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Hemu

1501 - 1556

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Hemu (; also known as Hemu Vikramaditya and Hemchandra Vikramaditya; died 5 November 1556) was an Indian emperor who previously served as a general and Wazir of Adil Shah Suri of Sur Empire during a period in Indian history when 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 had been adopted by many Indian kings and emperors in the past. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hemu has received more than 1,224,120 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hemu is the 11,508th most popular politician (down from 11,001st in 2019), the 424th most popular biography from India (down from 384th in 2019) and the 137th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hemu ranks 11,508 out of 19,576. Before him are Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Aleksandar Malinov, Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Abel Pacheco, and Henry Oldenburg. After him are Ali Akbar Velayati, Zhang Tingyu, Rickard Sandler, Godegisel, Johann Georg Hiedler, and Najah al-Attar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Hemu ranks 14. Before him are Yi Hwang, Leonhart Fuchs, Sahib I Giray, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Ivan Susanin, and Perino del Vaga. After him are Francisco de Ulloa, and Maurice Scève. Among people deceased in 1556, Hemu ranks 16. Before him are Saitō Dōsan, Tullia d'Aragona, Richard Chancellor, Luigi Alamanni, Francesco Venier, and Luca Ghini. After him are Giovanni della Casa, Domingo Martínez de Irala, and Konrad Pellikan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hemu ranks 424 out of 1,861. Before him are Jagat Gosain (1573), Sam Manekshaw (1914), Jai Singh II (1688), Ibn Warraq (1946), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908), and Satya Nadella (1967). After him are Guru Har Rai (1630), Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898), Bharatendu Harishchandra (1850), M. F. Husain (1915), Udham Singh (1899), and Jacques Lauriston (1768).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Hemu ranks 137. Before him are Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Malik Kafur (1250), Kiran Bedi (1949), Vichitravirya (null), Man Singh I (1550), and Prince Vijaya (-543). After him are Guru Har Rai (1630), Jacques Lauriston (1768), Sukhdev Thapar (1907), Phoolan Devi (1963), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), and Jhalkaribai (1830).

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