After Sher Shah of Sur defeated the Mughal ruler Humayun and established the Sur dynasty, internal conflicts weakened Sur rule in India. Humayun recovered Lahore, Agra, and Delhi in 1555 but died in January 1556. Hemu (a Hindu minister in the Sur dynasty) then captured Delhi after defeating Mughal forces at Tughlaqabad, prompting Humayun’s son, Akbar, and his army to march toward Delhi.
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