The second battle of Pânipat mark an important date in the History of India because it symbolizes the fall of the Afghan capacity and the re-establishment of the Empire moghol.

Context

The January 24th 1556, Humâyûn falls from the scale of its library and finds death. His/her son Akbar, then old only thirteen years, finds himself with the head of a territory which includes/understands Kabul, Kandahar, part of the Penjab and Delhi. He is then in shift in Penjab with his tutor Bairam Khân who makes it crown emperor the February 14th according to in a garden of Kalanaur in the area of Gurdaspur.

Hemû is then the commander-in-chief of the Afghan emperor Muhammad Âdil Shâh which had settled with Chunar and sought to expel Moghols out of India. Benefitting from died from Humayun, Hemû goes on Âgrâ and Delhi in October and occupies them without difficulties. Grayed by its military successes, Hemû affirms its independence of the Afghan capacity and proclaims king under the title of Râja Bikramâjit , a form of Râja Vikramâditya . Bairam Khân goes then on Delhi.

The battle

The November 5th, the two armies meet in Pânipat. Hemû has an large army including/understanding 30  000 Rajput S, a Cavalry of Afghan elite supported per 1500 elephants of war. Whereas the exit of the battle seems to him favorable, an arrow is card-indexed in its eye and it falls without knowledge. The loss of their chief generates panic among his troops and Moghols gains the battle.

The assessment

Hemû is captured and brought, without knowledge, in Akbar and Bairam. Hemû was brought before Bairam and Akbar. Bairam requires of the emperor, then old of 14 years, to carry out it what will enable him to carry the title of Ghâzi or “killer of infidels”. Akbar decapitates Hemû then, or is satisfied to touch the head with its saber leaving this duty strapping with its entourage, and the head is sent to Kabul like symbol of the victory to the women of the harem of Humâyûn and its chest in Delhi to be exposed on a gibet. The wife of Hemû succeeds in however escaping from Delhi with the treasure and will never be found. According to the tradition of Timourides, the prisoners are decapitated and their heads gathered in minarets of craniums or pillars of the victory ( to see: Massacre of Ispahan ).

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