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Important Wars and Battles in Indian History 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.
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