Battles of Indian History

Names of the major wars in Indian history, when and between whom:

Here is a list of when and between whom the major wars of history took place. Most of the questions asked in History exam are based on the names of major wars, when and between whom, so this post is very important for your all type of exam preparation. Let us know about the names of the major wars in history, when and between whom: -

Definition of war: War is a type of aggressive act between any two states to obtain economic resources, political power and expansion and material resources. To fight for a long time.

List of major wars of Indian history when and between:

List of Wars of Ancient India:

Year (when)	Name of war	Between whom
326 BC	Battle of Hydaspes	In this war between Sikandar and Raja Puru of Punjab, Alexander defeated Raja Puru.
261 BC	Kalinga War	In this war, Ashoka defeated the king of Kalinga, but being saddened by the horrors of the war, he also accepted Buddhism.
712 AD	War of rover	This war took place between King Dahir and Muhammad bin Qasim, in this war Muhammad bin Qasim defeated Dahir.
1001 AD	War of peshawar	In this battle Mahmud Ghaznavi defeated Raja Jaipal.
1191 AD	First battle of tarain	In this war Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori.
1192 AD	Second battle of tarain	In this war, Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
1194 AD	Battle of Chandawar	In this battle, Muhammad Ghori defeated Raja Jaichand.

List of Wars of Medieval India:

Year (when)	Name of war	Between whom
1526	First battle of panipat	It was fought between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi, in which Babur won.
1527	Battle of Khanwa	Between Babur and Rana Sanga, in which Babur was victorious.
1528	Battle of Chanderi	It was fought between Babur and Medini Rai, in which Babur won.
1529	War of ghagra	It was fought between Babur and Mahmud Lodi, in which Babur won.
1532	Battle of daurah	In this battle Humayun defeated Mahmud Lodi.
1539	Battle of chausa	This war was fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri, in which Sher Shah was victorious.
1540	Battle of Bilgram in Kannauj	This war was fought between Humayun and Sher Shah Suri, in which Sher Shah was victorious and Humayun was completely defeated.
1555	Battle of Machhiwada	This war took place between Humayun and Afghan Salar Khan, in which Humayun won.
1555	War of sirhind	This war took place between Humayun and Sikandar Shah, in which Humayun won.
1556	Second battle of panipat	This war took place between Akbar and Hemu, in which Akbar was victorious.
1565	Battle of Talikota	The four Muslim kingdoms of the Bahmani kingdom jointly defeated the Vijayanagara Empire in this war, also known as the Battle of Bannihatti.
1576	Battle of Haldighati	This war was fought between Akbar's general Man Singh and Rana Pratap, in which Rana Pratap was defeated and the Mughals won.
1600	Battle of Ahmednagar	This war took place between Akbar's army and Queen Chandbibi of Gondwana, in which Akbar won.
1601	Battle of Asirgarh	This war took place between Akbar and Mian Bahadur, in which Akbar was victorious.
1658	War of dharmat	This war was fought between Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh, in which Aurangzeb won.
1658	Battle of Samugarh	This war was fought between Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh, in which Aurangzeb again won.

List of Wars of Modern India:

Year (when)	Name of war	Between whom
1707	Battle of Kheda	This happened between Maratha Chhatrapati Shahu and Tarabai, in which Shahu was victorious.
1724	Battle of Sakhar Kharda	It took place between Nizamulmulk and Mubariz Khan, in which Nizam was victorious.
1737	Battle of Bhopal	The battle took place between Bajirao I and the Mughals, in which Bajirao I was victorious.
1739	Battle of karnal	This war took place between Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah, in which Nadir Shah won.
1740	Battle of Giria	Alivardi Khan won the war between Sarfaraz Khan and Alivardi Khan.
1744-48	First Carnatic War	Between the French (Duple) and the English (Clive), the French army won.
1750-54	Second Carnatic War	It took place between the French (Duple) and the English (Clive), in which the British won.
1757-1763	Third Carnatic War	Happened between the French (Lally) and the British, in which the British again won.
1757	War of Plasi	Between the British (Clive) and Siraj-ud-daula, the British won.
1759	Battle of Bedara	Between the British and the Dutch, the victory of the British took place.
1760	War of Wandiwash	It took place between the British (Ayerkoot) and the French (Lally), in which the British won.
1761	Third battle of panipat	Between Ahmad Shah Abdali and Maratha, in which Ahmad Shah Abdali was victorious.
1764	Battle of Buxar	Between the British (Munro) and the combined army of Mir Qasim Shuja-ud-daula and Shah Alam, in which the British won.
1766-69	First Mysore War	Happened between the British and Hyder Ali, in which Hyder Ali won.
1774	Ruhela war	Happened between Hastings and Hafiz Khan, in which Hastings (English) won.
1775	Battle of Sindkheda	This war took place between Nizam and Maratha, in which Maratha people won.
1775-82	First Anglo-Maratha War	It happened between the British (Warren Hastings) and the maternal grandfather of the Maratha Fadnavis, in which no one was victorious.
1780-84	Second Mysore War	Hastings and Hyder and Tipu Sultan, in which no one was victorious.
1790-92	Third Mysore War	It took place between Lord Cornwallis and Tipu Sultan, in which Cornwallis (English) won.
1799	Fourth Mysore War	It took place between Lord Wellesley and Tipu Sultan, in which Lord Wellesley (English) won.
1803-06	Second Anglo-Maratha War	It took place between Lord Wellesley and Maratha, in which Lord Wellesley also won.

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