Important Battles of Indian History and their outcomes
Important Battles of Indian History in BC
327-26 BC : Alexander invades India. Defeats Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum)
321-320 BC: Chandragupta Mauryas conquest of Nanda Empire. Establishment of Mauryan Empire
303 BC: Chandragupta Maurya defeats the Greek King Seleucus.
262 BC: The Kalinga War. Conquest of Kalinga by Ashoka.
90 BC: The Sakas invade India
Important Battles of Indian History in CE (Common Era)
454 CE: The first Huna invasion
495 CE: The second Huna invasion
618 CE: Battle of Pullalur: Chalukya king Pulakesin II defeats Pallava king Mahendravarman I
640 CE: Battle of Manimangala: Pallavas defeat the Chalukyas
711-712 CE: The Arab invasion of Sind under Mohammed-bin-Qasim
1000-1027 CE : Mahmud Ghazni invades India 17 times
1175-1206 CE: 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: Alauddin Khilji invades the Yadava kingdom of Devagiri. The first Turkish invasion of the Deccan.
1398 : Timur invades India. Defeats the Tughlaq Sultan Mahmud Shah; the Sack of Delhi
1526: Babur invades India and defeats the last Lodi Sultan Ibrahim Lohi in the First Battle of Panipat.
1539-40: Battles of Chusa or Ghaghra (1539) and Kanauj or Ganges (1540) in which Sher Shah defeats Humayun
1545: Battle (siege) of kalinjar and death of Sher Shah Suri.
1556: Second Battle of Panipat. Akbar defeats Hemu.
1565: Battle of Talikota in which 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.
1576: Battle of Haldighati, Akbar defeats Rana Pratap of Mewar.
1632-33: Conquest of Ahmadnagar by Shah Jahan.
1658: Battles of Dharmat (April-May 1658) and Samugarh (June 8, 1658). Dara Shikoh, elest son of Shah Jahan, defeated by Aurangzeb.
1665: Shivaji defeated by Raja Jai Singh and Treaty of Purandhar.
Important Battles of Indian History in Modern Times
1739: Invasion of India by Nadir Shah.
1746: First Carnatic War.
1748-54: Second Carnatic War.
1756-63: Third Carnatic War.
1757: Battle of Plassey. Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, defeated by Clive
1760: Battle of Wandiwash, in which the English under Sir Eyre Coote defeated the French under Lally.
1762: Third Battle of Panipat. Marathas defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali.
1764: Battle of Buxar. The English (under Munro) defeated Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah of Awadh.
1767-69: First Mysore War.
1774: The Rohilla War between the Rohillas and the Nawab of Awadh supported by the East India Company.
1775-82: First Maratha War
1780-82: Maratha War
1780-84: Second Mysore War
1792: Third Mysore War
1799: Fourth Mysore War, Defeat and death of Tipu Sultan
1802-04: Second Maratha War
1817-18: Third Maratha War
1845-46: First Sikh War
1846: Battle of Aliwal between the English and the Sikhs. The Sikhs were defeated.
1848-49: Second Sikh war and annexation of the Punjab to British India.
1857: The Revolt of 1857 (The First War of Indian Independence)
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