Important Indian Wars IMPORTANT INDIAN WARS S.NO NAME OF WAR YEAR BETWEEN DETAILS 1. First Battle of Tarain 1191 Prithiviraj Chauhan Vs Prithiviraj won the battle. Tarain place is near Thanesar in Mohammed Ghori present day Haryana. These 2 battles are also known as Battles of Taraori. 2. Second Battle of 1192 Prithiviraj Chauhan Vs Mohammed Ghori returned for revenge and he won the Tarain Mohammed Ghori battle. He entered India through Khyber pass. 3. Battle of chandawar 1194 Jaichandra Vs Mohammed Ghori defeated Jaichandra, the king of Kanauj. The battle Ghori was fought at Chandwar (modern Firozabad), on the Yamuna River close to Agra. 4. First Battle of Panipat 1526, 21th Babur Vs Ibrahim Lodi Babur (means” lion”) defeated and killed Ibrahim Lodi and April started the rule Mughals in India. He was the first emperor of Mughal dynasty. Panipat is present Haryana. Ibrahim Lodi, the last king in Lodi dynasty. The death of Ibrahim Lodi ended the Delhi Sultanate (means Muslim Kingdoms). 5. Battle of Khanwa 1527, 17th Babur Vs Rajput forces led Khanwa is in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan. March by Rana sanga. Babur defeated Rajput forces. 6. Battle of Chanderi 1528, Babur Vs Medini Rai Babur won this battle and chanderi came under Mughal January Khangar kingdom. Chanderi is in Madhya Pradesh. Medini rai was the ruler of Malwa. 7. Battle of Ghaghra 1529, May Babur Vs Eastern Afghans Ghaghra is a river near bihar. 6 with Sultanate of Bengal. Babur decisive victory. Eastern Afghan Confederates under Sultan Mahmud Lodi and Sultanate of Bengal under Sultan Nusrat Shah. 8. Battle of chausa 1539, 26th Humayun vs sher shah suri Chausa is in bihar. June Humayun was a Mughal emporer and sher shah was Page 1 Important Indian Wars founder of sur emporer. Sher Shah was victorious and crowned himself Farid al- Din Sher Shah. 9. Battle of kanauj 1540, 17th Humayun vs sher shah suri Kanauj is in Uttar Pradesh. May Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun . 10. Second Battle of 1556, 5th Akbar Vs Hemu Hemu had conquered Delhi by defeating the Mughals led Panipat November by Tardi Beg Khan at the Battle of Delhi. Akbar and his guardian, Bairam Khan, had immediately marched to Delhi to reclaim the city. The wounded Hemu was captured and beheaded by Bairamkhan. 11. First Battle of 1746- 1748 Santha Saheb(French) Vs Santha sahib was supported by French East India company Carnatic war. Nawab of and Arcot Nawab was supported by British east India arcot(British).(Both are son company. Finally British east India company stood their in law of Hyderabad Nizam) legs firmly in south india. 12. Second Battle of 1749 - Nazeer jung (French)(son of Santha sahib and Musafer Jung were supported by French Carnatic war. 1754 Hyderabad Nizam)Vs East India company and Nazeer jung and Arcot Nawab Musafer Jung(British) was supported by British east India company. 1751 Robert (Grandson of Hyderabad clive, Head of British east India company captured Arcot. nizam ul-mulk ) Finally Pondicherry Pact was signed in 1754 to end the war. 13. Third Battle of 1758-1763 British East India Company It was considered as continuation of seven years Europe Carnatic war. Vs French East India war. Company Finally British Won the battle and captured Pondicherry and Gingee Fort. In 1763, Paris pact was signed to end the 7years Europe war and third Carnatic war. 14. Battle of Plassey 1757, 23rd Robert Clive (British East British East India Company Won the Battle and annexed June India Company) Vs Bengal to British East India Company. This battle won was Sirajuddaulah (Nawab of considered as first step of brutish governance in India. Bengal) Page 2 Important Indian Wars 15. Battle of Buxar 1764, 22nd Hector Munro (British East British East India Company won the Battle and strongly October India Company) Vs Mir fixed their foot print in Indian governance. Qasim (Nawab of bengal) and Mughal emperor Shah Allam. Page 3 .