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Vikramaditya Tomar

d. 1526 · 16th century

Vikramaditya Tomar was the last Tomara ruler of Gwalior, in central India. Besieged in Gwalior Fort by Ibrahim Lodi of the Delhi Sultanate, he surrendered in 1523 and became a Lodi noble. He fought for Ibrahim Lodi against Babur at the First Battle of Panipat in 1526 and was killed there; his family later gave Humayun a famous diamond often identified with the Koh-i-Noor.

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