[7][8] Hemu's army emerged triumphant in the battle, who thereafter took possession of Delhi and claimed royal status, assuming the title of Maharaja Vikramaditya.

[9] Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, called it the "capital of all Hindustan",[10] and his son and successor, Humayun, constructed the fort Din Panah at its outskirts.

Humayun capitalised this discord to recapture what was lost, and, on 23 July 1555, the Mughals defeated Sikandar Shah Suri and finally regained control over Delhi and Agra.

Those were largely left to Hemu, a Hindu from Rewari, who had risen from humble circumstances to become both Adil Shah's Chief Minister as well as the general of the Suri army.

While the main army could not be spared due to the belligerent presence of Sikandar Shah Suri, the 13-year-old Akbar's regent, Bairam Khan, realised the gravity of the situation and dispatched his most capable lieutenant, Pir Muhammad Sharwani, to Delhi.

[16] Hemu, who had set off in pursuit of Agra's governor, reached Tughlaqabad, a village just outside Delhi where he ran into Tardi Beg Khan's forces.

Seeing the troop of war elephants and dense cavalry advancing upon them, many of the Mughal officers, including Pir Muhammad Khan, fled away in terror, much to the chagrin of Tardi Beg.

[15] After taking control of Delhi, Hem Chandra claimed royal status and assumed the title of Vikramaditya (or Bikramjit), an appellation used by a number of Hindu kings in India's ancient Vedic past.