Question

Between whom was the Second Battle of Panipat fought?
1. Babar and Rana Pratap
2. Akbar and Hemu
3. Akbar and Sher Shah
4. None of them

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Akbar and Hemu

The Second Battle of Panipat took place in 1556 CE between Akbar and Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya (Hemu) in which Hemu was defeated.

• The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on 5 November 1556, between the Hindu emperor of north India, Hemu, and the forces of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
• Hemu had conquered the states of Delhi and Agra a few weeks earlier by defeating the Mughals led by Tardi Beg Khan at the Battle of Delhi and proclaimed himself Raja Vikramaditya at a coronation in Purana Quila in Delhi.
• Akbar and his guardian Bairam Khan who, after learning of the loss of Agra and Delhi, marched to Panipat to reclaim the lost territories.
• The two armies clashed at Panipat not far from the site of the First Battle of Panipat of 1526.
• Hemu and his forces held the numerical superiority.
• However, Hemu was wounded by an arrow in the middle of the battle and fell unconscious.
• Seeing their leader going down, his army panicked and dispersed.
• Unconscious and almost dead, Hemu was captured and subsequently beheaded by Bairam Khan.
• The battle ended in a decisive Mughal victory.