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

1526 A.D. First Battle of Babar defeats

1527 A.D. Battle of Khanua Babar defeats Sanga

1529 A.D. Battle of Ghaghara Babar defeats the Afghans

1539 A.D. Battle of Sher Suri defeats

Battle of Kannauj (or 1540 A.D. defeats Humayun Bilgram)

Second Battle of (representing ) defeats 1556 A.D. Panipat

Vijaynagar (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 Akbar defeats

Mewar submitted to Peace treaty signed between Jahangiri and 1615 A.D. the Mughals Rana Amar Singh of .

1649 A.D. Mughal­Safavid War Mughals lose Kandahar to Persia

Battle of Dharmatt 1658 A.D. defeats and Samugarh

Raja Jai Singh defeats . 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 Baji Rao defeats Mohammed Shah.

1739 A.D. Battle of Nadir Shah defeats Mohammed Shah.

Robert Cive defeats Siraj­ud­daula, the 1757 A.D. of

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 Nawab of Bengal, Nawab Shuja­ud­ daula of and Mughal emperor Shah Alam

1767­69 First Anglo Mysore defeats English forces A.D. War

1766­69 First Anglo British defeated A.D. War

1770 A.D. 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 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 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. established. A.D. War