Important Wars and Battles in Indian History
Important Battles and Wars in Indian History. You can ask questions about them or discuss them in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
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 MohammedbinQasim invades from the west
1191 A.D. First Battle of Tarain Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Mohammed Ghori
Second Battle of 1192 A.D. Ghori defeats Prithviraj Chauhan Tarain
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
Battle of Kannauj (or 1540 A.D. Sher Shah Suri defeats Humayun Bilgram)
Second Battle of Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeats 1556 A.D. Panipat Hemu
Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva) Battle of Talikota (or 1565 A.D. loses against an alliance formed by Banihatti) Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar 1576 A.D. Battle of Haldighati Akbar defeats Maharana Pratap
Mewar submitted to Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and 1615 A.D. the Mughals Rana Amar Singh of Mewar.
1649 A.D. MughalSafavid War Mughals lose Kandahar to Persia
Battle of Dharmatt 1658 A.D. Aurangzeb defeats Dara Shikoh and Samugarh
Raja Jai Singh defeats Shivaji. Treaty of 1665 A.D. Seige of Purandar Purandar signed
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.
Robert Cive defeats Sirajuddaula, the Nawab 1757 A.D. Battle of Plassey of Bengal
1760 A.D. Battle of Wandiwash English defeat the French
Third Battle of 1761 A.D. Ahmed Shah Abdali defeats Marathas Panipat
Hector Munro defeats combined armies of 1764 A.D. Battle of Buxar Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shujaud daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam
176769 First Anglo Mysore Hyder Ali defeats English forces A.D. War
176669 First Anglo Maratha British defeated A.D. War
1770 A.D. Battle of Udgir Marathas defeat the Nizam 178084 Second Anglo Mysore Hyder Ali dies. Treaty of Mangalore is signed A.D. War
178992 Third Anglo Mysore Tipu Sultan defeated. Treaty of A.D. War Serirangapatnam is signed.
Fourth Anglo Mysore 1799 A.D. Tipu Sultan is defeated and killed War
180306 Second Anglo Marathas lose to the British A.D. Maratha War
181719 Third Anglo Maratha Marathas lose to the British again A.D. War
182426 First Anglo Burmese British win over Burmese. A.D. War
183942 First Anglo Afghan British defeat Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad A.D. War
184546 First Anglo Sikh War Sikhs lose to the British A.D.
184849 Second Anglo Sikh Punjab annexed by the British A.D. War
Second Anglo 1852 A.D. British win the war Burmese War
Third Angio Burmese 1865 A.D. British win and Burma is annexed War
186880 Second Anglo Afghan Treaty of Gandamak is signed A.D. War
191921 Third Anglo Afghan Ended in an Artimice. Durand line established. A.D. War