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Important Battles of Indian History

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

Battles in Medieval History

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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 Iltutmish & Shamshuddin
1216
Tarain Yaldoz Iltutmish
Following this fight,
Battle of 1527 Babur defeats
Babur and Rana Sanga Babur was given the
Khanwa A.D Rana Sanga
title of Ghazi.
This was Babur's
third great war,
following which the
Battle of 1529 Babur and Sultan Babur defeats Mughal Empire's
Ghaghara A.D Mahmud Modi Afghans dominion over India
was gained and
permanently
established.
The undecisive
Battle of 1576 Maharana Pratap and
battle between
Haldighati A.D Mughal Emperor Akbar,
Raja Man Singh of

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who was led by Man Mughal Army and

Singh Rana Pratap of
Mewar.
Siraj-ud-daulah with
Battle of 23 June British East India
French & British East -
Plassey 1757 Company
India Company
East India Company &
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Battle of Alliance of Mir Qasim, British East India
October Treaty of Allahabad
Buxar Shah Alam II & Shuja-ud- Company
1764
daulla
1638-
Battle of Goa Portuguese & Dutch Portuguese -
1639
Battle of 26 Jan British East India British East India
-
Wandiwash 1760 Company & French Company
Sher Shah became
Mughal emperor
Battle of 26 June Emperor of India,
Humayun & Sher Shah Sher Shah Suri
Chausa 1539 thereby ending
Suri
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
Forces of Hemu, Chief
2nd Battle of 5 Nov
Minister of Adil Shah Suri Mughal -
Panipat 1556
& Akbar
Maratha Empire & King
3rd Battle of 14 Jan
of Afghanistan, Ahmad Afghans Treaty of Surat
Panipat 1761
Shah Abdali
1st Carnatic Treaty of Aix-La-
1744-48 English & French
War Chapelle
2nd Carnatic
1748-54 English & French Treaty of Pondicherry
War
3rd Carnatic 1756-
English & French Treaty of Paris
War 1763
1775- British East India
1st Anglo
Company & Martha Marathas Treaty of Salbai
Maratha War
1782 empire

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Treaty of Deogaon,
1803- Treaty of
2nd Anglo East India Company & British East India
Surjianjangaon,
Maratha War Maratha empire Company
1805 Treaty of Rajghat,
Treaty of Bassien
3rd Anglo 1817- East India Company & British East India
Treaty of Mandasor
Maratha War 1818 Maratha empire Company
1st Anglo 1734- Mysore & East India
Treaty of Madras
Mysore War 1766 Company
2nd Anglo 1780- Mysore & East India
Treaty of Mangalore
Mysore War 1784 Company
3rd Anglo Mysore & East India Treaty of
1790-92
Mysore War Company Sriranghapatam
4th Anglo Mysore & East India British Subjugated
1799
Mysore War Company Mysore
1st Anglo- Sikh Empire & British British East India
1845-46 Treaty of Bhairowal
Sikh War East India Company Company
2nd Anglo- 1848- Sikh Empire & British British East India
-
Sikh War 1849 East India Company Company
Tripartite Treaty
1st Anglo- 1838- British East India between Ranjit Singh,
Afghans
Afghan War 1842 Company & Afghans Shah Shuja & Lord
Auckland
2nd Anglo- British East India British East India Treaty of Peshawar,
1878-80
Afghan War Company & Afghans Company Treaty of Gandamak
3rd Anglo British East India
1919 Afghans Treaty of Rawalpindi
Afghan War Company & Afghans

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Trick 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 पूछा 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 पृथ्वी 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 पृथ्वी 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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