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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 1,170,270 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hemu is the 11,031st most popular politician (down from 10,464th in 2019), the 387th most popular biography from India (down from 347th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hemu ranks 11,031 out of 15,577Before him are Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Kim Boo-kyum, Gaius Cornelius Cethegus, Meli-Shipak II, Winnaretta Singer, and Al-Zafir. After him are Chen Jiongming, Mostafa El-Nahas, Maria Komnene, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, Phan Văn Khải, and Hong Song-nam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1501, Hemu ranks 14Before him are Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Sahib I Giray, Leonhart Fuchs, Bairam Khan, Ivan Susanin, and Perino del Vaga. After him are Maurice Scève and Francisco de Ulloa. Among people deceased in 1556, Hemu ranks 13Before him are Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Martin Agricola, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Francesco Venier, and Richard Chancellor. After him are Giovanni della Casa, Luigi Alamanni, Konrad Pellikan, and Luca Ghini.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hemu ranks 387 out of 1,493Before him are R. K. Narayan (1906), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Margaret Murray (1863), Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), and Rishi Kapoor (1952). After him are M. F. Husain (1915), Kalyan Singh (1932), Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), Bal Thackeray (1926), Malik Kafur (1250), and Shibli Nomani (1857).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Hemu ranks 127Before him are Kiran Bedi (1949), Vichitravirya (null), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892), Girija Prasad Koirala (1924), and Surendranath Banerjee (1848). After him are Kalyan Singh (1932), Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), Bal Thackeray (1926), Malik Kafur (1250), Man Singh I (1550), and B. D. Jatti (1912).