List of battles in Indian history

List of battles in Indian history

The following table represents the list of important battles / wars in Indian history

List of important battles fought in India from 1000 CE up to 1857 CE.

List of battles in Indian history

• Battle of Tarain

(First)(1191) This battle was fought at Tarain near Thaneswar. Prithviraj of Chauhan Dynasty defeated the Mohammad of Ghori

• Second Battle of Tarain(1192)

It was fought at same Tarain battlefield as in the first Tarain battle. This was fought by Mohammad Ghori against Prithvi Raj Chauhan. This time Prithvi Raj was defeated.

• Battle of Chandawar(1194)

In this battle Jaichandra was defeated by Mohammad Ghori.

• Battle of Panipat(11-April-1526)

In this battle Babur defeated the Army of Afghans and killed their king Ibrahim Lodi.

• Battle of Khanwa(17-March-1527)

Rajputs under Rana of Mewar Rana Sanga, were defeated by Babur of Ferghana. Rana Sanga was wounded in the battlefield.

• Battle of Chanderi(1528)

Medini Rai of Chanderi was defeated in the hands of Babur

• Battle of Ghagra or Gogara (6-May-1529)

Babur defeated and dispersed Afghans.

• Battle of chausal (7-June-1539)

Sher shahdefeated the mughals, but Humayun, the king escaped by crossing over the river.

• Battle of Kanauj or Billgram (17-May-1540)

Sher shah won against Humayun. Occupied only Agra city.

• Battle for Delhi (7 October 1556)

King 'Hem Chandra Vikramaditya' defeated Akbar's forces in Delhi.

• Battle of Panipat(5-November-1556)

Hem Chandra Vikramaditya (Hemu) was defeated by Mughals under Akbar.

• Battle of Bannihatti or Tallikota(23-January-1565)

Unified Army of five Deccan Sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Army and Vijayanagara General Ramaraju was killed in the battlefield.

• Battle of Haldighati(1576)

This was started between Akbar and Rana of Mewar Pratap. Mughals won. But Rana did not accept Mughal sovereignty.

• First Carnatic War(1745–48)

This war was fought by British and French armies. French occupied Madras, later returned it to British.

• Second Carnatic War(1749–54)

French army under the of Duplex fought with British and British won. In 1755 they made a provisional treaty.

• Third Carnatic War(1756–63)

In 1758 French occupied Fort Saint David. But defeated at Wandiwasi(1760). Britishers won.

• Battle of Plassey(June-1757)

British Army under the command of Rober Clive fought with Bengal Nawab Siraz-ud-daula and British won and Mir Jafar was made Nawab. Siraz-ud-daula was hanged.

• Battle of Buxar(1764)

British army under the command of Major Manri defeated the combined army of Mir Kasim nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-daulah nawab of Awadh, Sha Alam, Mughal emperor.

Battle Name	Year	Place	Winner	Looser	Effect
Battle of Tarain	1191	Tarain	Prithvi Raj of Chauhan Dynasty	Muhammad of Ghori
Second Battle of Tarain	1192	Tarain	Muhammad of Ghori	Prithvi Raj of Chauhan Dynast	Mohammad Ghori got the opportunity to enter Indian lands.
Battle of Chandawar	1194	Chandawar	Muhammad of Ghori	Jaichandra, King of Kanauj	Mohammad Ghori further extended his empire in India by defeating a large kingdom.
Battle of Panipat	11-April-1526	Panipat	Babur	Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi	By this victory Babur got opportunity to expand his small principality into big empire
Battle of Khanwa	17-March-1527	Khanwa	Babur	Rajputs under Rana Sanga
Battle of Chanderi	1528	Chanderi	Babur	Medini Rai of Chanderi
Battle of Ghagra or Gogara	6-May-1529	Ghagra	Babur	Afghans	Afghans are defeated
Battle of Chausal	7-June-1539	Chausa	Shershah	Humayun
Battle of kanauj or Billgram	17-May-1540	kanauj	Shershah	Humayun	Agra was occupied by Sher shah
Battle for Delhi	7 October 1556	Tughlaqabad Fort Area - Delhi	Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya	Akbar	Hemu defeated the forces of Akbar and got title 'Vikramaditya', of North India.
Battle of Panipat	5-November-1556	Panipat	Akbar	Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya	Akbar reoccupied Delhi.
Battle of Bannihatti or Tallikota	23-January-1565	Tallikota	Ali adilshah and four others	Aliya Rama Raya	Vijayanagara empire starts declining
Battle of Haldighati	1576	Haldighati	Akbar	MaharanaPratap
First atlantic	1745–48	Carnatic region of South India	French East India Company	British East India Company
Second Carnatic War	1749–54	Carnatic region of South India	British East India Company	French East India Company	French loss their expanding opportunities. Continued as trading community in India.
Third Carnatic War	1756–63	Carnatic region of South India	British East India Company	French East India Company
Battle of Plassey	June-1757	Plassey	British under Clive	Siraj ud-Daulah	British win a major battle in India and later they ruled India
Battle of Buxar	1764	Buxar	Sir Hector Munro commander of British forces	Shuja-ud-Daula Nawab Mir Qasim Shah Alam II, 1790s

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