<Ul> <Li> 30,000 cavalry </Li> <Li> 500 war elephants </Li> </Ul> <Li> 500 war elephants </Li> <P> The Second Battle of Panipat was fought on November 5, 1556, between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and forces of Muslim Emperor Akbar . Hemu had conquered the states of Delhi and Agra a few months earlier by defeating the Mughals led by Tardi Beg Khan at the Battle of Delhi and proclaimed himself Raja Vikramaditya . Akbar and his guardian, Bairam Khan who lost Agra and Delhi, had 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 . </P> <P> Although Hemu had lost his artillery to the Mughals before the battle, his forces held the numerical superiority . However, Hemu was wounded by a chance arrow in the middle of the battle and fell unconscious . Seeing their leader going down, his army panicked and dispersed . Hemu was captured and subsequently beheaded for going against the caliphate . The battle ended in a decisive victory for Akbar . </P>

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