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.
(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.
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 shah
defeated 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.
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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