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IMPORTANT BATTLES IN THE INDIAN HISTORY

Year

Details of Battle

B.C

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326

Alexander defeated Porus in the Battle of Hydaspas.

261

Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the kalian war.

A.D

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712

Invasion of Sind by Mohd-bin-Qasim.

1191

First Battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori.

1192

Second Battle of Tarain in which Mohd.Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.

1194

Battle of Chhandwar in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Jaichandra of Kannauj.

1526

First Battle in Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi.

1527

Battle of Khanua in which Babar defeated Rana Sanga.

1529

Battle of –Ghaghara in which Baber defeated the Afghans.

1539

Battle of Chausa in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun.

1540

Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram) in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and forced him to flee.

1556

Second Battle of Panipat in which Bairam Kahan (representing Akbar) defeated Hemu.

1565

Battle to Talikota (or Banihatti) in which an alliance of Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar defeated the Vijaynagar empire (represented Sadasiva).

1576

Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap.

1615

Mewar submitted to the Mudhals. A treaty of peace was signed between Jahagir and Rana Amar Singh of Mewar.

1649

Kandahar was lost to Persia forever by the Mughals.

1658

Battle of Dharmatt and Samugarh in which Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh.

1665

Raja Jai Singh Defeated Shivaji and the Treaty of Purandar siged.

1708

Battle of Khed in which Shahu defeated Tara Bai.

1737

Battle of Bhopal in which Baji Rao defeated Mohd. Shah.

1739

Battle of Karnal in which Nadir Shah defeated Mohd. Shah.

1757

Battle of Plassey in which the English forces (Under Robert Clive) defeated Siraj –ud-daula, the Nawab of Bengal.

1760

Battle of Wandiwash in which the English forces defeated the French forces.

1761

Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.

1764

Battle of Buxar in which the English under Munro defeated the alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud –daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam.

1767-69

First Anglo Mysore War in which Hyder Ali defeated the English forces.

1770

Battle of Udgir in which the Marathas defeated the Nizam.

1766-69

First Anglo Maratha War in which the British were defeated.

1780-84

Second Anglo Mysore War. Hyder Ali died During the battle (1782) and the field was taken by his son Tipu Sultan. The war concluded with the Treaty of Mangalore (1784)

1789-92

Third Anglo Mysore War in which Tipu Sultan was defeated. The Treaty of Serirangapatnam followed.

1799

Fourth Anglo Mysore war in which Tipu was Defeated and Killed.

1803-06

Second Anglo Maratha War in which the British defeated the Marathas.

1817-19

Third Anglo Burmese War in which the British defeated the Marathas badly.

1824-26

First Anglo War in which the British defeated the Burmess.

1839-42

First Anglo Afghan War in Which the British Defeated Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad.

1845-46

First Anglo Sikh war in which the Sikhs were defeated.

1848-49

Second Anglo Sikh war in which the Sikhs were defeated and Punjab was annexed by the British.

1852

Second Anglo Burmese War in which the British won.

1865

Third Anglo Burmese War in which the British won & annexed Burma.

1868-80

Second Anglo Afghan war in which the English suffered losses.

1919-21

Third Anglo Afghan War in which the English, Though victorious, did not benefit from the war.