Important War of Indian History
Battle of the Hydaspes
Time : 326 BC
➠ Between– Alexander the Great and the King Porus (also known as Poru, Paurava)
➠ Alexander won.
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Kalinga War
Time : 261 BC
➠Between – Emperor Ashoka and the king of Kalinga.
➠ Emperor Ashoka Won
➠ Seeing the bloodshed of the war, he vowed not to fight.
Battle of Sindh
Time: 712 AD
➠ Muhammad Bin Qasim conquered the Sind province.
➠ It was the first Arab victory in India.
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Battles of Tarain
Time: 1191 AD.
➠ Between- Mohammad Gauri and Prithvi Raj Chauhan
➠ Prithvi Raj Chauhan won.
Second Battle of Tarain
Time: 1192 AD.
➠ Between – Mohammad Gauri and Prithvi Raj Chauhan
➠ Mohammad Gauri won.
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Battle of Chandawar
Time: 1194 AD.
➠ Between – Muhammad Ghori and King Jaichand of Kannauj.
➠ Muhammad Ghori won.
️First Battle of Panipat
Time: 1526 AD.
➠ Between the Mughal ruler Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi.
➠ Babur Won
️Battle of Khanwa
Time: 1527 AD.
➠ Between Babur and Rana Sanga.
➠ Babur Won
️Battle of Ghagra
Time: 1529 AD.
➠ Between Babur and the Afghans under the leadership of Mahmud Lodi.
➠ Babur Won
️Battle of Chausal
Time: 1539 AD.
➠ Between – Sher Shah Suri and Humayun
➠ Sher Shah Won
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Battle of Kanauj or Billgram
Time: 1540 AD.
➠ Between Sher Shah Suri once again defeated Humayun and forced him to leave India.
️Second Battle of Panipat
Time: 1556 AD.
➠ Between Akbar and Hemu.
➠ Akbar Won
️Battle of Talikota
Time: 1565 AD.
➠ Between- combined forces of 4 Muslim rulers of Deccan and Ramraja of Vijaynagar.
➠ Muslim rulers won.
➠ This war ended the Vijayanagara Empire.
️Battle of Haldighati
Time: 1576 AD.
➠ Between Akbar and Rana Pratap, ➠ Rana Pratap was defeated.
️Battle of Plassey
Time: 1757 AD.
➠ Between the British and Siraj-ud-Daulah,
➠ British won and the foundation of British rule in India was laid.
️Battle of Wandiwash
Time: 1760 AD.
➠ Between – the British and the French
➠ French were defeated.
️ Third Battle of Panipat
Time: 1761 AD.
➠ Between – Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marathas
➠ Ahmad Shah Abdali won
️Battle of Buxar
Time: 1764 AD.
➠ Between the British and the joint army of Shuja-ud-Daula, Mir Qasim and Shah Alam II.
➠ British won.
️First Anglo-Mysore War
Time: 1767-69 AD.
➠ Between- Haider Ali and the British
➠ British were defeated.
➠ Treaty of Madras was signed On April 4, 1769 and war was ended.
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Second Anglo-Mysore War
Time: 1780-84 AD.
➠ Between – Hyder Ali and the British.
➠ Treaty of Mangalore was signed.
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Third Anglo-Mysore War
Time: 1790-92 AD.
➠ Between – Tipu Sultan and the British.
➠ Treaty of Srirangapatna was signed.
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Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Time: 1797-99 AD.
➠ Between – Tipu Sultan and the British
➠ Tipu was defeated and the Mysore power collapsed.
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Chiliyan wala war
Time: 1849 AD.
➠ Between – East India Company and the Sikhs,
➠ Sikhs were defeated.
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India China border war
Time : 1962 AD.
➠ Between whom – Invasion of the border areas of India by the Chinese army.
➠ Declaration of unilateral ceasefire after a few days of war.
➠ India had to give up some parts of its border
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Indo-Pakistani War
Time: 1965 AD.
➠ Between – India and Pakistan
➠ India won.
➠ Shimla Agreement was signed between India and Pakistan.
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Indo-Pakistani War
Time : 1971 AD.
➠ Between- India and Pakistan
➠ Pakistan was defeated.
➠ As a result Bangladesh became an independent country.
️Kargil War
Time : 1999 AD
➠ Between – India and Pakistan