Important Indian Wars
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Wars is important topic in history for all competitive exams like UPSC, and all state public service commission exams. In this topic, we have given year of the war, battle between whom and important details of the Battle. Hope this will give you important details about the Indian war.
| S.NO | NAME OF WAR | YEAR | BETWEEN | DETAILS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Battle of Tarain | 1191 | Prithiviraj Chauhan Vs Mohammed Ghori | Prithiviraj won the battle. Tarain place is near Thanesar in present day Haryana. These 2 battles are also known as Battles of Taraori. |
| 2. | Second Battle of Tarain | 1192 | Prithiviraj Chauhan Vs Mohammed Ghori | Mohammed Ghori returned for revenge and he won the battle. He entered India through Khyber pass. |
| 3. | Battle of chandawar | 1194 | Jaichandra Vs Mohammed Ghori | Ghori defeated Jaichandra, the king of Kanauj. The battle was fought at Chandwar (modern Firozabad), on the Yamuna River close to Agra. |
| 4. | First Battle of Panipat | 1526, 21 th April | Babur Vs Ibrahim Lodi | Babur (means” lion”) defeated and killed Ibrahim Lodi and started the rule Mughals in India. He was the first emperor of Mughal dynasty. |
| Panipat is present Haryana. | ||||
| Ibrahim Lodi, the last king in Lodi dynasty. The death of Ibrahim Lodi ended the Delhi Sultanate (means Muslim Kingdoms). | ||||
| 5. | Battle of Khanwa | 1527, 17 th March | Babur Vs Rajput forces led by Rana sanga. | Khanwa is in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan. |
| Babur defeated Rajput forces. | ||||
| 6. | Battle of Chanderi | 1528, January | Babur Vs Medini Rai Khangar | Babur won this battle and chanderi came under Mughal kingdom. |
| Chanderi is in Madhya Pradesh. | ||||
| Medini rai was the ruler of Malwa. | ||||
| 7. | Battle of Ghaghra | 1529, May 6 | Babur Vs Eastern Afghans with Sultanate of Bengal. | Ghaghra is a river near bihar. |
| Babur decisive victory. | ||||
| Eastern Afghan Confederates under Sultan Mahmud Lodi and Sultanate of Bengal under Sultan Nusrat Shah . | ||||
| 8. | Battle of chausa | 1539, 26 th June | Humayun vs sher shah suri | Chausa is in bihar. |
| Humayun was a Mughal emporer and sher shah was founder of sur emporer. | ||||
| Sher Shah was victorious and crowned himself Farid al-Din Sher Shah. | ||||
| 9. | Battle of kanauj | 1540, 17 th May | Humayun vs sher shah suri | Kanauj is in Uttar Pradesh. |
| Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun . | ||||
| 10 | Second Battle of Panipat | 1556, 5 th November | Akbar Vs Hemu | Hemu had conquered Delhi by defeating the Mughals led by Tardi Beg Khan at the Battle of Delhi. Akbar and his guardian, Bairam Khan , had immediately marched to Delhi to reclaim the city . The wounded Hemu was captured and beheaded by Bairamkhan. |
| 11 | First Battle of Carnatic war. | 1746- 1748 | Santha Saheb(French) Vs Nawab of arcot(British).(Both are son in law of Hyderabad Nizam) | Santha sahib was supported by French East India company and Arcot Nawab was supported by British east India company. Finally British east India company stood their legs firmly in south india. |
| 12 | Second Battle of Carnatic war. | 1749 - 1754 | Nazeer jung (French)(son of Hyderabad Nizam)Vs Musafer Jung(British) (Grandson of Hyderabad nizam ul-mulk ) | Santha sahib and Musafer Jung were supported by French East India company and Nazeer jung and Arcot Nawab was supported by British east India company. 1751 Robert clive, Head of British east India company captured Arcot. Finally Pondicherry Pact was signed in 1754 to end the war. |
| 13 | Third Battle of Carnatic war. | 1758-1763 | British East India Company Vs French East India Company | It was considered as continuation of seven years Europe war. |
| Finally British Won the battle and captured Pondicherry and Gingee Fort. In 1763, Paris pact was signed to end the 7years Europe war and third Carnatic war. | ||||
| 14 | Battle of Plassey | 1757, 23 rd June | Robert Clive (British East India Company) Vs Sirajuddaulah (Nawab of Bengal) | British East India Company Won the Battle and annexed Bengal to British East India Company. This battle won was considered as first step of brutish governance in India. |
| 15 | Battle of Buxar | 1764, 22 nd October | Hector Munro (British East India Company) Vs Mir Qasim (Nawab of bengal) and Mughal emperor Shah Allam. | British East India Company won the Battle and strongly fixed their foot print in Indian governance. |
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