Important Wars & Battles in Indian

History for SSC CGL

Wars and battles fought in India have long influenced the country's cultural and
linguistic ethos. The main wars and battles were fought between different dynasties,
kingdoms and empires. There are some important wars & battles in Indian history that
can never lose significance. Questions based on these wars and battles are widely asked
in General Awareness section of exams like SSC CGL, SSC CPO, LIC AO, SSC
CHSL & other exams.

Most of these questions are based on the year of war, the names of fighting kingdoms
and the name of the winning kingdom/king. Since General awareness section is where
you can score marks very easily, you should pay attention on these questions and notes
on Battles and Wars fought in Indian History. Here's the entire list of Wars,
Fighting Dynasties/Kingdoms/Kings and winners. Moreover, you will also
find other important wars and battles fought around the globe that affected
the India too.

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  Battles in Indian History - Ancient Indian wars

War Fought between Won by

Battle of Chola King Karikala & Chola
Venni Pandya & Cheraa kings King
Chalukya king Someshvara I &
Battle of Chola
Chola kings Rajadhiraja Chola
Koppam King
& Rajendra Chola II
Battle of Chalukya empire Chalukya
Maski & Jaysimha II Empire
Kalinga Maurya king Ashoka Maurya
War & Kalinga King

 Battles in Indian History - Battle of Tarain

War Year Fought between Won by

First battle Sultan Mohammad Ghori Prithviraj
1191
of Tarain & Prithviraj Chauhan Chauhan
Second Battle Sultan Mohammad Ghori Sultan Mohammad
1192
of Tarain & Prithviraj Chauhan Ghori
Third Battle Shamshuddin Iltutmish Shamshuddin
1215
of Tarain & Yaldoz Iltutmish

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 War Year Fought between Won by Treaties
Siraj-ud-daulah
Battle of 23 June British East
with French & British -
Plassey 1757 India Company
East India Company
East India Company &
Battle of 22 October Alliance of Mir Qasim, British East Treaty of
Buxar 1764 Shah Alam II & India Company Allahabad
Shuja-ud-daulla
Battle
1638-1639 Portuguese & Dutch Portuguese -
of Goa
Battle of 26 January British East India British East
-
Wandiwash 1760 Company & French India Company
Mughal emperor
Battle of 26 June
Humayun Sher Shah Suri -
Chausa 1539
& Sher Shah Suri

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  Battles in Indian History - Wars by Rajput

Fought
War Year Won by Remark
Between
Babur assumed
Battle of Babur &
1527 Rajput title of Ghazi after
Khanwa Rajput
this battle
Battle of Babur &
1529 Babur -
Ghagra Afghans
- Col Todd. Called
this battle as ‘Battle
Rana of Mewar, of Thermopylae
Battle of 21 June Maharana Pratap & Man of Rajasthan’
Haldighati 1576 Mughal Emperor Akbar Singh - Abul Fazal called it
force led by Man Singh as Battle of Khamnaur
- Badayuni called it
as Battle of Gogunda

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  Battles in Indian History - Battle of Panipat

War Year Fought Between Won by Remark

Earliest battle in
Indian History
First Battle 21 April Ibrahim Lodi
Babur involved
of Panipat 1527 & Babur
gunpowder firearms
& field artillery
Forces of Hemu,
Second Battle 5 November Chief minister of
-
of Panipat 1556 Adil Shah Suri
Mughal
& Akbar
Maratha empire
Third Battle 14 January & King of
Afghans Treaty of Surat
of Panipat 1761 Afghanistan,
Ahmad Shah Abdali

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  Battles in Indian History - Carnatic wars

Fought
War Year Treaties
between
First Carnatic English Treaty of
1744-48
War & French Aix-La-Chapelle
Second Carnatic English Treaty of
1748-54
War & French Pondicherry
Third Carnatic English Treaty
1756-1763
War & French of Paris

 Battles in Indian History - Anglo Maratha wars

War Year Fought between Won by Treaties

British East India
First Anglo
1775-1782 Company & Marathas Treaty of Salbai
Maratha War
Martha empire
Treaty of
Deogaon,
East India
Second Anglo British East Treaty of
1803-1805 Company &
Maratha War India Company Surjianjangaon,
Maratha empire
Treaty of Rajghat,
Treaty of Bassien
East India
Third Anglo British East Treaty of
1817-1818 Company &
Maratha War India Company Mandasor
Maratha empire

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  Battles in Indian History - Anglo Mysore war

War Year Fought between Treaties

First Anglo Mysore & East Treaty of
1734-1766
Mysore War India Company Madras
Second Anglo Mysore & East Treaty of
1780-1784
Mysore War India Company Mangalore
Third Anglo Mysore & East Treaty of
1790-92
Mysore War India Company Sriranghapatam
Fourth Anglo Mysore & East British Subjugated
1799
Mysore War India Company Mysore

 Battles in Indian History - Angl0 Sikh wars

Fought
War Year Won by Treaties
between
First Anglo Sikh Empire & British British East Treaty of
1845-46
Sikh War East India Company India Company Bhairowal
Secnod Anglo Sikh Empire & British British East
1848-1849 -
Sikh War East India Company India Company

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  Battles in Indian History - Anglo Afghan wars

War Year Fought between Won by Treaties

Tripartite Treaty
First Anglo British East India between Ranjit Singh,
Afghans
Afghan War Company & Afghans Shah Shuja &
1838-1842
Lord Auckland
Treaty of
Second Anglo British East India Peshawar,
1878-80
Afghan War Company & Afghans Treaty of
Gandamak
Third Anglo British East India Treaty of
1919 Afghans
Afghan War Company & Afghans Rawalpindi

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  World Wars

Fought
War Year Won by Treaties
between
Treaty of
Versailles,
Alliance of Britain,
Treaty of
France, Russia,
Saint-
Italy & USA
First 1914- Victory of Germain-
against Germany,
World War 1918 alliance Enlaye,
Austria-Hungary,
Treaty of
Ottoman Empire
Lausann,
& Bulgaria.
Treaty of
Trianon
Germany,
Italy & Japan
against the
alliance of Britain,
Second 1939- Won by
France, Australia -
World War 1945 the alliance
Canada, New Zealand,
India,
Soviet Union, China
& USA

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  Post Independence wars

1) India-Pakistan

War Year Result

Ceasefire
First Kashmir War 1947
agreement
Tashkent
India-Pakistan War 1965
Declaration
Indian
India-Pakistan War 1971
won
India regain
India-Pakistan war 1999 possession of
Kargil

2) India & Other Neighbours

Fought
War Year Won by Result
between
Sino Indian India & Aksai Chin in
1962 China
War China Chinese control
First Burma English & Treaty of
1824-26 British
War Burma Yandabo
Second Burma English &
1852-53 British -
War Burma
Burma becomes
Third Burma English &
1885 British a part of
War Burma
British India

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