
Important Battles of Indian History
Year
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Name of the Battle
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Result
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|---|---|---|
326 B.C.
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Battle of Hydaspas
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Alexander wins over Porus
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305 B.C.
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Seleucid–Mauryan War
|
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261 B.C.
|
Kalinga War
|
Asoka wins
|
155 B.C.
|
-
|
Menander invade India
|
90 B.C.
|
-
|
The Saka invade India
|
454 A.D.
|
-
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The first Huna invasion
|
495 A.D.
|
-
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The second Huna invasion
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712 A.D.
|
Invasion of Sind
|
Mohammed-bin-Qasim invades from the West
|
1191 A.D.
|
First Battle of Tarain
|
Prithviraj Chauhan wins over Mohammed Ghori
|
1192 A.D.
|
Second Battle of Tarain
|
Ghori wins over Prithviraj Chauhan
|
1194 A.D.
|
Battle of Chhandwar
|
Ghori wins over Jaichandra of Kannauj
|
1294 A.D.
|
-
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Alauddin Khilji invades the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The first Turkish invasion of the Deccan
|
1398 A.D.
|
-
|
Timur invades India. Wins over the Tughlaq Sultan Mahmud Shah; the Sack of Delhi
|
1526 A.D.
|
First Battle of Panipat
|
Babar wins over Ibrahim Lodhi
|
1527 A.D.
|
Battle of Khanua
|
Babar wins over Rana Sanga
|
1529 A.D.
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Battle of Ghaghara
|
Babar wins over the Afghans
|
1539 A.D.
|
Battle of Chausa
|
Sher Shah Suri wins over Humayun
|
1540 A.D.
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Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram)
|
Sher Shah Suri wins over Humayun
|
1556 A.D.
|
Second Battle of Panipat
|
Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) wins over Hemu
|
1565 A.D.
|
Battle of Talikota (or Banihatti)
|
Vijaynagar empire loses against an alliance formed by Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar
|
1576 A.D.
|
Battle of Haldighati
|
Akbar wins over Maharana Pratap
|
1615 A.D.
|
Mewar submitted to the Mughals
|
Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and Rana Amar Singh of Mewar
|
1632-33 A.D.
|
-
|
Conquest of Ahmadnagar by Shah Jahan
|
1649 A.D.
|
Mughal-Safavid War
|
Mughals lose Kandahar to Persia
|
1658 A.D.
|
Battle of Dharmatt and Samugarh
|
Aurangzeb wins over Dara Shikoh
|
1665 A.D.
|
Seige of Purandar
|
Raja Jai Singh wins over Shivaji and Treaty of Purandar signed
|
1708 A.D.
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Battle of Khed
|
Shahu wins over Tara Bai
|
1737 A.D.
|
Battle of Bhopal
|
Baji Rao wins over Mohammed Shah
|
1739 A.D.
|
Battle of Karnal
|
Nadir Shah wins over Mohammed Shah
|
1757 A.D.
|
Battle of Plassey
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Robert Cive wins over Siraj-ud-daula, the Nawab of Bengal
|
1760 A.D.
|
Battle of Wandiwash
|
English wins over the French
|
1761 A.D.
|
Third Battle of Panipat
|
Ahmed Shah Abdali wins over Marathas
|
1764 A.D.
|
Battle of Buxar
|
Hector Munro wins over 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 wins over English forces
|
1770 A.D.
|
Battle of Udgir
|
Marathas defeat the Nizam
|
1780-84 A.D.
|
Second Anglo Mysore War
|
Hyder Ali dies and Treaty of Mangalore is signed
|
1789-92 A.D.
|
Third Anglo Mysore War
|
Tipu Sultan defeated and 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
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Marathas lose to the British
|
1817-19 A.D.
|
Third Anglo Maratha War
|
Marathas lose to the British
|
1824-26 A.D.
|
First Anglo Burmese War
|
British won 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
|
1857 A.D.
|
-
|
The Revolt of 1857 (The First War of Indian Independence)
|
1865 A.D.
|
Third Angio Burmese War
|
British win and Burma is annexed
|
1868-80 A.D.
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Second Anglo Afghan War
|
Treaty of Gandamak is signed
|
1919-21 A.D.
|
Third Anglo Afghan War
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Ended in an Artimice and Durand line established
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