Here the List of all Important Battles Fought in India.
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Battle |
Year |
Place |
Winner |
Loser |
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Battle of the Hydaspes |
326 BC |
the Hydaspes |
Alexander |
Porus |
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Seleucid–Mauryan war |
303 BC |
Northwestern India; Chiefly the Indus River Valley |
Chandragupta Maurya |
Seleucus |
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Battles of Tarain |
1191AD |
Tarain |
Prithviraj Chauhan |
Mohammad Ghori |
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1st Battle of Panipat |
1526 AD |
Panipat |
Babar |
Ibrahim Lodhi |
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Battle of Khanwa |
1527AD |
Khanwa |
Babar |
Rana Sanga |
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Battle of Sammel |
1544 AD |
Sammel |
Sher Shah |
Hindu Rajputs |
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2nd Battle of Panipat |
1556 AD |
Panipat |
Bairam Khan(For Akbar) |
Hemu |
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Battle of Swally |
1612 AD |
Swally |
British East India Company |
Portuguese |
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Battle of Dharmat |
1658 AD |
Dharmat outside the city of Ujjain |
Aurangzeb |
Dara |
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Siege of Trichinopoly |
1741 AD |
Trichinopoly |
Maratha Empire |
Mughal Empire |
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Siege of Trichinopoly |
1743 AD |
Trichinopoly |
Mughal Empire |
Maratha Empire |
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Battle of Madras |
1746 AD |
Madras |
French East india Company |
British East India Company |
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Siege of Arcot |
1751AD |
Arcot |
British East India Company |
Nawab of Arcot, French East India Company |
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Battle of Arnee |
1751AD |
Arnee |
British force under Robert Clive |
Franco-Indian force under Raza Sahib |
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Battle of Golden Rock |
1753 AD |
Golden Rock, Tiruchirappalli |
British |
French East India Company |
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Siege of Calcutta |
1756 AD |
Calcutta |
Nawab of Bengal |
British East India Company |
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Battle of Plassey |
1758 AD |
Plassey |
Robert Cive |
Nawab Shiraj-ud-daulah |
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Siege of Pondicherry |
1760 AD |
Pondicherry |
British East India Company |
French East india Company |
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3rd -Battle of Panipat |
1761AD |
Panipat |
Ahmad Shah Abdali |
Marathas |
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Battle of Wandiwash |
1761 AD |
Wandiwash |
English |
French |
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Battle of Buxar |
1764 AD |
Buxar |
Hector Munro |
Combined armies of Nawab Mir Qasim (Bengal), Nawab Shuja – ud – daulah (Awadh) & Mughal emperor Shah Alam |
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Siege of Ambur |
1767 AD |
Ambur |
Kingdom of Mysore-Hyder Ali |
British East India Company |
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Siege of Pondicherry |
1778 AD |
Pondicherry |
British East India Company |
French East india Company |
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Battle of Pollilur |
1780 AD |
Pollilur |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Negapatam |
1781 AD |
Negapatam |
British |
Dutch Republic |
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Battle of Pollilur |
1781 AD |
Pollilur |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of Porto Novo |
1781 AD |
Porto Novo |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore | |
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Battle of Sholinghur |
1781 AD |
Sholinghur |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Tellicherry |
1782 AD |
Tellicherry |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Vellore |
1782 AD |
Vellore |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Cuddalore |
1783 AD |
Cuddalore |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
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Siege of Mangalore |
1783 AD |
Mangalore |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
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Battle of Gajendragad |
1786 |
Gajendragad |
Maratha Empire |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of the Nedumkotta |
1789 |
Nedumkotta |
Travancore |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of Calicut |
1790 |
Calicut |
Travancore and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Capture of Cannanore |
1790 |
Cannanore |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of Sittimungulum |
1790 |
Sittimungulum |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
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Siege of Coimbatore |
1791 |
Coimbatore |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Travancore and British East India Company |
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Siege of Darwar |
1791 |
Darwar |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Goorumconda |
1791 |
Goorumconda |
Nizam of Hyderabad and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Koppal |
1791 |
Koppal |
Nizam of Hyderabad and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Nundydroog |
1791 |
Nundydroog |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Savendroog |
1791 |
Savendroog |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of Arakere |
1791 |
Arakere |
Nizam of Hyderabad and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Seringapatam |
1792 |
Seringapatam |
Maratha Empire, Nizam of Hyderabad and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Capture of Shimoga |
1792 |
Shimoga |
Maratha Empire and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of Mallavelly |
1799 |
Mallavelly |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of Seedaseer |
1799 |
Seedaseer |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Siege of Seringapatam |
1799 |
Seringapatam |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
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Battle of Sultanpet Tope |
1799 |
Sultanpet Tope |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
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Battle of Panamarathukotta |
1802 |
Wayanad |
Pazhassi Raja's forces |
British East India Company |
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Battle of Assaye |
1803 |
Assaye |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Battle of Delhi |
1803 |
Delhi |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Battle of Laswari |
1803 |
Laswari |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Capture of Gawilghur |
1803 |
Gawilghur |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Battle of Farrukhabad |
1804 |
Farrukhabad |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Siege of Deeg Fort |
1804 |
Deeg Fort |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Siege of Delhi |
1804 |
Delhi |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Battle of Bharatpur |
1805 |
Bharatpur |
Maratha Empire |
British East India Company |
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Kurichiya revolt |
1812 |
Wayanad |
British East India Company |
Kurichiya and Kurumba tribes |
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Battle of Khadki |
1817 |
Khadki |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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First Anglo-Afghan War |
1842 |
Afghanistan |
British East India Company |
Emirate of Afghanistan-Dost Mohammad |
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Gwalior Campaign |
1843 |
Gwalior |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
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Battle of Ferozeshah |
1845 |
Ferozeshah |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
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Battle of Mudki |
1845 |
Mudki |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
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Battle of Aliwal |
1846 |
Aliwal |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
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Battle of Sobraon |
1846 |
Sobraon |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
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Battle of Ramnagar |
1848 |
Ramnagar |
Sikh Empire |
British East India Company |
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Battle of Chillianwala |
1849 |
Chillianwala |
Sikh Empire |
British East India Company |
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Battle of Gujrat |
1849 |
Gujrat |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
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Siege of Multan |
1849 |
Multan |
British East India Company |
Multan |
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Battle of Agra |
1857 |
Agra |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
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Battle of Aong |
1857 |
Aong |
British East India Company |
Rebel Company soldiers" |
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Battle of Badli-ki-Serai |
1857 |
Badli-ki-Serai |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
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Second Battle of Cawnpore |
1857 |
Kanpur |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
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Siege of Delhi |
1857 |
Delhi |
British East India Company |
Mughal Empire and Indian rebels |
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Battle of Najafgarh |
1857 |
Najafgarh |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
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Siege of Cawnpore |
1857 |
Cawnpore |
"forces of Nana Sahib - Rebel Company soldiers" |
British East India Company |
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Battle of Kintoor |
1858 |
Kintoor |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
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Capture of Lucknow |
1858 |
Lucknow |
British East India Company |
Oudh and Indian rebels |
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Bhutan War |
1865 |
Bhutan War |
British East India Company |
Bhutan |
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Hazara Expedition of 1888 |
1888 |
Hazara |
British India |
Tribes of Kala Dhaka |
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Battle of Saragarhi |
1897 |
Saragarhi |
British India |
Pashtuns |
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Siege of Malakand |
1897 |
Malakand |
British India |
Pashtuns |
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First Mohmand Campaign |
1898 |
Peshawar |
British India |
Mohmands |
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Third Anglo-Afghan War |
1919 |
North-West Frontier of India and Afghanistan |
British India |
Emirate of Afghanistan |
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Second Mohmand Campaign |
1935 |
Peshawar |
British India |
Mohmands |
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Arakan Campaign 1942–1943 |
1943 |
Arakan |
Empire of Japan |
UK and British India |
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Battle of Imphal |
1944 |
Imphal |
UK and British India |
Empire of Japan |
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Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations |
1945 |
Pakokku |
UK and British India |
Empire of Japan |