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Important Wars &

Battles- Indian History
Battle of the Hydaspes
This is very important historical battle because it opens the door of India not only
for Greek (Seleucid, Greco-Bactrian, Indo-Greek) but also for other ambitious
kings.
Year: 326 BC
Place: The Hydaspes
Winner: Alexander the Great
Loser: Porus
Seleucid–Mauryan war
The war of Seleucid–Mauryan ended with the treaty and allowed Chandragupta
control of the regions he was warring for while Seleucus was given 500 highly
valued war elephants in exchange. The peace was negotiated by the Greek envoy,
Megasthenes.
Year: 303 BC
Place: North-western India; Chiefly the Indus River Valley
Winner: Chandragupta Maurya
Loser: Seleucus
Kalinga War (261BC) – The battle was fought between
Mauryan Empire and Ashoka the Great. Ashoka defeated Mauryan Empire.
Kalinga war considered one of the bloodshed wars in the battles of Indian
History. After the war, Ashoka adopted Buddhism.
Battles of Tarain
The Battle of Tarrain had great significance in the political scene as it led to the
establishment of Muslims rule over North India and subsequently, in the south
for several century. This battle was fought in two consecutive year - 1st in 1191
AD in which Mohammad Gori was defeated by the forces of Priviraj Chauhan and
2nd was fought in 1192 AD in which Privithiraj Chauhan defeated by the forces
of Mohammad Gori and later on slain.
Year: 1191-92 AD
Place: Tarain
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Winner: Prithviraj Chauhan (in 1st Battle), Mohammad Ghori (in 2 Battle)
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Loser: Mohammad Ghori (in 1st Battle), Prithviraj Chauhan (in 2 Battle)
Battles of Panipat
There have been three Battles of Panipat:
First Battle of Panipat (1526 AD), between Babur and the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim
Lodi;
Second Battle of Panipat (1556 AD), between the Mughal Ruler Akbar and Hemu,
the Hindu ruler of North India from Delhi;
Third Battle of Panipat (1761 AD), between Ahmad Shah Abdali of Afghanistan
(Durrani Empire) and the Maratha Empire of Balaji Baji Rao.
Year: 1526 AD (1st), 1556 AD (2nd), 1761 AD (3rd)
Place: Panipat
Winner: Babar (1st Battle), Akbar (2nd Battle), Ahmad Shah Abdali (3rd Battle)
Loser: Ibrahim Lodhi (1st Battle), Hemu (2nd Battle), Maratha Empire of Balaji
Baji Rao (3rd Battle)
Battle of Khanwa
This battle was a decisive battle which established Mughal rule in India.
Year: 1527AD
Place: Khanwa
Winner: Babar
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Loser: Rana Sanga

Battle of Chausa (1539): The battle of Chausa was fought between Mughal
Emperor Humayun and Sher Shah Suri. Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the
battle.
Battle of Kanauj or Bilgram (1540): The battle of Kanauj was fought between
Mughal Emperor Humayun and Sher Shah Suri. Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun
in the battle.
Battle of Sammel
It is also known as the Battle of Giri-Sumel. The battle was fought between Rao
Maldeo Rathore and Sher Shah Suri. The Muslim historean calls Maldeo Rathore
as the "most Potent Prince of Hindustan".
Year: 1544 AD
Place: Sammel
Winner: Sher Shah
Loser: Hindu Rajputs
Battle of Haldighati (1576): The battle of Haldighati was fought between Mughal
Emperor Akbar and MahaRana Pratap Singh of Mewar. Akbar defeated MahaRana
Pratap in the battle.
Battle of Swally
It was small naval battle that is historically important as it marked the beginning
of the end of Portugal's commercial monopoly over India, and the beginning of
the ascent of the English East India Company's presence in India.
Year: 1612 AD
Place: Swally
Winner: British East India Company
Loser: Portuguese
Battle of Dharmat
This battle was the resultant of ‘War of Succession’ between rebel Mughal
princes.
Year: 1658 AD
Place: Dharmat outside the city of Ujjain
Winner: Aurangzeb
Loser: Dara
Siege of Trichinopoly
The Siege of Trichinopoly took place in early 1741 during an extended series of
conflicts between the Nawab of Arcot and the Maratha Empire for control over
southern (Deccan) India.
Year: 1741 AD Place: Trichinopoly
Winner: Maratha Empire Loser: Nawab of Arcot
Siege of Trichinopoly
It was an extended series of conflicts between the Nizam and the Maratha Empire
for control over some parts of southern India.
Year: 1743 AD Place: Trichinopoly
Winner: Nizam of Hyderabad Loser: Maratha Empire
Battle of Madras
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle that ended the war made provision for Madras to
be returned to the British in exchange for Louisburg in Acadia which had been
captured by British forces in 1745.
Year: 1746 AD
Place: Madras
Winner: French East India Company
Loser: British East India Company
Siege of Arcot
It took place India between forces of the British East India Company led by
Robert Clive and forces of Nawab of the Carnatic, Chanda Sahib, assisted by a
small number of troops from the French East India Company. It was part of the
Second Carnatic War.
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Year: 1751AD
Place: Arcot
Loser: Nawab of Arcot, French East India Company
Battle of Arnee
This battle was took place during second carnatic war. A British-led force under
the command of Robert Clive defeated and routed a much larger Franco-Indian
force under the command of Raza Sahib.
Year: 1751AD
Place: Arnee
Winner: British force under Robert Clive
Loser: Franco-Indian force under Raza Sahib
Battle of Golden Rock
It was fought between the forces of the British and French East India Company
during Second Carnatic War. French troops, assisted by Mysorean troops led by
Hyder Ali, assailed a British outpost near Trichinopoly, drawing the main British
force defending Trichinopoly.
Year: 1753 AD
Place: Golden Rock
Winner: Tiruchirappalli
Loser: British & French East India Company
Siege of Calcutta
It was battle between British East India Company and Nawab of Bengal (Siraj-
ud-Daulah). It was well planned attack of Nawab to recapture the city of Calcutta
(Now Kolkata) from European power.
Year: 1756 AD
Place: Calcutta
Winner: Nawab of Bengal
Battle of Plassey
It was decisive battle for British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal
and French and also consolidated company’s presence not only in Bengal but also
the entire states of India over next hundred years.
Year: 1758 AD
Place: Plassey
Winner: Robert Cive
Loser: Nawab Shiraj-ud-daulah
Siege of Pondicherry
It was a conflict in the Third Carnatic War, British land and naval forces besieged
and eventually compelled the forces defending the French colonial outpost of
Pondicherry to surrender.
Year: 1760 AD
Place: Pondicherry
Loser: French East India Company
Battle of Wandiwash
It was the decisive battle in the Anglo-French struggle in southern India. After
making substantial gains in Bengal and Hyderabad, the British, after collecting
huge amount of revenue, were fully equipped to face the French in Wandiwash.
Year: 1760 AD
Place: Wandiwash
Winner: English
Loser: French
Battle of Buxar
It was the decisive battle which defined British as a ruler that was fought
between English Forces, and combined army of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal,
Nawab of Oudh and Shah Alam II, Mughal Emperor. The battle was the outcome
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of misuse of Farman and Dastak, and also the trade expansionist aspiration of
English.
Year: 1764 AD
Place: Buxar
Winner: Hector Munro
Loser: Combined armies of Nawab Mir Qasim (Bengal), Nawab Shuja – ud –
daulah (Awadh) & Mughal emperor Shah Alam
Siege of Ambur
It was initiated by Muzaffar Jung and supported by Joseph François Dupleix and
led by Chanda Sahib, who sought to overthrow Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan,
the Nawab of the Carnatic, for supporting Nasir Jung's claim to be Nizam of
Hyderabad.
Year: 1767 AD
Place: Ambur
Winner: Kingdom of Mysore-Hyder Ali
Siege of Pondicherry
It was the first military action on the Indian subcontinent following the
declaration of war between Great Britain and France in the Anglo-French War. A
British force besieged the French-controlled port of Puducherry in August 1778,
which capitulated after ten weeks of siege.
Year: 1778 AD
Place: Pondicherry
Loser: French East India Company
Battle of Pollilur
It was waged between two forces commanded by Tipu Sultan of the Kingdom of
Mysore, and Colonel William Baille of the British East India Company. The army
of the East India Company surrendered and suffered a high number of casualties.
It was the worst loss the British suffered on the subcontinent until Chillianwala.
Year: 1780 AD
Place: Pollilur
Loser: Kingdom of Mysore
Siege of Negapatam
It was the first major offensive military action on the Indian subcontinent
following the arrival of news that war had been declared between Great Britain
and the Dutch Republic, beginning the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. A British force
besieged the Dutch-controlled port of Negapatam, the capital of Dutch
Coromandel, on the eastern coast of India, which capitulated after the
fortification's walls were breached.
Year: 1781 AD Place: Negapatam
Winner: British Loser: Dutch Republic
Battle of Porto Novo
IT was fought between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore and British East India
Company in the place called Porto Novo (now known as Parangipettai) on the
Indian subcontinent, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
Year: 1781 AD Place: Porto Novo
Winner: British East India Company Loser: Kingdom of Mysore
Battle of Sholinghur
IT was fought between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore led by Hyder Ali and East
India Company forces led by General Eyre Coote.
Year: 1781 AD Place: Sholinghur
Siege of Tellicherry
It was a military embargo that happened in Thalassery (North Malabar) during
the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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Year: 1782 AD Place: Tellicherry

Siege of Vellore
It was an intermittent series of sieges and blockades conducted during the
Second Anglo-Mysore War by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a British
East India Company garrison holding the fortress at Vellore, located in the
present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Year: 1782 AD Place: Vellore
Siege of Cuddalore
It was a siege attempt by British troops against a combined French and Mysorean
garrison at the fortress of Cuddalore in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The siege
ended when news reached of a preliminary peace treaty between France and
Britain
Year: 1783 AD Place: Cuddalore
Winner: Kingdom of Mysore Loser: British East India Company
Siege of Mangalore
It was conducted during the Second Anglo-Mysore War by Tipu Sultan and forces
of the Kingdom of Mysore against a British East India Company garrison led by
Colonel Campbell.
Year: 1783 AD Place: Mangalore
Winner: Kingdom of Mysore Loser: British East India Company

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