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Important Wars and Battles in Indian History

Important Battles and Wars in Indian His tory. You can ask questions about them or discuss them in the comments

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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 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 Aurangzeb de feats Dara Shikoh

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1665 A.D. Seige of Purandar Raja Ja i Singh defeats Shivaji. Treaty of Purandar s igned

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 o f P lassey Robert Cive defeats Sira j-ud-daula , the Nawab of Benga l

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 defeatsed

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 de feat Afghan rule r 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

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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.