Important Wars or
Battles in Indian History with Name, Year, Result
India’s rich history has witnessed many
wars and thus a lot of bloodshed. The country has been under the rule of
various kingdoms before the British arrived and each passing of throne was
preceded by battles that are considered significant chapters of Indian
History.
Find the below
list of Major Wars and Battles in Indian History:-
|
Year
|
Name of War/Battle
|
Focus Point
|
|
326 B.C.
|
Battle of Hydaspas
|
Porus loses to Alexander
|
|
261 B.C.
|
Kalinga War
|
Asoka wins but adapts Buddhism
|
|
712 A.D.
|
Invasion of Sind
|
Mohammed-bin-Qasim invades from the west
|
|
1191 A.D.
|
First Battle of Tarain
|
Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori
|
|
1192 A.D.
|
Second Battle of Tarain
|
Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan
|
|
1194 A.D.
|
Battle of Chhandwar
|
Ghori defeats Jaichandra of Kannauj
|
|
1526 A.D.
|
First Battle of Panipat
|
Babar defeats Ibrahim Lodhi
|
|
1527 A.D.
|
Battle of Khanua
|
Babar defeats Rana Sanga
|
|
1529 A.D.
|
Battle of Ghaghara
|
Babar defeats the Afghans
|
|
1539 A.D.
|
Battle of Chausa
|
Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun
|
|
1540 A.D.
|
Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram)
|
Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun
|
|
1556 A.D.
|
Second Battle of Panipat
|
Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeats
Hemu
|
|
1565 A.D.
|
Battle of Talikota (or Banihatti)
|
Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva)
loses against an alliance formed by Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar
|
|
1576 A.D.
|
Battle of Haldighati
|
Akbar defeats Maharana Pratap
|
|
1615 A.D.
|
Mewar submitted to the Mughals
|
Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and Rana
Amar Singh of Mewar.
|
|
1649 A.D.
|
Mughal-Safavid War
|
Mughals lose Kandahar to Persia
|
|
1658 A.D.
|
Battle of Dharmatt and Samugarh
|
Aurangzeb defeats Dara Shikoh
|
|
1665 A.D.
|
Seige of Purandar
|
Raja Jai Singh defeats Shivaji. Treaty of
Purandar signed
|
|
1708 A.D.
|
Battle of Khed
|
Shahu defeats Tara Bai.
|
|
1737 A.D.
|
Battle of Bhopal
|
Baji Rao defeats Mohammed Shah.
|
|
1739 A.D.
|
Battle of Karnal
|
Nadir Shah defeats Mohammed Shah.
|
|
1757 A.D.
|
Battle of Plassey
|
Robert Cive defeats Siraj-ud-daula, the
Nawab of Bengal
|
|
1760 A.D.
|
Battle of Wandiwash
|
English defeat the French
|
|
1761 A.D.
|
Third Battle of Panipat
|
Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats Marathas
|
|
1764 A.D.
|
Battle of Buxar
|
Hector Munro defeats combined armies of
Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor
Shah Alam
|
|
1767-69 A.D.
|
First Anglo Mysore War
|
Hyder Ali defeats English forces
|
|
1766-69 A.D.
|
First Anglo Maratha War
|
British defeated
|
|
1770 A.D.
|
Battle of Udgir
|
Marathas defeat the Nizam
|
|
1780-84 A.D.
|
Second Anglo Mysore War
|
Hyder Ali dies. Treaty of Mangalore is
signed
|
|
1789-92 A.D.
|
Third Anglo Mysore War
|
Tipu Sultan defeated. Treaty of
Serirangapatnam is signed.
|
|
1799 A.D.
|
Fourth Anglo Mysore War
|
Tipu Sultan is defeated and killed
|
|
1803-06 A.D.
|
Second Anglo Maratha War
|
Marathas lose to the British
|
|
1817-19 A.D.
|
Third Anglo Maratha War
|
Marathas lose to the British again
|
|
1824-26 A.D.
|
First Anglo Burmese War
|
British win over Burmese.
|
|
1839-42 A.D.
|
First Anglo Afghan War
|
British defeat Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad
|
|
1845-46 A.D.
|
First Anglo Sikh War
|
Sikhs lose to the British
|
|
1848-49 A.D.
|
Second Anglo Sikh War
|
Punjab annexed by the British
|
|
1852 A.D.
|
Second Anglo Burmese War
|
British win the war
|
|
1865 A.D.
|
Third Angio Burmese War
|
British win and Burma is annexed
|
|
1868-80 A.D.
|
Second Anglo Afghan War
|
Treaty of Gandamak is signed
|
|
1919-21 A.D.
|
Third Anglo Afghan War
|
Ended in an Artimice. Durand line
established.
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