List of wars involving India

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This is a historical overview of armed conflicts involving India since the founding of the
British Raj.

Contents
 1 Wars in the Indian subcontinent
 2 Empire of India (1858–1947)
 3 Dominion of India (1947–1950)
 4 Republic of India (1950–present)
 5 See also
 6 References

Wars in the Indian subcontinent

This section requires expansion. (April 2015)
Main article: Military history of India

The following is an exhaustive list of wars and conflicts that were fought in the historic Indian
subcontinent. The wars listed below involve three of the prominent empires to rule over the
subcontinent — The Mauryas, Mughals and the Marathas. The Company rule in India is also
included.

Maurya Empire (322 BCE–185 BCE) [show]

Mughal Empire (1526–1857) [show]
Maratha Empire (1674–1818) [show]
Company rule in India (1757–1858) [show]

Empire of India (1858–1947)

Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India company came to end
and the British crown now began to rule over India directly as per the Government of India Act
1858 through the British Raj. India was now a single empire comprising British India and the
Princely states. The Indian Empire was officially created by British Prime Minister Benjamin
Disraeli for Queen Victoria in 1876 and she was crowned Empress of India.

Star Finis Name of Belligerents

Outcome
t h Conflict Allies Opponent(s)
 British Empire
Victory
Second  United
185
1860 Opium Kingdom China  Treaties of
6
War  India Tientsin.

French Empire
Victory

 Bunerwals
186 Ambela Afghan Pashtuns
1864 India surrender.
3 Campaign Yusufzai tribes
 Malka
burned.

Victory

 Bhutanese
186 Bhutan
1865 India Bhutan territorial
4 War
cessions to
India.

Victory

 British
British United Kingdom victory at the
186 Expedition Battle of
1868 Ethiopian Empire
7 to  India Magdala,
Abyssinia Theodore II
commits
suicide.

Victory

 Treaty of
Gandamak,
British
Second United Kingdom objectives
187 Anglo- attained.
1880 Afghanistan
8 Afghan  India  Afghanistan's
War tribal frontier
areas annexed
into British
India.
 Afghanistan
becomes a
 British
Protectorate.

Victory
United Kingdom
 Sudan
 India became an
188 Mahdist
1899 Mahdist Sudan Anglo-
1 War
Egypt Egyptian
condominium
Ethiopia .

Victory
United Kingdom
Anglo-  Ahmed Orabi
188
Egyptian  India Ahmed Orabi exiled, British
2
War occupation of
Tewfik Pasha Egypt.

Victory

Third  The province

188 Anglo- of Burma
India Burmese Empire
5 Burmese became part
War of the British
Raj.

Victory

Third  Allaiwal
188 Black Hassanzai and Akazai village of
India
8 Mountain tribes. Pokal
Expedition occupied and
destroyed.

Victory

 Tibetan
188 Sikkim
India Tibet forces
8 Expedition
expelled from
Sikkim.

Hunza- Victory
189 Hunza
Nagar India
1 Nagar
Campaign  The British
 gained
control of
Hunza and
Nagar.

Victory

189 Chitral Chitralis Bajouri and  Fort of

India
5 Expedition Afghan Tribesmen Chitral
relieved.

Victory

 End of the
British Empire Sultanate of
Anglo-
189 Zanzibar.
Zanzibar Zanzibar Sultanate
6  India  Zanzibar
War
ceded to the
British
Empire.

Victory
189 Tochi
India Waziris  Rebellion put
6 Expedition
down.

Victory
189 Siege of
India ‫ پشتون‬Pashtun tribes  Siege
7 Malakand
successful.

Victory
First
189  Punitive
1898 Mohmand India Mohmands
7 expedition
Campaign
successful.

Victory

 Negotiations
Afridis
189 Tirah for peace
1898 India Orakzais
7 Campaign were then
Chamkanis
begun with
the Afridis.
 Victory
Empire of Japan
 The rebellion
Russia
United Kingdom was
suppressed.
 Signing of the
 India Yihetuan
189 Boxer Boxer
1901 Movement
9 Rebellion Protocol.
France China  Provisions for
United States
foreign troops
Germany to be
Austria-Hungary stationed in
Italy Beijing.

United Kingdom
Victory
 British Cape
Colony  Treaty of
 Natal Colony Vereeniging,
 Rhodesia Orange Free State British
189 Second
1902  Australia South African sovereignty
9 Boer War
 India Republic over The
 Canada Orange Free
 New Zealand State and the
 British Transvaal.
Ceylon

Victory

British  Treaty
190
1904 expedition India Tibet enforced,
3
to Tibet return to
status quo.

Victory
United Kingdom
190 Bambatha
Zulu people  Rebellion
6 Rebellion  India
suppressed

France Germany Victory

United Kingdom
191 World War  End of the
1918  DSWA
4 I  South Africa German,
 DOA
 Australia Russian,
 Canada  Kamerun Ottoman, and
  India  DNG Austro-
 Newfoundlan Hungarian
d Austria-Hungary empires
 New Zealand Ottoman Empire  Formation of
Bulgaria new countries
Russian Empire in Europe and
Italy South African the Middle
United States Republic East
Serbia  Transfer of
German
Japan
colonies and
Belgium regions of the
Greece former
Romania Ottoman
Portugal Empire to
Brazil other powers
 Establishment
of the League
of Nations.

White movement
British Empire

 United
Kingdom
 Canada Russian SFSR Withdrawal
 Australia Far Eastern
Allied  India Republic  Allied
interventio Latvian SSR withdrawal
191
1920 n in the Japan Ukrainian SSR from Russia.
8
Russian Czechoslovakia Commune of  Bolshevik
Civil War Greece Estonia victory over
Poland Mongolian White Army.
United States communists
France
Romania
Serbia
Italy
China
Armistice
Greece
Turkish [1]
Ankara
191 War of  Pontic Rebels
1923 Government
9 Independen
Kuva-yi Milliye  Overthrow of
ce France the Ottoman
Sultanate.
  French West  Armistice of
Africa Mudanya.
 Treaty of
Armenia Lausanne.
United Kingdom  Establishment
of the
 India Republic of
Turkey.
Georgia
Armistice

 Treaty of
Rawalpindi
 Afghan
invasion
Third United Kingdom repelled.
191 Anglo-  Afghanistan
Afghanistan
9 Afghan  India regains
War control of
external
affairs.
 Reaffirmation
of the Durand
Line.

Victory

 Suppression
First of
191
Waziristan India Waziristan insurrection
9
Campaign by
independent
Wazir tribes.

United Kingdom Victory

Sultanate of Nejd
191 Kuwait–
1920  India  Ikhawan
9 Najd War  Ikhwan
retreat.
Kuwait
Victory
United Kingdom
192
Iraqi revolt Iraqi rebels  Faisal I of
0  India
Iraq installed
as the King of
 Iraq.

Victory
192 Malabar
India Mappila Muslims  Rebellion
1 rebellion
suppressed.

Victory
192
Pink's War India Mahsud tribesmen  Tribal leaders
5
accept terms.

Victory
Second
193
Mohmand India Mohmands  Jirga and
5
Campaign peace.

Victory

 Suppression
Second of
193
1939 Waziristan India Waziri tribesmen insurrection
6
Campaign by
independent
Wazir tribes.

Soviet Union Germany

Victory
United States
 Vichy  Collapse of
United Kingdom France the German
Reich
 India Italy  Collapse of
Japan Fascism in
Republic of China Italy
193 World War South Africa  Manchuku  Creation of
1945 Australia
9 II o the United
Canada  Mengjiang Nations
New Zealand  Wang  Emergence of
France Jingwei regime the United
Poland  Azad Hind States and the
Yugoslavia Soviet Union
 Thailand
Greece as
 Empire of
Denmark Vietnam superpowers
 Beginning of
Norway  State of
 Netherlands Burma the Cold War
Belgium
Luxembourg Hungary
Czechoslovakia Romania
Bulgaria
Withdrawal

 Indian
withdrawal
after
Netherlands
independence
Indonesian United Kingdom
194 in 1947.
1947 National Indonesia
5  The
Revolution  India
Netherlands
recognises
Indonesian
independence
.

Withdrawal

 Start of the
United Kingdom
First
 India Indochina
194 Operation
1946 Viet Minh War, lasting
5 Masterdom
until the
France
Geneva
Japan Conference
of 1954.

Dominion of India (1947–1950)

Following Indian independence, merger of the princely states remained a major question. The
partition resulted in the creation of Pakistan.

Name of Belligerents
Start Finish Outcome
Conflict Allies Opponent(s)
Ceasefire
India
First Indo-
Pakistan  Partitioning of
1947 1948 Pakistani  Jammu and
Furqan Force Jammu and
War Kashmir Kashmir.
 Victory
Indian
 State of
integration
1947 India Junagadh State Junagadh
of
annexed to the
Junagadh
Union of India.

Victory

 State of
Operation
1948 India Hyderabad Hyderabad
Polo
annexed to the
Union of India.

Republic of India (1950–present)

India has fought many wars and minor conflicts during its period as a republic.

Belligerents
Conflict Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
United Nations Victory

Operation Tomahawk  United China  United Nations

(1951) States North Korea objectives
 India[2] fulfilled.

Portugal Victory

Liberation of Dadra and   Incorporation of

India
Nagar Haveli (1954) Portuguese Dadra and Nagar
India Haveli into India.

Victory

Congo Crisis  Debellation of

ONUC State of Katanga
(1960-1964) the State of
Katanga

Portugal Victory
Liberation of Goa
India
(1961)
  Incorporation of
 Portuguese Goa into India.
India

Defeat

Sino-Indian War (1962) India China  Return to status

quo ante bellum.

Ongoing

 Conflict
ongoing.
 Insurgency
largely subsided.
 Indian army
recaptures
territory held by
MNF.
Insurgency in Northeast India
Full List [show]  Bhutanese
India (1964-Present) Bhutan victory in
Operation All
Clear.
 AFSPA
introduced in
five north-
eastern states,
later repealed in
Tripura.[3]

Armistice
Second Indo-Pakistani
India Pakistan  Return to status
War (1965)
quo ante bellum

Ongoing

 Conflict
ongoing.
Naxalite-Maoist
 Indian victory in
insurgency (1967- India Full List [show]
Operation
Present)
Steeplechase.
 Insurgency
largely subsided
via Operation
 Green Hunt.

Victory

 Chinese
Chola Incident (1967) India China
withdrawal from
Sikkim.

Victory

 Pakistani
Third Indo-Pakistani
India surrender in East
War or Bangladesh Pakistan
Mukti Bahini Pakistan.
Liberation War (1971)
 Independence of
Bangladesh.

Victory

Operation Blue Star  Militants cleared

India Sikh Militants
(1984) out of Harmandir
Sahib.

Victory

 Siachen Glacier
comes under
Indian control
following
Operation
Meghdoot.
 India gains
control of the
Siachen Conflict (1984-
India Pakistan entire Siachen
2003)
Glacier and the
crest (top) of the
main Saltoro
Ridge west of the
glacier.
 Ceasefire since
2003.
 Conflict
ongoing.

Operation Flowers are India Military of

Victory
Blooming (1986) Seychelles Seychelles
  Coup averted.
 Berlouis resigns.

Withdrawal

 Withdrawal of
Indian peace
Sri Lankan Civil War India keeping forces
Tamil Tigers
(1987-1990) Sri Lanka from the civil
war.
 Continued civil
war in Sri Lanka.

Victory
PLOTE
Operation Cactus India  Government rule
Maldivian
(1988) Maldives restored in
rebels
Maldives.

Harkat-ul-Jihad
al-Islami

Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jaish-e- Ongoing
Mohammed
Hizbul  Insurgency
Insurgency in Jammu Mujahideen ongoing and
and Kashmir (1989- India Harkat-ul- largely subsided.
Present) Mujahideen  AFSPA enforced
Al-Badr in Jammu and
Jammu Kashmir Kashmir.
Liberation Front
Supported by:
Pakistan[5]
Taliban[6]
al-Qaeda[6]
Victory

 Pakistani
Kargil War (1999) India Pakistan
military retreat
from Kargil.[7]

Operation Ocean Shield NATO

Somali Pirates Ongoing
(2009-Present) Japan
 Somalia
India  Operations being
New Zealand conducted
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
South Korea

See also
 Conflicts/Incidents involving the Republic of India and the Indian military [show]

 United Nations peacekeeping missions involving India [show]

 India and the Republic of India [show]

References
1. Chester Neal Tate, Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and
responsibilities, Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, p. 205.
2. "Korean War". Retrieved 9 October 2014.
3. http://www.asianage.com/debate/age-debate-after-tripura-it-time-revoke-afspa-jammu-
and-kashmir-922
4. Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines,
Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. Atimes.com (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
5. Ganguly, Sumit; Paul Kapur (7 August 2012). India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating
Nuclear Stability in South Asia. Columbia University Press. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-0-231-
14375-2.
6. Gall, Carlotta (2007-01-21). "At Border, Signs of Pakistani Role in Taliban Surge – New
York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
7. "Pakistani opposition presses for Sharif's resignation". Wsws.org. 1999-08-07. Retrieved
2012-06-15.

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