Wednesday 4 September 2013

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
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 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.
  • 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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