1556 in India

Events in the year 1556 in India.

Events

 * 14 February – at the age of 13 Akbar becomes the emperor of Mughal India
 * 7 October – Hemu, the Chief Minister and general of Adil Shah Suri defeats the Mughals in the Battle of Tughlaqabad and captures Delhi.
 * 5 November – The Mughals defeat Hemu in the Second Battle of Panipat and recapture Delhi.

Births

 * 17 December – Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana poet (died 1627)
 * Ibrahim Adil Shah II, later king of Bijapur Sultanate (died 1627)

Deaths

 * 1 January – Humayun of Mughal India (born 1508)