Historical battles of India

Historical battles of India

প্রাচীন ইতিহাস থেকে শুরু করে আজকের কাল পর্যন্ত সমগ্র ইতিহাস জুড়ে বহুবিধ লড়াই হয়েছে। ভারতীয় ইতিহাস ইউপিএসসি সিলেবাসের একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অঙ্গ এবং প্রায়শই আইএএস প্রিলিমস এবং মেইন পরীক্ষার মধ্যে প্রায় সমালোচনামূলক মারামারি ও যুদ্ধের প্রশ্ন করা হয়। এই নিবন্ধে, আমরা আপনাকে ভারতের ইতিহাসে লড়াইয়ের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লড়াইয়ের একটি তালিকা সরবরাহ করি। আপনি এই তালিকাটি পরীক্ষার প্রস্তুতি  হিসাবে ব্যবহার করতে পারবেন যেখানে আপনি আইএএস পরীক্ষার ইতিহাস বিভাগের জন্য প্রস্তুত হচ্ছেন। 
There have been multitudinous fights battled in India all through history, beginning from ancient times to the present-day period. Indian History is a vital portion of the UPSC syllabus and questions are frequently inquired approximately the critical fights and wars within the IAS prelims as well as the mains exam. In this article, we deliver you a list of the vital fights fought in Indian history. You'll be able to utilize this list as an amendment instrument whereas you get ready for the IAS exam history section.

Names of War: Battle of the Ten Kings (Dāśarājñá Yuddhá)

Fought between: Vedic Kingdoms of the Bharatas against the Trtsu-Bharata Sudas

Result: Trtsu-Bharata victory

Year: 14th century BC

Names of War: Battle of the Hydaspes

Fought between: Alexander against Porus

Result: Greek victory

Year: 326 BC

Names of War: Seleucid–Mauryan war

Fought between: Chandragupta Maurya against Seleucus I Nicator

Result: Mauryan victory

Year: Between 305 and 303 BC

Names of War: Kalinga War

Fought between: Ashoka and Kalinga King

Result: Ashok

Year:261 BC

Names of War: Battle of Pullalur

Fought between: Chalukya king Pulakesin II against Pallava king Mahendravarman I

Result: Chalukya victory

Year: 618 – 619 AD

Names of War: Sind War

Fought between: Dahir and Md. Bin Qassim

Result: Md. Bin Qassim

Year: 712 AD

Names of War: Tripartite Struggle

Fought between: Pala and Pratihara and Rastrakutas

Result: Pratihara

Year: 8th-10th Century AD

Names of War: Waihind War

Fought between: Md. Gazni and Anandpala

Result: Md. Gazni

Year: 1008 AD

Names of War: First Battle of Tarain

Fought between: Prithviraj Chauhan against Mohammed Ghori

Result: Prithviraj Chauhan

Year: 1191

Names of War: Second Battle of Tarain

Fought between: Prithviraj Chauhan against Mohammed Ghori

Result: Mohammed Ghori

Year: 1192

Names of War: Battle of Diu

Fought between: Portuguese versus the combined forces of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Zamorin of Calicut, the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt with support from the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire.

Result: Portuguese

Year: 3 February 1509

Names of War: First Battle of Panipat

Fought between: Babar against Ibrahim Lodi

Result: Babar

Year: 21 April 1526

Names of War: Battle of Khanwa

Fought between: Babur against Rana Sanga

Result: Mughal Babur

Year: March 16, 1527

Names of War: Battle of Ghaghra

Fought between: Babur against Mahmud Lodi (Delhi Sultanate), Nusrat Shah (Bengal Sultanate)

Result: Mughal victory

Year: May 6, 1529

Names of War: Battle of Chausa

Fought between: Sher Shah against Humayun

Result: Sher Shah

Year: 26 June 1539

Names of War: Second Battle of Panipat 

Fought between: Akbar against Hemu

Result: Mughal victory

Year: 5 November 1556

Names of War: Battle of Talikota

Fought between: Vijayanagara Empire (Aliya Rama Raya) against Deccan Sultanate alliance (Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Bidar and Golconda)

Result: Deccan Sultanate alliance

Year: 23 January 1565

Names of War: Battle of Haldighat

Fought between: Maharana Pratap of Mewar against Akbar’s forces led by Man Singh I

Result: Mughal victory

Year: 18 June 1576

Names of War: Battle of Samugarh  

Fought between: Dara Shikoh against Aurangzeb for the Mughal throne

Result: Aurangzeb won

Year: 29 May 1658

Historical battles of India

Names of War: Battle of Karnal

Fought between: Nader Shah (Persian Empire) against Muhammad Shah (Mughal Empire)

Result: Persian

Year: 24 February 1739

Names of War: Battle of Colachel 

Fought between: Kingdom of Travancore against the Dutch East India Company

Result: Travancore victory

Year: 10 August 1741

Names of War: First Carnatic War

Fought between: English and French forces in India

Result: The British surrender of Madras

Year: 1746 – 1748

Names of War: Second Carnatic War

Fought between: Different claimants to the posts of the Nizam of Hyderabad, and the Nawab of the Carnatic; each claimant being supported either by the British or the French.

Result: Muzaffar Jung became Hyderabad’s Nizam. Muhammad Ali became the Nawab of the Carnatic.

Year: 1749 – 1754

Names of War: Battle of Plassey

Fought between: British East India Company against Siraj-Ud-Daulah (Nawab of Bengal)

Result: British victory, with Mir Jafar, crowned as the new Nawab of Bengal

Year: 23 June 1757

Names of War: Third Carnatic War

Fought between: English and French forces in India

Result: British

Year: 1757 – 1763

Names of War: Battle of Wandiwash (Part of the Third Carnatic War)

Fought between: English and French forces in India

Result: British

Year: 22 January 1760

Names of War: Third Battle of Panipat

Fought between: Maratha Empire and Durrani Empire (Afghanistan)

Result: Afghan victory

Year: 14 January 1761

Names of War: Battle of Buxar

Fought between: British against Mir Qasim (administering Bengal), Shuja-Ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II (Mughal emperor)

Result: British

Year: October 1764

Names of War: First Anglo-Mysore War

Fought between: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore

Result: Mysore

Year: 1767–1769

Names of War: Second Anglo-Mysore War

Fought between: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore

Result: Treaty of Mangalore

Year: 1780–1784

Names of War: Battle of Pollilur (Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War)

Fought between: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore

Result: Both parties claimed victory

Year: 1781

Names of War: Third Anglo-Mysore War

Fought between: British East India Company against Tipu Sultan of Mysore

Result: British

Year: 1790 – 1792

Names of War: Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Fought between: British East India Company against Tipu Sultan of Mysore

Result: British

Year: 1799

Names of War: First Anglo-Maratha War

Fought between: British against Marathas

Result: Maratha

Year: 1775 – 1782

Names of War: Battle of Porto Novo

Fought between: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore

Result: British

Year: 1 July 1781

Names of War: Second Anglo-Maratha War

Fought between: British against Marathas

Result: British

Year: 1803 – 1805

Names of War: Third Anglo-Maratha War

Fought between: British against Marathas

Result: British

Year: 1817 – 1818

Names of War: First Anglo-Sikh War

Fought between: British East India Company against the Sikh Empire

Result: British

Year: 1845 – 1846

Names of War: Battle of Sobraon (Part of the First Anglo-Sikh War)

Fought between: British against the Sikh Empire

Result: British

Year: 10 February 1846

Names of War: Second Anglo-Sikh War

Fought between: British East India Company against the Sikh Empire

Result: British

Year: 1848 – 1849

Names of War: Battle of Imphal

Fought between: British against Imperial Japan, Provisional Govt. of Free India (Azad Hind)

Result: British

Year: 1944

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