5 November in Hindu history
5 November 15565 November 1556 CE5 November 18175 November 2021
Second Battle of Panipat; Hemu falls
Hemu is winning at Panipat when an arrow strikes his eye; his army breaks and he is captured and beheaded. The thirteen-year-old Akbar’s rule is saved.
Second Battle of Panipat
A month after taking Delhi and crowning himself as Vikramaditya, Hemu met the Mughal army at Panipat. He was winning until a stray arrow changed the day.
Battle of Khadki (Kirkee)
At Khadki, outside Pune, Peshwa Bajirao II made his break with the Company. His army was many times larger, but its cavalry charge was stopped, and within two weeks the British flag flew over Shaniwar Wada.
Adi Shankaracharya’s statue unveiled at Kedarnath
A 12-foot statue of Adi Shankaracharya is unveiled at his rebuilt samadhi behind the Kedarnath temple, which had been washed away in the 2013 flood.