List of Famous Battles in History of India
Important Battles
of Indian History
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BC
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327-26
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Alexander
invades India. Defeats Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) 326 BC
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305
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Chandragupta
Maurya defeats the Greek King Seleucus.
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216
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The
Kalinga War. Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka.
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c. 155
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Menander's
invasion of India
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c. 90
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The Saka
invade India
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AD
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454
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The
first Huna invasion
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495
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The
second Huna invasion
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711-712
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The Arab
invasion of Sind under Mohammed-bin-Qasim
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1000-27
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Mahmud
Ghazni invades India 17 times
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1175-1206
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Invasions
of Muhammad Ghori. First Battle of Tarain.
1191 - Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeats Muhammad Ghori; Second Battle of Tarain, 1192 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Prithvi Chauhan; Battle of Chandawar, 1194 - Muhammad Ghori defeats Jayachandra Gahadvala of Kanauj. |
1294
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Alauddin
Khilji invades the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The first Turkish invasion of
the Deccan.
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1398
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Timur
invades India. Defeats the Tughlaq Sultan Mahmud Shah; the Sack of Delhi
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1526
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Babur
invades India and defeats the last Lodi Sultan Ibrahim Lohi in the first
Battle of Panipat.
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1539-40
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Battles
of Chusa or Ghaghra (1539) and Kanauj or Ganges (1540) in which Sher Shah
defeats Humayun.
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1545
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Battle
(siege) of kalinjar and death of Sher Shah Suri.
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1556
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Second
Battle of Panipat. Akbar defeats Hemu.
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1565
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Battle
of Rakatakshasi-Tangadi (Talikota) in which the forces of the empire of
Vijanagar under King Sadasiva Raya and his regent Rama Raya are routed by the
confederate forces of the Deccani states of Bijapur, Golkonda, Ahmadnagar,
and Bidar.
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1576
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Battle
of Haldighati, Akbar defeats Rana Pratap of Mewar.
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1632-33
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Conquest
of Ahmadnagar by Shah Jahan.
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1658
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Battles
of Dharmat (April-May 1658) and Samugarh (June 8, 1658). Dara Shikoh, elest
son of Shah Jahan, defeated by Aurangzeb.
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1665
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Shivaji
defeated by Raja Jai Singh and Treaty of Purandhar.
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1739
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Invasion
of India by Nadir Shah.
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1746
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First
Carnatic War.
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1748-54
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Second
Carnatic War.
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1756-63
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Third
Carnatic War.
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1757
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Battle
of Plassey. Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, defeated by Clive.
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1760
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Battle
of Wandiwash, in which the English under Sir Eyre Coote defeated the French
under Lally.
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1762
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Third
Battle of Panipat. Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali.
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1764
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Battle
of Buxar. The English (under Munro) defeated Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal
and Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah of Awadh.
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1767-69
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First
Mysore War.
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1774
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The
Rohilla War between the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh supported by the East
India Company.
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1775-82
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First
Maratha War
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1780-82
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Maratha
War
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1780-84
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Second
Mysore War
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1792
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Third
Mysore War
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1799
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Fourth
Mysore War, Defeat and death of Tipu Sultan
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1802-04
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Second
Maratha War
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1817-18
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Third
Maratha War
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1845-46
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First
Sikh War
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1846
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Battle
of Aliwal between the English and the Sikhs. The Sikhs were defeated.
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1848-49
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Second
Sikh war and annexation of the Punjab to British India.
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1857
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The
Revolt of 1857 (The First War of Indian Independence)
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