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Important Battles of Indian History

Important Battles of Indian History: In exams like NDA, CDS, CAPF, etc. History is one main important sub-section of
General awareness. Questions have been frequently asked based on the battles of the Indian history. Students often
struggle to remember the battles of history. In this article, we are sharing the list of important battles of Indian history and
tricks to remember them.

Battles in Indian History - Ancient Indian Wars

War Fought between Date Won by Description
Battle of Chola King Karikala & Around
Chola King
Venni Pandya & Cheraa kings 130 CE
Battle of Alexander
Alexander and Porus 326 BC Valour of Porus impressed Alexander, so he
Hydaspass defeated King
permitted him to keep his kingdom
Porus
Chalukya king
Battle of Someshvara I & Chola Around
Chola King
Koppam kings Rajadhiraja Chola& 1054 CE
Rajendra Chola II
Battle of Chalukya empire & 1019- Chalukya
Maski Jaysimha II 1020 AD Empire
It was one of the worst wars in human history,
Kalinga Maurya king Ashoka & 261 BC with lakhs of people slain on both sides.
Maurya King
War Kalinga Ashoka was overcome with regret, so he took
a vow of nonviolence and became a Buddhist.

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Battles in Medieval History

War Year Fought between Won by Treaties/Description

1st battle of Sultan Mohammad Ghori &
1191 Prithviraj Chauhan
Tarain Prithviraj Chauhan
2nd Battle of Sultan Mohammad Ghori & Sultan Mohammad
1192
Tarain Prithviraj Chauhan Ghori
3rd Battle of Shamshuddin
1216 Shamshuddin Iltutmish & Yaldoz
Tarain Iltutmish
Following this fight,
Battle of Babur defeats Rana
1527 A.D Babur and Rana Sanga Babur was given the
Khanwa Sanga
title of Ghazi.
This was Babur's third
great war, following
which the Mughal
Battle of Babur defeats
1529 A.D Babur and Sultan Mahmud Modi Empire's dominion
Ghaghara Afghans
over India was gained
and permanently
established.

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The undecisive battle

Maharana Pratap and Mughal between Raja Man
Battle of
1576 A.D Emperor Akbar, who was led by Man Singh of Mughal
Haldighati
Singh Army and Rana
Pratap of Mewar.
23 June Siraj-ud-daulah with French & British East India
Battle of Plassey -
1757 British East India Company Company
22 East India Company & Alliance of
British East India
Battle of Buxar October Mir Qasim, Shah Alam II & Shuja- Treaty of Allahabad
Company
1764 ud- daulla
1638-
Battle of Goa Portuguese & Dutch Portuguese -
1639
Battle of 26 Jan British East India Company & British East India
-
Wandiwash 1760 French Company
Sher Shah became
26 June Mughal emperor Humayun & Sher Emperor of India,
Battle of Chausa Sher Shah Suri
1539 Shah Suri thereby ending
Mughal rule in India
Earliest battle in
Indian History.
1st Battle of 21 April
Ibrahim Lodi & Babur Babur Involved Gunpowder
Panipat 1526
firearms & field
artillery
2nd Battle of 5 Nov Forces of Hemu, Chief Minister of
Mughal -
Panipat 1556 Adil Shah Suri & Akbar
3rd Battle of 14 Jan Maratha Empire & King of
Afghans Treaty of Surat
Panipat 1761 Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali
Treaty of Aix-La-
1st Carnatic War 1744-48 English & French
Chapelle
2nd Carnatic
1748-54 English & French Treaty of Pondicherry
War
1756-
3rd Carnatic War English & French Treaty of Paris
1763
1775-
1st Anglo British East India Company &
Marathas Treaty of Salbai
Maratha War Martha empire
1782
Treaty of Deogaon,
1803- Treaty of
2nd Anglo East India Company & Maratha British East India
Surjianjangaon, Treaty
Maratha War empire Company
1805 of Rajghat, Treaty of
Bassien

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3rd Anglo 1817- East India Company & Maratha British East India
Treaty of Mandasor
Maratha War 1818 empire Company
1st Anglo 1734-
Mysore & East India Company Treaty of Madras
Mysore War 1766
2nd Anglo 1780-
Mysore & East India Company Treaty of Mangalore
Mysore War 1784
3rd Anglo Treaty of
1790-92 Mysore & East India Company
Mysore War Sriranghapatam
4th Anglo British Subjugated
1799 Mysore & East India Company
Mysore War Mysore
1st Anglo-Sikh Sikh Empire & British East India British East India
1845-46 Treaty of Bhairowal
War Company Company
2nd Anglo-Sikh 1848- Sikh Empire & British East India British East India
-
War 1849 Company Company
Tripartite Treaty
1st Anglo- 1838- British East India Company & between Ranjit Singh,
Afghans
Afghan War 1842 Afghans Shah Shuja & Lord
Auckland
2nd Anglo- British East India Company & British East India Treaty of Peshawar,
1878-80
Afghan War Afghans Company Treaty of Gandamak
3rd Anglo- British East India Company &
1919 Afghans Treaty of Rawalpindi
Afghan War Afghans

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Tricks To Remember Battles

1. Battles won by Babar in chronological order

Trick:"Panni Pikar Khana Khakar Chnaderi Chali Ghagra Pahankar"

1. Panipat first battle(1526)

2. Khanva Battle(1527)
3. Battle of Chanderi(1528)
4. Battle of Ghagra(1529)

2. Battles of Terrain

Tricks:

1. 1st battle of Tarain:

Gauri ne Astrologer se pucha 10 class exam pass kese kre?(गौरी ने Astrologer से पछ
ू ा 10 class exam pass कैसे करे ?)
Astrologer ne kaha: Taare dekho Prithvi se 11 bje rat me 91 days tak !! (Astrologer ने कहा : तारे दे खो पथ्
ृ वी से 11 बजे
रात में 91 days तक)

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2. 2nd Battle of Tarain:

Par Gauri fail ho gyi. Astrologer ne kaha: iss bar Taare dekho Prithvi se 11 bje rat me 92 days tak !!
(पर गौरी fail हो गयी Astrologer ने कहा इस बार तारे दे खो पथ्
ृ वी से 11 बजे रात में 92 days तक !! )
3. 3rd Battle of Tarain:
Iss bar Gauri Pass ho gyi, Astrologer ne Gauri ko 11th pass krne ke liye btaya: Iss bar Chandani rat me Chand ko
dekho 12 bje rat me 16 days tak!!
इस बार गौरी Pass हो गयी, Astrologer ने गौरी को 11th pass करने के लिए बताया: इस बार चाांदनी रात में चााँद को दे खो 12 बजे
रात में 16 days तक !!

3. Battles of Panipat

Trick: "BIHAMA"

Remember: All the battles of Panipat were won by Muslim rulers

1st Battle of Panipat: BI: Fought between Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi. Won by Babar

2nd Battle of Panipat: HA: Fought between Hemu and Akbar. Won by Akbar

3rd Battle of Panipat: MA: Fought between Maratha and Abdali. Won by Abdali

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