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Famous Wars and Battles of India Battle/War Year oliveboard Free e-book FAMOUS WARS AND BATTLES FOUGHT IN THE WORLD For Bank and Government Exams Famous Wars and Battles Fought in the World Free Static GK e-book Static GK is an integral part of the general awareness section. Questions related to various Wars and Battles are common in the General Awareness section of various Government exams like UPSC, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and more. Here’s a Sample Question: UPSC History Question: Ques. Arrange the following battles fought by Britishers in chronological order. 1. Anglo Gurkha War 2. First Anglo-Sikh War 3. Second Anglo-Maratha War 4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War Options: A. 4-3-1-2 B. 2-1-3-4 C. 1-2-4-3 D. 3-4-1-2 Answer: Option A – 4-3-1-2 Solution: • Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) • Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) • Anglo-Gorkha war (1814–1816) • First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-1846) In competitive exams, as little as 1 mark can make a lot of difference. For your assistance, we bring to you a Free eBook on Famous Wars and Battles of the World. The list of names of all the important Wars and Battles of India and the World are given in a tabular format in the following pages of this Free Static GK E-book. Famous Wars and Battles Fought in the World Free Static GK e-book Famous Wars and Battles of India Battle/War Year Fought Between First Battle of Tarain 1191 Prithviraj Chauhan and Mahmud Ghuri Second Battle of Tarain 1192 Prithviraj Chauhan and Mahmud Ghuri Battle of Chandawar 1194 Ghurid Empire and Gahadavala Dynasty Portuguese conquest of 1510 Portuguese Empire and Bijapur Goa Sultanate Battle of Panipat 21 April 1526 Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi Battle of Khanwa 17 March 1527 Babur and Rana Sanga Battle of Chanderi 1528 Babur and Medini Rai Battle of Ghaghra 1529 Babur and Afghans Battle of Chausal 1539 Sher Shah and Mughal emperor Humayun Battle of Kanauj 1540 Sher Shah Suri and Mughal emperor Humayun Battle of Panipat 1556 Bairam Khan (For Akbar) and Hem Chandra Vikramaditya (Hemu) Battle of Talikota 1565 Unified Army of the five Deccan Sultanates and Vijayanagara Army Battle of Haldighati 1576 Akbar and Rana of Mewar Pratap Battle of Pratapgad 1659 Maratha Empire and Adilshahi Dynasty Battle of Kolhapur 1659 Maratha Empire and Adilshahi Dynasty Battle of Pavan Khind 1660 Maratha Empire and Adilshahi Dynasty Battle of Surat 1664 Maratha Empire and Mughal Empire Battle of Purandar 1665 Maratha Empire and Mughal Empire Famous Wars and Battles Fought in the World Free Static GK e-book Battle of Sinhagad 1670 Maratha Empire and Mughal Empire Battle of Colachel 1741 Kingdom of Travancore and Dutch East India Company Siege of Trichinopoly 1741 Maratha Empire and Mughal Empire Battle of Madras 1746 French East India Company and British East India Company Siege of Arcot 1751 British East India Company and Nawab of Arcot, French East India Company Second Carnatic War 1752 Chanda Sahib, Muzaffar Jung, French and Nawab of Ambur Battle of Seringham 1753 British East India Company and French East India Company troops and Chanda Sahib Battle of Plassey 1757 Robert Clive and Siraj Ud- Daulah Third Battle of Panipat 1761 Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marathas Battle of Wandiwash 1761 British East India Company and French East India Company Battle of Buxar 1764 Hector Munro and Combined armies of Nawab Mir Qasim(Bengal), Nawab Shuja- ud-daulah(Awadh)& Mughal emperor Shah Alam First Anglo-Mysore War 1766–1769 British and Mysore (Haider Ali) First Anglo-Maratha 1775-1782 British and Marathas War Second Anglo-Mysore 1780–1784 British and Mysore (Haider Ali) War Third Anglo-Mysore 1789–1792 British and Mysore (Tipu Sultan) War Fourth Anglo-Mysore 1798–1799 British and Mysore (Tipu Sultan) War Second Anglo-Maratha 1803–1805 British and Marathas War Famous Wars and Battles Fought in the World Free Static GK e-book Anglo-Gorkha war 1814–1816 British and Gorkhas Third Anglo-Maratha 1817–1818 British and Marathas War First Anglo-Sikh War 1845-1846 British and Sikhs Second Anglo-Sikh War 1848-1849 British and Sikhs Indian Rebellion Of 1857 British Troops and Indian 1857 / First War of Sepoys Independence War of Independence / 1947 India and Pakistan Indo-Pakistani War Sino-Indian War 1962 India and China Indo-Pakistani War 1965 India and Pakistan Kargil War 1999 India and Pakistan Important Wars and Battles of the World Year Battle / War 1815 Battle of Waterloo 1817 Liberation of Chile 1817 Mexican War of Independence 1817 British-Kandyan War 1821 Sardinian Revolt 1821 Greek Independence War 1823 First British-Burmese War 1824 Liberation of Peru 1831 First Syrian War 1832 First Mexican War 1834 Egypt-Palestinian Anti-Conscription Revolt 1836 First Bosnian War 1839 Second Syrian War Phase 1 1839 First Opium War 1840 Lebanon Insurgency 1840 First Colombian War Famous Wars and Battles Fought in the World Free Static GK e-book 1840 Second Syrian War Phase 2 1841 Second Bosnian War 1843 British-Sind War 1844 Franco-Moroccan War 1852 Second British-Burmese War 1853 Crimean War 1856 Second Opium War 1856 Anglo-Persian War 1859 Netherlands-Bone War 1859 War of Italian Unification 1860 Neapolitan War 1865 British-Bhutanese War 1879 War of the Pacific 1880 Gun War 1882 Conquest of Egypt 1883 Haitian Civil War 1884 Sino-French War 1894 First Sino-Japanese War 1898 Spanish-American War 1900 Sino-Russian War 1904 Russo-Japanese War 1912 Balkans War 1914 World War I 1917 Russian Civil War 1918 Second Sino-Tibetan War 1920 Conquest of Mongolia 1920 Italian Fascist War 1936 British-Palestinian War 1937 Third Sino-Japanese War 1939 World War II 1946 French-Indochina War 1947 Taiwan Revolt 1947 Paraguay War 1947 Palestine War 1950 Korean War 1955 Vietnam War 1956 Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli War Famous Wars and Battles Fought in the World Free Static GK e-book 1957 French-Cameroon War 1958 First Lebanese War 1958 Cuban Revolution 1971 Pakistan-Bengal War 1990 Gulf War 1991 Croatian Independence War 2001 America Afghanistan War 2003 Second Gulf/Iraq War https://www.oliveboard.in/blog.
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