripathi|1960}}{{sfn|Majumdar|1984}}{{sfn|Sarkar|1960}}
| image        = Portrait of Hemu.jpg
| caption      = A posthumous portrait of Hemu
| succession   = [[List of Indian monarchs|Maharaja of Delhi]]
| reign        = 7 October – 5 November 1556
| reign-type   = 
| coronation   = 7 October 1556
| birth_name   = Hemchandra
| birth_date   = 1501
| birth_place  = Machari, Rajgarh, [[Alwar]], [[Khanzadas of Mewat|Mewat]] (present-day [[Rajasthan]], India)
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1556|11|5|1501|||df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Panipat]], [[Mughal Empire]] (present-day [[Haryana]], India)
| place of burial = 
| predecessor  = [[Adil Shah Suri]]
| successor    = [[Akbar]]
| father       = Rai Puran Bhargav{{sfn|Tripathi|1960}}{{sfn|Sarkar|1960}}{{sfn|Majumdar|1984}}
| mother       = 
| occupation   = [[Vizier|Wazir]]
| religion     = [[Hinduism]]
}}

'''Hemu''' ({{IPAc-en|'|h|eː|ˌ|m|uː}}; 1501 – 5 November 1556), also known as '''Hemu Vikramaditya''' and '''Hemchandra Vikramaditya''', was an Indian king ([[maharaja]]) who previously served as a general and [[Vizier|Wazir]] of [[Muhammad Adil Shah (died 1557)|Adil Shah Suri]] of the [[Sur Empire]] during a period in Indian history when the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] and [[Sur Empire|Afghans]] were vying for power across North India. He fought Afghan rebels across North India from [[Punjab region|Punjab]] to [[Bengal]] and [[Mughal Empire|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 Tughlaqabad|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 (warrior)|Ghazi]].