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Important Battles/Wars of India

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List of important battles/Wars of India are discussed below :

Ancient War

WarFought betweenWon by
Battle of the Ten KingsKing Sudas of Trustu-Bharata Tribe and Ten Kings King Sudas
Battle of HydaspassAlexander and PorusAlexander
Battle of VenniChola King Karikala & Pandya & Cheraa kingsChola King
Battle of KoppamChalukya king Someshvara I & Chola kings Rajadhiraja Chola& Rajendra Chola IIChola King
Battle of MaskiChalukya empire & Jaysimha IIChalukya Empire
Kalinga WarMaurya king Ashoka & KalingaMaurya King

Medieval War

Name of the BattleYearImportance
1st battle of Tarain1191Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori
2nd battle of Tarain1192Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan
3rd Battle
of Tarain
1215Shamshuddin Iltutmish defeated Yaldoz
1st battle of Panipat1526Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi
Battle of Khanwa1527Babur defeated Rana Sunga further strengthening his foothold in India.
Battle of Ghaghra1529Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and Sultan Nusrat Shah thus establishing Mughal rule in India.
Battle of Chausa1539Sher Shah defeated Humayun thus breaking the Mughal rule in India.
Battle of Kanauj or Billgram1540Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time.
2nd battle of Panipat1556Akbar defeated Hemu
3rd battle of Panipat1761Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas (Treaty of Surat)
Battle of Talikota1565Deccan Sultanates defeated the glorious Vijayanagar empire
Battle of Haldighati1576Undecisive battle between Raja Man Singh of Mughal Army and Rana Pratap of Mewar.
Battle of Plassey1757British defeated Siraj-ud-duala with the help of Mir Zafar. This battle laid the foundation of British empire in India.
Battle of Wandiwash1760British decisively defeated the French in India. The Seven years war (1756 – 1763) between the British and the French in Europe ran parallel to this war. 3 Carnatic wars were fought between the British and the French and this battle was a part of the 3rd Carnatic War.
Battle of Buxar1764British defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-duala (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II(Mughal emperor). Treaty of Allahabad
Battle of Samugarh1658Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh.
Battle of Karnal1739Nadir Shah defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.

Carnatic Wars (Fought between English and French)

Wars
WarYearTreaties
1st Carnatic War1744-48Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle
2nd Carnatic War 1748-54Treaty of Pondicherry
3rd Carnatic War1756-63Treaty of Paris

Anglo Maratha Wars (Fought Between Marathas & British East India Company)

WarYearWon byTreaties
1st Anglo Maratha War1775-82 Marathas Treaty of Salbai
2nd Anglo Maratha War 1803-05British East India Company Treaty of Deogaon, Treaty
of Surjianjangaon, Treaty of
Rajghat, Treaty of Bassien
3rd Anglo Maratha War 1817-18British East India Company Treaty of Mandasor

Anglo Mysore War (Fought Between Mysore & British East India Company)

WarYearTreaties
1st Anglo Mysore War 1734-1766Treaty of Madras
2nd Anglo Mysore War 1780-1784Treaty of Mangalore
3rd Anglo Mysore War 1790-1792Treaty of Sriranghapatam
4th Anglo Mysore War 1799British Subjugated Mysore

Anglo Sikh Wars (Fought Between Sikh Empire & British East India Company)

WarYearTreaties
1st Anglo-Sikh War1845-1846Treaty of Bhairowal
2nd Anglo-Sikh War 1848-1849Annexation of the Punjab by the East India Company

Anglo Afghan Wars (Fought Between Afghans & British East India Company)

WarYearWon byTreaties
1st Anglo Afghan War1838-1842AfghansTripartite
Treaty between
Ranjit Singh, Shah Shuja
&
Lord Auckland
2nd Anglo Afghan War 1878-1880British East India CompanyTreaty
of Peshawar, Treaty of
Gandamak
3rd Anglo Afghan War 1919AfghansTreaty of Rawalpindi

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