Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Indian Battles

The following table explains the major wars fought on Indian territory −

WarFought betweenTime
Battle of the Ten KingsKing Sudas of Trustu-Bharata Trib defeated Ten Kings14 BCE
Battle of the HydaspesBetween King Porus and Alexander326 BCE
Conquest of the Nanda EmpireBetween Chandragupta Maurya and Dhana Nanda321-320 BCE
Seleucid-Mauryan warBetween Chandragupta Maurya and Seleucus303 BCE
Kalinga WarBetween Ashoka and Rani Padmavati262 BCE
Common Era(CE)
Huna InvasionBetween Huna and Gupta empire458 CE
Battle of PullalurBetween the Chalukya king Pulakesin II and the Pallava king Mahendravarman I618–619 CE
Battle of VatapiBetween the Pallavas and Chalukyas642 CE
Battle of RajasthanA series of battles fought between the Umayyad and later the Abbasid caliphates, and kings to the east of the Indus river712-740 CE
Battle of PeshawarMahmud of Ghazni defeated Jayapala1000 CE
First Battle of TarainPrithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori1191 CE
Second Battle of TarainMuhammad Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan1192 CE
Battle of ChandawarMuhammad Ghori defeated Jaichandra1194 CE
First Battle of PanipatBabur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi1526 CE
Battle of KhanwaMughal Emperor Babur defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar1527 CE
Battle of ChanderiBabur defeated Medini Rai of Chanderi1528 CE
Battle of Ghagra or GogaraBabur defeated Afghans1529 CE
Battle of ChausaShershah Suri defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun1539 CE
Battle of kanauj or BillgramShershah Suri defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun1540 CE
Second Battle of PanipatAkbar defeated Hemu1556 CE
Battle of Bannihatti or TallikotaDeccan sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire1565 CE
Battle of HaldighatiMughal Emperor's forces led by Man Singh I defeated Maharana Pratap1576 CE
Battle of KartarpurBetween Mughal Emperor Shaha Jahan and Sikh led by Guru Hargobind Singh1635 CE
Battle of SamugarhBetween Dara Shikoh (the eldest son of Shah Jahan) and his two younger brothers Aurangzeb and Murad Baksh (third and fourth sons of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan)1658 CE
Battle of KolhapurShivaji defeated Adilshahi forces1659 CE
Battle of PurandarMughal forces defeated Shivaji1665 CE
Battle of SinhagadBetween Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire1670 CE
Battle of BhupalgarhMughal forces defeated Shivaji1679 CE
Battle of PalkhedThe Marathas defeated the Nizam1728 CE
Battle of MandsaurMalharrao Holkar (Maratha leader) defeated Jai Singh (Rajput ruler)1733 CE
First Battle of DelhiMaratha defeated the Mughals1737 CE
Battle of VasaiMaratha defeated Portuguese1939 CE
First Battle of KatwaBetween Nawab of Bengal and Maratha1742 CE
Second Battle of KatwaBetween Nawab of Bengal and Maratha1745 CE
First Carnatic WarBetween British and French forces1746-1748 CE
Second Carnatic WarBritish forces defeated French forces1749-1754 CE
Battle of PlasseyBritish forces defeated Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah of Bengal1757 CE
Battle of WandiwashBetween British and French forces1760 CE
Third Battle of PanipatThe King of Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali defeated the Maratha Empire1761 CE
Battle of BuxarBetween the British East India Company led by Hector Munro and the combined army of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal King Shah Alam II1764 CE
First Anglo–Mysore WarBetween the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company1767–1769 CE
First Rohilla WarBetween Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh and the Rohillas1773-1774 CE
First Anglo-Maratha WarBetween the British East India Company and Maratha Empire1775-1782 CE
Second Anglo–Mysore WarBetween the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company1780–1784 CE
Third Anglo–Mysore WarBetween the Kingdom of Mysore and the East India Company1790–1792 CE
Fourth Anglo–Mysore WarBetween the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company1798–1799 CE
Second Anglo-Maratha WarBetween the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire1803–1805 CE
Third Anglo-Maratha WarBetween the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire1817–1818 CE
First Anglo-Sikh WarBetween the Sikh Empire and the East India Company1845-1846 CE
Second Anglo-Sikh WarBetween the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company1848-1849 CE
Bhutan WarBetween Bhutan and British East India Company1865 CE
Third Anglo-Afghan WarBetween British India and Afghan1919 CE
Battle of ImphalBetween British India (Allied forces) and Japan Emperor1944 CE

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