Important Wars and Battles in Indian
History
Important Battles and Wars in Indian History. You can ask questions about them or discuss them in the comments section
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Year
War / Battle
Outcome
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
Mohammed­bin­Qasim invades from the west
1191 A.D. First Battle of Tarain
1192 A.D.
Second Battle of
Tarain
Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori
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
1529 A.D. Battle of Ghaghara
Babar defeats Rana Sanga
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
Battle of Talikota (or
1565 A.D.
Banihatti)
Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva)
loses against an alliance formed by
Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar
1576 A.D. Battle of Haldighati
1615 A.D.
Mewar submitted to
the Mughals
1649 A.D. Mughal­Safavid War
Akbar defeats Maharana Pratap
Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and
Rana Amar Singh of Mewar.
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 Siraj­ud­daula, the Nawab
of Bengal
1760 A.D. Battle of Wandiwash
English defeat the French
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 Shuja­ud­
daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam
1767­69
A.D.
First Anglo Mysore
War
Hyder Ali defeats English forces
1766­69
A.D.
First Anglo Maratha
War
British defeated
1770 A.D.
Battle of Udgir
Marathas defeat the Nizam
1761 A.D.
1780­84 Second Anglo Mysore
A.D.
War
Hyder Ali dies. Treaty of Mangalore is signed
1789­92
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
1803­06
A.D.
Second Anglo
Maratha War
Marathas lose to the British
1817­19
A.D.
Third Anglo Maratha
War
Marathas lose to the British again
1824­26
A.D.
First Anglo Burmese
War
British win over Burmese.
1839­42
A.D.
First Anglo Afghan
War
British defeat Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad
1845­46
First Anglo Sikh War
A.D.
Sikhs lose to the British
1848­49
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
1868­80 Second Anglo Afghan
A.D.
War
1919­21
A.D.
Third Anglo Afghan
War
Treaty of Gandamak is signed
Ended in an Artimice. Durand line established.