Battle of Panipat (Samrat)

Prelude
On January 24, 1556, The ruler of the Mughal Empire, Humanyun died in Delhi. He was succeeded by his son, Akbar who at the time was only 13 years old. At the time, the Mughal army only ruled the North of Hindustan with their rule confined to Kabul, Kandahar, parts of Delhi and Punjab. Akbar was then campaigning in Kabul with his guardian, Bairam Khan to acquire more territories and quell the rebellion happening in and aroungd Kabul at that time. Hemu at the time had just taken control of the Sur Empire and because he himself was a hindu, he converted it into a Hindu Empire. He then started recruting Hindus to join his army and his cause. He then marches to Delhi and attackes the garrison stationed there. The Mughals took 3,000 casualties but their commander managed to escape.

The Battle
The main Mughal army, when they heard of the developmentd in Delhi where in double minds to do what. Most generals advised Akbar not to attack Delhi and retreat to Kabul.

However, his regent Bairam Khan thought otherwise and marched the army towards Delhi. Both the armies met at historic battlefield of Panipat, where, thirty years earlier, Akbar's grandfather Babur had defeated Ibrahim Lodi in what is now known as the First Battle of Panipat. When the battle started, the Mughal army was facing a much larger army at Panipat. Hemu, who was sitting on his Howdah (elephant seat) and leading his army himself, sent waves of charging elephants at the Mughal lines and it seemed that the Mughal army was about to rout.

POD
In our timeline, Khan Zaman I, the veteran of many a war and an able general had planned otherwise as the warriors of that time, including Hemu wore armour completely covering their body specially the vulnerable organs except the eyes. After repeated attempts a stray arrow struck Hemu's eye and he was knocked down senseless. However, in this TL, the continous arrows continue to miss his eye and eventually, the Mughal Army is routed. Many high-ranking Mughals are captured and Akbar is killed when he was trying to escape.

Aftermath
After the killing of Akbar and his general's bobies was sent to Delhi and hanged outside Purana Quila on a "gibbet".

Most Mughal territory was taken within 5 years and almost all of Afganistan was captured. With a strong Hindu king on the throne of Delhi, many rebellions began in Muslim Sultanate which would all lead up to the Battle of Talikota in 1565.