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STD VII GREAT WARS AND BATTLES OF INDIAN HISTORY.

*The Kalinga War -361 B.C It was fought by Ashoka.It changed Ashoka's life because he became a Buddhist after this war. He could not bear the slaughtering and bloodshed in the battlefield !Thus he gave up violence and preached peace all through his life. *First Battle of Tarain - 1191 A.D Md Ghori was defeated by Prithviraj Chauhan.

*Second battle of Tarain - 1192 A.D Md.Ghori came back the next year and defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan with the help of Jaichand.

*Battle of Chandwar - 1193 A.D Md.Ghori defeated Jaichand who had invited him to invade and defeat Prithviraj Chauhan. Thus, Turkish rule was firmly established in India.

*- 1526 A.D. Babar from Ferghana in Central Asia , who was invited by Daulat Khan Lodhi(the governor of Punjab) defeated (the Sultan of Delhi) and established the Mughal Dynasty in India.

BABAR *- 1539 A.D. of Sur dynasty, defeated .

*Battle of Kanauj - 1540 A.D. Sher Shah defeated Humayun again and ruled for the next five years,till his death in an accident.

* - 1556 A.D. was defeated by .

*Battle of Talikota - 1565 A.D. The Bahmani Kingdom defeated the Vijayanagar Empire and ransacked the beautiful capital city.

Ruins of Vijayanagar Empire can be seen at a place called Hampii. *Battle of - 1576 A.D. Akbar's forces attacked .The battle ended at an advantage for the Mughals.

* - 1756 A.D. Siraj-ud daulah ,the of Bengal, was defeated by led by ., the commander of Siraj ud daulah's army committed treachery and did not fire the cannons. Thus the nawab was defeated and killed while Mir Jafar became the new nawab of Bengal.

Robert Clive * - 1761 A.D Marathas were defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali

*Battle of - 1764 A.D. East India company ,led by Hector Munroe defeated the combined forces of (Nawab of Bengal) ,Shuja-ud daulah (Nawab of Oudh)and Shah Alam (Mughal emperor).

Hector Munroe *The Battle of Plassey and Buxar made the British the supreme political powers in India. The East India company got the Diwani rights that is rights of collecting revenue from almost entire North India (Bengal, and Orissa).

*First war of Indian independence - 1857 A.D. It saw the faces of many great fighters as Rani Lakshmi Bai, , Babu , Tantia Tope and many more.

Rani Lakshmi Bai. Nana Saheb Tantia Tope. Babu Kunwar Singh