| Battle of the Ten Kings |
c. 14th century BCE |
near the Ravi River in Punjab. |
|
King Sudas of Trustu-Bharata Tribe |
Ten Kings |
Rigvedic Kingdom were conquered by Sudas. Bharatas settle in Kurukshetra. Emergence of Kuru Kingdom |
| Kurukshetra War |
10th century BCE |
Kurukshetra, modern-day Haryana, India |
|
Territory-less Pandavas of the Kurus with the support of the Panchala tribe and others. |
Kauravas (Kuru dynasty) with capital at Hastinapura and their allies |
Reunification of the Kuru states of Hastinapura and Indraprastha under the Pandavas. Return of Panchal lands held by Drona to the original Panchala state. |
| Avanti-Magadhan Wars |
510-400 BCE |
Northern India |
|
Haryanka dynasty
Shishunaga dynasty of Magadh |
Pradyota dynasty of Avanti |
Magadh annexes Avanti |
| Magadha-Vajji war |
484-468 BCE |
Modern-day Bihar, India |
|
Haryanka dynasty of Magadh |
Vajji confederacy led by the Licchavis |
Magadh annexes Vajji |
| Battle of the Hydaspes |
326 BC |
the bank of Jhelum |
|
Macedonian Empire |
Paurava Kingdom |
The battle is historically significant for opening up India to Greek political (Seleucid, Greco-Bactrian, Indo-Greek) and cultural influences (Greco-Buddhist art), which continued to have an impact for many centuries |
| Conquest of the Nanda Empire |
321-320 BC |
Nanda Empire in Northern India |
|
Maurya Empire |
Nanda Empire |
|
| Seleucid–Mauryan war |
305-303 BC |
|
|
Maurya Empire |
Seleucid Empire |
Far eastern satrapies of the Macedonian Empireannexed by the Maurya Empire, Chandragupta married the daughter of Seleucus I Nicator in exchange for 500 war elephants |
| Kalinga War |
262 BC |
Kalinga |
|
Maurya Empire |
Kingdom of Kalinga |
Ashoka adapted Buddhism, and he started preaching Dharma Vijaya. |
| Battle of Venni |
130 |
Venni (near Thanjavur) |
|
Cholas (Uraiyur) |
Cheras
Pandyas (Madurai)
Minor Velir chiefs |
|
| Battle of Sondani |
528 |
Mandsaur |
|
Aulikara
Gupta dynasty |
Alchon Huns |
Victory of Indian kingdoms |
| Battle of Pullalur |
618 |
Pullalur |
|
Chalukya Dynasty |
Pallava Kingdom |
|
| Battle of Manimangala |
640 |
Manimangala |
|
Pallava Kingdom |
Chalukya Dynasty |
|
| Battle of Vatapi |
642 |
Vatapi |
|
Pallava Kingdom |
Chalukya Dynasty |
|
| Umayyad campaigns in India |
712-740 |
Rajasthan
Gujarat |
|
Gurjara-Pratiharaand Chalukya dynasty |
Umayyad Caliphate |
Victory of Indian kingdoms, Arab expansion halted. |
| Battle of Tellaru |
830 |
Vandavasi |
|
Pallava Kingdom |
Pandya Kingdom |
|
| Battle of Sri Purambiyam |
879 |
Thirupurambiyam |
Rise of the Medieval Cholas |
Pallava Kingdom |
Pandya Kingdom |
|
| Battle of Takkolam |
949 |
Takkolam |
|
Rashtrakuta Dynasty |
Chola Empire |
|
| Battle of Kandalur Salai |
998 |
Kandalur |
|
Chola Empire |
Chera Dynasty |
|
| Battle of Peshawar |
1001 |
Peshawar |
|
Ghaznavid Empire |
Hindu Shahi |
|
| Battle of Donur |
1007 |
Donur |
|
Chola Empire |
Western Chalukya Empire |
|
| Battle of Chach |
1008 |
Chach |
|
Ghaznavid Empire |
Hindu Shahi |
|
| Battle of Koppam |
1054 |
Koppam |
|
Chola Empire |
Western Chalukya Empire |
|
| Battle of Kudal-Sangamam |
1062 |
Kudalsangamama |
|
Chola Empire |
Western Chalukya Empire |
|
| Battle of Vijayawada |
1068 |
Vijayawada |
|
Chola Empire |
Western Chalukya Empire |
|
| Chola invasion of Kalinga |
1097 |
Odisha |
|
Chola Empire |
Eastern Ganga dynasty |
|
| Chola invasion of Kalinga |
1110 |
Odisha |
|
Chola Empire |
Eastern Ganga dynasty |
|
| Battle of Kasahrada |
1178 |
Kasahrada |
|
Chaulukya dynasty
Chahamanas of Naddula
Chahamanas of Jalor
Paramaras of Chandravati |
Ghurid Empire |
|
| Battle of Nettur |
1188 |
Nettur |
|
Chola EmpirePandya Kingdom |
Pandya Kingdom |
|
| First Battle of Tarain |
1191 |
Tarain |
|
Chahamanas of Shakambhari |
Ghurid Empire |
|
| Second Battle of Tarain |
1192 |
Tarain |
|
Ghurid Empire |
Chahamanas of Shakambhari |
The victory of Mu’izz al-Din was decisive |
| Battle of Chandawar |
1194 |
Firozabad |
|
Ghurid Empire |
Gahadavala Dynasty |
|
| Battle of Faislabad |
1221 |
Faislabad |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Mongol Empire |
|
| Battle of Beas River |
1285 |
Beas River |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Chagatai Khanate |
|
| Battle of Jalandhar |
1298 |
Jalandhar |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Chagatai Khanate |
|
| Battle of Sind |
1298 |
Sindh |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Mongols (possibly Neguderi fugitives) |
|
| Battle of Kili |
1299 |
Kili |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Chagatai Khanate |
|
| Siege of Ranthambore |
1301 |
Ranthambore |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Chahamanas of Ranastambhapura |
|
| Siege of Chittorgarh |
1303 |
Chittorgarh |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Guhila dynasty |
|
| Alauddin Khalji’s conquest of Gujarat |
1304 |
Gujarat |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Vaghela dynasty |
|
| Alauddin Khalji’s conquest of Malwa |
1305 |
Malwa |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Paramara dynasty |
|
| Battle of Amroha |
1305 |
Amroha |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Chagatai Khanate |
|
| Siege of Siwana |
1308 |
Siwana |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Paramaras of Siwana |
|
| Alauddin Khalji’s conquest of Devagiri |
1308 |
Maharashtra |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Seuna (Yadava) dynasty |
|
| Siege of Warangal |
1310 |
Warangal |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Kakatiya dynasty |
|
| Siege of Dwarasamudra |
1311 |
Dwarasamudra |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Hoysala dynasty |
|
| Siege of Jalore |
1311 |
Jalore |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Chahamanas of Naddula |
|
| Siege of Warangal |
1318 |
Warangal |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Kakatiya dynasty |
|
| Siege of Warangal |
1323 |
Warangal |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Kakatiya dynasty |
|
| Battle of Kannanur |
1343 |
Kannanur |
|
Delhi Sultanate |
Hoysala dynasty |
|
| Jaunpur-Bhojpur War |
1389 |
Bihar |
|
Jaunpur Sultanate |
Ujjainiya Rajputs |
|
| Battle of Sarangpur |
1437 |
Sarangpur near Mandu |
|
Mewar
Marwar |
Malwa Sultanate |
|
| Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas |
1442-1446 |
Kumbalmer |
|
Mewar |
Malwa Sultanate |
Bloodied by these engagements, the Sultan did not attack Mewar for another ten years. |
| Battle of Nagaur |
1456 |
Nagaur |
|
Mewar |
Nagaur Sultanate
Gujarat Sultanate |
|
| Battle of Cochin |
1504 |
Kochi |
|
Portuguese EmpireKingdom of Cochin |
Samoothiri of Kozhikode |
|
| Battle of Cannanore |
1506 |
Kannur |
|
Portuguese Empire |
Delhi Sultanate(Participating factions: Gujarat Sultanate) |
|
| Battle of Chaul |
1508 |
Chaul |
|
Samoothiri of KozhikodeDelhi Sultanate
(Participating factions: Gujarat Sultanate) |
Portuguese Empire |
|
| Portuguese conquest of Goa |
1510 |
Goa |
|
Portuguese Empire |
Bijapur Sultanate |
|
| Battle of Khatoli |
1517 |
Khatoli |
|
Rana Sanga |
Ibrahim Lodi |
|
| Battle of Dholpur |
1519 |
Dholpur |
|
Rana Sanga |
Ibrahim Lodi |
|
| Battle of Gagron |
1519 |
Gagron |
|
Rana Sanga |
Mahmud Khilji of Malwa |
|
| Battle of Raichur |
1520 |
Raichur |
|
Krishnadeva Raya |
Bijapur Sultanate |
|
| Siege of Mandsaur |
1520 |
Mewar |
|
Rana Sanga |
Sultan Muzaffar Shah II sent an army under Malik Ayaz |
retreated to Gujrat |
| Battle of Panipat |
21 April 1526 |
Panipat |
Mughal conquest of India |
Babur |
Ibrahim Lodi |
|
| Battle of Khanwa |
17 March 1527 |
Khanwa |
Mughal conquest of India |
Babur |
Rana Sanga |
|
| Battle of Chanderi |
1528 |
Chanderi |
Mughal conquest of India |
Babur |
Medini Rai |
|
| Battle of Ghaghra |
1529 |
Ghaghra or Gogara |
Mughal conquest of India |
Babur |
Afghans |
|
| Battle of Chausa |
1539 |
Chausal |
|
Sher Shah Suri |
Humayun |
Humayun escaped by crossing over the river. |
| Battle of Kanauj |
1540 |
Kanauj or Billgram |
|
Sher Shah Suri |
Humayun |
Sher Shah Suri occupied the city of Agra . |
| Battle of Sammel |
1544 |
Sammel |
|
Sher Shah Suri |
Maldeo Rathore |
|
| Battle of Tughlaqabad |
1556 |
Delhi |
Mughal conquest of India |
Hemu |
Akbar |
|
| Battle of Panipat |
1556 |
Panipat |
Mughal conquest of India |
Bairam Khan(for Akbar) |
Hemu |
|
| Battle of Talikota |
1565 |
Bannihatti or Tallikota |
|
Unified Army of the five Deccan Sultanates defeated |
Vijayanagara Army |
Vijayanagara General Ramaraju was killed in the battlefield. |
| Battle of Haldighati |
1576 |
Haldighati |
Mughal conquest of India |
MahaRana Pratap |
Man Singh I |
|
| Battle of Dewair |
1582 |
Kingdom of Mewar |
Mughal conquest of India |
MahaRana Pratap |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Bhuchar Mori |
1591 |
Bhuchar Mori |
Mughal conquest of India |
Mirza Aziz Koka |
Kathiawar army of Jadeja Rajputs |
|
| Battle of Dewair |
1606 |
Kingdom of Mewar |
Mughal conquest of India |
Amar Singh I |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Swally |
1612 |
Swally |
|
British East India Company |
Portuguese Empire |
|
| Battle of Amritsar |
1634 |
Amritsar |
Mughal-Sikh Wars |
Sikh Army |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Kartarpur |
1635 |
Kartarpur |
Mughal-Sikh Wars |
Sikh Army |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Pratapgad |
1659 |
Pratapgad |
|
Maratha Empire |
Adilshahi Dynasty |
Afzal Khan defeated by Shivaji. |
| Battle of Kolhapur |
1659 |
Kolhapur |
|
Maratha Empire |
Adilshahi Dynasty |
|
| Battle of Pavan Khind |
1660 |
Vishalgad |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Adilshahi Dynasty |
10,000-strong Adilshahi army defeated by 300 Marathasunder the command of Baji Prabhu Deshpande. |
| Battle of Surat |
1664 |
Surat |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Mughal Empire |
Surat sacked by the Marathas. |
| Battle of Purandar |
1665 |
Purandar |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Mughal Empire |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Tilpat |
1669 |
Tilpat |
|
Jats rebbels under Gokula |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Sinhagad |
1670 |
Sinhagad |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Saraighat |
1671 |
Modern Guwahati, Assam |
|
Ahom |
Mughals |
|
| Battle of Aravalli hills |
1680 |
Aravalli hills |
|
Rajputrebbels under Durgadas Rathore |
Mughals |
|
| Anglo-Mughal War |
1686 |
Various: Kolkata, Mumbai, Madras, Hooghly etc. |
|
Mughal Empire |
English East India Company |
First of the Anglo Indian Wars |
| Battle of Athani |
1690 |
Athani, Karnataka |
|
Maratha Empire |
Mughal Empire |
One of the Marathas conquests war |
| Battle of Anandpur |
1700 |
Anandpur |
Mughal-Sikh Wars |
Sikh Empire |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Chappar Chiri |
1710 |
Sirhind |
Mughal-Sikh Wars |
Sikh Empire |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Rahon |
1710 |
Rahon |
Mughal-Sikh Wars |
Sikh Empire |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Palkhed |
1728 |
Palkhed |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Nizam of Hyderabad |
|
| Battle of Delhi |
1737 |
Delhi |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Mughal Empire |
Sack of Delhi |
| Battle of Bhopal |
1737 |
Bhopal |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Karnal |
1739 |
Karnal |
Nader Shah’s invasion of India |
Afsharid Empire |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Vasai |
1739 |
Vasai |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Portuguese Empire |
|
| Battle of Colachel |
1741 |
Colachel |
|
Kingdom of Travancore |
Dutch East India Company |
|
| Siege of Trichinopoly |
1741 |
Trichinopoly |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Maratha Empire |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Siege of Trichinopoly |
1743 |
Trichinopoly |
Imperial Maratha Conquests |
Mughal Empire |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Madras |
1746 |
Madras |
War of the Austrian Succession |
French East India Company |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Ambur |
1749 |
Ambur |
|
French East India Company, Chanda Sahib, Muzaffar Jung |
Nawab of Arcot |
|
| Siege of Arcot |
1751 |
Arcot |
Second Carnatic War |
British East India Company |
Nawab of Arcot, French East India Company |
|
| Battle of Arnee |
1751 |
Arnee |
Second Carnatic War |
British East India Company, Maratha |
French East India Company, Nawab of Arcot |
|
| Battle of Chingleput |
1752 |
Chingleput |
Second Carnatic War |
British East India Company, Nawab of Arcot |
French East India Company |
|
| Siege of Trichinopoly |
1752 |
Trichinopoly |
Second Carnatic War |
British East India Company |
French East India Company troops and Chanda Sahib |
|
| Capture of Delhi |
1753 |
Delhi |
|
Bharatpur State |
Mughal Empire |
|
| Battle of Golden Rock |
1753 |
Golden Rock |
Second Carnatic War |
British East India Company |
French East India Company |
|
| Battle of Seringham |
1753 |
Srirangam Island |
Second Carnatic War |
British East India Company |
French East India Company troops and Chanda Sahib |
|
| Battle of Kumher |
1754 |
Kumher |
|
Suraj Mal |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Siege of Calcutta |
1756 |
Calcutta |
|
Nawab of Bengal |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Bobbili |
1757 |
Bobbili |
|
|
|
|
| Battle of Plassey |
1757 |
Plassey |
|
Robert Clive |
Siraj ud-Daulah |
|
| Battle of Delhi |
1757 |
Delhi |
|
Marathas |
Rohilla Afghans |
|
| Battle of Bharatpur |
1757 |
Bharatpur |
Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani |
Jats |
Durrani Empire |
|
| Battle of Attock |
1758 |
Attock |
Maratha conquest of North-west India |
Marathasand Sikhs |
Durrani Empire |
|
| Battle of Peshawar |
1758 |
Peshawar |
Maratha conquest of North-west India |
Marathasand Sikhs |
Durrani Empire |
|
| Battle of Lahore |
1759 |
Lahore |
Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani |
Marathasand Sikhs |
Durrani Empire |
|
| Siege of Pondicherry |
1760 |
Pondicherry |
Third Carnatic War |
British East India Company |
French East India Company |
|
| Battle of Wandiwash |
1760 |
Wandiwash |
|
British East India Company |
French East India Company |
|
| Third Battle of Panipat |
1761 |
Panipat |
|
Ahmad Shah Abdali |
Marathas |
|
| Battle of Agra |
1761 |
Agra |
|
Bharatpur State |
Mughal Empire |
| Battle of Sialkot |
1761 |
Sialkot |
Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani |
Sukerchakia misl |
Durrani Empire |
|
| Battle of Gujranwala |
1761 |
Gujranwala |
Indian Campaign of Ahmad Shah Durrani |
Sukerchakia Misl |
Durrani Empire |
|
| Battle of Rakshasbhuvan |
1763 |
Rakshasbhuvan |
|
Maratha Empire |
Nizam of Hyderabad |
|
| Battle of Buxar |
1764 |
Buxar |
|
Hector Munro |
Combined armies of Nawab Mir Qasim(Bengal),Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah(Awadh)& Mughal emperor Shah Alam |
|
| Siege of Ambur |
1767 |
Ambur |
First Anglo-Mysore War |
Kingdom of MysoreHyder Ali |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Maonda and Mandholi |
1767 |
Maonda and Mandholi |
|
Jaipur State |
Bharatpur State |
|
| Battle of Kama |
1768 |
Kama |
|
Jaipur State |
Bharatpur State |
|
| Battle of Saunshi |
1777 |
Gajendragarh |
Maratha-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Siege of Pondicherry |
1778 |
Pondicherry |
American War of Independence |
British East India Company |
French East India Company |
|
| Battle of Pollilur |
1780 |
Pollilur |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Negapatam |
1781 |
Negapatam |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
British |
|
|
| Battle of Pollilur |
1781 |
Pollilur |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Porto Novo |
1781 |
Porto Novo |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Sholinghur |
1781 |
Sholinghur |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Poona |
1781 |
Pune |
|
Maratha Empire |
British East India Company |
|
| Siege of Tellicherry |
1782 |
Tellicherry |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Vellore |
1782 |
Vellore |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Cuddalore |
1783 |
Cuddalore |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
|
| Siege of Mangalore |
1783 |
Mangalore |
Second Anglo-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
Hyder Ali dies. Treaty of Mangalore signed. |
| Siege of Nargund |
1785 |
Nargund |
Maratha-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Siege of Badami |
1786 |
Badami |
Maratha-Mysore War |
Maratha Empire |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Adoni |
1786 |
Adoni |
Maratha-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Gajendragad |
1786 |
Gajendragad |
Maratha-Mysore War |
Maratha Empire |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Savanur |
September – October 1786 |
Savanur |
Maratha-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Lalsot |
1787 |
Lalsot |
|
Jaipur and Jodhpur |
Mahadaji Shinde |
|
| Siege of Bahadur Benda |
January 1787 |
Bahadur Benda |
Maratha-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of the Nedumkotta |
1789 |
Nedumkotta |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Travancore |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Calicut |
1790 |
Calicut, Malabar coast |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Travancoreand British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Capture of Cannanore |
1790 |
Cannanore |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Sittimungulum |
1790 |
Sittimungulum |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
|
| Siege of Bangalore |
1791 |
Bangalore |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Coimbatore |
1791 |
Coimbatore |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Travancore and British East India Company |
|
| Siege of Darwar |
1791 |
Darwar |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Goorumconda |
1791 |
Goorumconda |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Nizam of Hyderabadand British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Koppal |
1791 |
Koppal |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Nizam of Hyderabadand British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Nundydroog |
1791 |
Nundydroog |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Savendroog |
1791 |
Savendroog |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Arakere |
1791 |
Arakere |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Nizam of Hyderabadand British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Capture of Hooly Honore |
1791 |
Koodli |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Maratha Empire and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Seringapatam |
1792 |
Seringapatam |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Maratha Empire, Nizam of Hyderabadand British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
Tipu sultan is defeated.Treaty of Seringapatam |
| Capture of Shimoga |
1792 |
Shimoga |
Third Anglo-Mysore War |
Maratha Empire and British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Mallavelly |
1799 |
Mallavelly |
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Seedaseer |
1799 |
Seedaseer |
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Siege of Seringapatam |
1799 |
Seringapatam |
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War |
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Mysore |
|
| Battle of Sultanpet Tope |
1799 |
Sultanpet Tope |
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War |
Kingdom of Mysore |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Malpura |
1800 |
Malpura |
|
Sawai Pratap Singh |
Daulat Rao Sindhia |
|
| Battle of Panamarathukotta |
1802 |
Wayanad |
|
Pazhassi Raja‘s forces |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Assaye |
1803 |
Assaye |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Delhi |
1803 |
Delhi |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Laswari |
1803 |
Laswari |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Argaon |
1803 |
Argaon |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Capture of Gawilghur |
1803 |
Gawilghur |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Deeg |
1804 |
Deeg |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire and Bharatpur State |
|
| Battle of Mukandwara Pass |
1804 |
Mukandwara Pass |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Farrukhabad |
1804 |
Farrukhabad |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Siege of Deeg Fort |
1804 |
Deeg Fort |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire and Bharatpur State |
|
| Siege of Delhi |
1804 |
Delhi |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Bharatpur |
1805 |
Bharatpur |
Second Anglo-Maratha War |
Maratha Empire and Bharatpur State |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Quilon |
1809 |
Cantonment Maidan in Quilon |
|
British East India Company |
Kingdom of Travancore |
|
| Gurkha-Sikh War |
1809 |
Kangra Fort |
Sikh-Nepali War |
Sikh |
Gurkha army |
|
| Kurichiya revolt |
1812 |
Wayanad |
|
British East India Company |
Kurichiya and Kurumba tribes |
|
| Battle of Mahidpur |
1817 |
Mahidpur |
|
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Khadki |
1817 |
Khadki |
|
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Koregaon |
1818 |
Koregaon Bhima (Pune) |
|
British East India Company |
Peshwa faction of the Maratha Confederacy |
|
| Battle of Bharatpur |
1825 |
Bharatpur |
|
British East India Company |
Bharatpur State |
| Battle of Peshawar |
1834 |
Peshawar |
Afghan-Sikh Wars |
Sikh |
Emirate of Afghanistan |
|
| Battle of Jamrud |
1837 |
Jamrud |
Afghan-Sikh Wars |
Sikh |
Emirate of Afghanistan |
|
| First Anglo-Afghan War |
1842 |
Afghanistan |
|
British East India Company |
Dost Mohammad Khan (Emir of Afghanistan) |
|
| Gwalior Campaign |
1843 |
Gwalior |
|
British East India Company |
Maratha Empire |
|
| Battle of Ferozeshah |
1845 |
Ferozeshah |
First Anglo-Sikh War |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
|
| Battle of Mudki |
1845 |
Mudki |
First Anglo-Sikh War |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
|
| Battle of Aliwal |
1846 |
Aliwal |
First Anglo-Sikh War |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
|
| Battle of Sobraon |
1846 |
Sobraon |
First Anglo-Sikh War |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
|
| Battle of Ramnagar |
1848 |
Ramnagar |
Second Anglo-Sikh War |
Sikh Empire |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Chillianwala |
1849 |
Chillianwala |
Second Anglo-Sikh War |
Sikh Empire |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Gujrat |
1849 |
Gujrat |
Second Anglo-Sikh War |
British East India Company |
Sikh Empire |
|
| Siege of Multan |
1849 |
Multan |
Second Anglo-Sikh War |
British East India Company |
Multan |
|
| Battle of Agra |
1857 |
Agra |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
|
| Battle of Aong |
1857 |
Aong |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Rebel Company soldiers” |
|
| Battle of Badli-ki-Serai |
1857 |
Badli-ki-Serai |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
|
| Second Battle of Cawnpore |
1857 |
|
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
|
| Battle of Chinhat |
1857 |
Chinhat |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
Indian rebels |
|
|
| Siege of Delhi |
1857 |
Delhi |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Mughal Empire and Indian rebels |
|
| Siege of Lucknow |
1857 |
Lucknow |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
|
|
|
| Battle of Najafgarh |
1857 |
Najafgarh |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
|
| Siege of Cawnpore |
1857 |
Cawnpore |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
“Nana Sahib’s forces – Rebel Company soldiers” |
British East India Company |
|
| Battle of Kintoor |
1858 |
Kintoor |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Indian rebels |
|
| Capture of Lucknow |
1858 |
Lucknow |
Indian rebellion of 1857 |
British East India Company |
Oudh and Indian rebels |
|
| Bhutan War |
1865 |
Bhutan War |
Mughal Empire
Bhutan |
British East India Company |
|
| Hazara Expedition of 1888 |
1888 |
Hazara |
|
British India |
Tribes of Kala Dhaka |
|
| Anglo-Manipur War |
1891 |
Manipur, India |
|
British India |
Kingdom of Manipur |
|
| Chitral Expedition |
1895 |
Chitral |
|
British East India Company |
|
|
| Battle of Saragarhi |
1897 |
Saragarhi |
Tirah Campaign |
British India |
Pashtuns |
|
| Siege of Malakand |
1897 |
Malakand |
Anglo-Afghan wars |
British India |
Pashtuns |
|
| First Mohmand Campaign |
1898 |
Peshawar |
|
British India |
Mohmands |
|
| Third Anglo-Afghan War |
1919 |
North-West Frontier Provinceand Afghanistan |
Anglo-Afghan wars |
British India |
Emirate of Afghanistan |
It ended in an armistice.The Durand Line was established. |
| Second Mohmand Campaign |
1935 |
Peshawar |
|
British India |
Mohmands |
|
| Arakan Campaign 1942–1943 |
1943 |
Arakan |
Burma Campaign |
Empire of Japan |
UK and British India |
|
| Battle of Imphal |
1944 |
Imphal |
Burma Campaign |
UK and British India |
Empire of Japan |
|
| Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations |
1945 |
Pakokku |
Burma Campaign |
UK and British India |
Empire of Japan |
|
| Indian annexation of Hyderabad |
13–18 September 1948 |
Hyderabad State |
|
Dominion of India |
Hyderabad State |
|
| Annexation of Portuguese India |
18–19 December 1961 |
Goa |
|
India |
Portugal |
|
| Sino-Indian War |
20 October–21 November 1962 |
Aksai Chin |
|
China |
India |
|
|
| Lahore Front |
6–12 September 1965 |
Lahore, Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Asal Uttar |
8–10 September 1965 |
Asal Utta |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Phillora |
7–11 September 1965 |
Phillora, Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Operation Dwarka |
7 September 1965 |
Dwarka |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
Pakistan |
India |
|
| Battle of Burki |
8–11 September 1965 |
Burki, Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Chawinda |
14–19 September 1965 |
Chawinda |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
Inconclusive |
|
- Indian advance halted
- India captured 460km2 of Pakistani territory
- UN mandated ceasefire
|
| Battle of Dograi |
20–22 September 1965 |
Dograi, Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
India |
Pakistan |
India captures Dograi and surrounding areas, which are used as a valuable bargaining chip in the Tashkent negotiations. |
| Clashes at Nathu La |
11 September – 14 September 1967 |
Kingom of Sikkim |
Indo-Chinese Border Conflict of 1967 |
India |
China |
|
| Clashes at Cho La |
1 October 1967 |
Cho La, Kingom of Sikkim |
Indo-Chinese Border Conflict of 1967 |
India |
China |
|
| Defence of Kamalpur |
14 November – 4 December 1971 |
Kamalpur, East Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Atgram |
21 November 1971 |
Atgram, East Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
5 Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army |
31st Punjab regiment of the Pakistan Army |
|
| Battle of Boyra |
22 November 1971 |
Boyra |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
Indian Air Force |
Pakistani Air Force |
|
| Battle of Hilli |
22 November – 11 December 1971 |
Hilli, East Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Operation Chengiz Khan |
3 December 1971 |
India |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Operation Cactus-Lilly |
3–16 December 1971 |
East Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Gazipur |
4–5 December 1971 |
Gazipur, East Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Longewala |
4–7 December 1971 |
Longewala |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Basantar |
4–11 December 1971 |
Barapind |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Operation Trident |
4–5 December 1971 |
Arabian Sea, off Karachi port, Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Operation Python |
8–9 December 1971 |
Arabian Sea, 12 nmi off Karachiport, Pakistan |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Operation Meghdoot |
13 April 1984 |
Siachen Glacier, Jammu and Kashmir |
Siachen conflict |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Operation Bluestar |
1–8 June 1984 |
Amritsar |
Punjab insurgency |
Indian Army |
Sikh rebels led by Bhindranwale |
|
| Operation Rajiv |
23–26 June 1987 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
Siachen conflict |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Battle of Tololing |
1999 |
Tololing, Jammu and Kashmir |
Kargil War |
India |
Pakistan |
|
| Atlantique incident |
10 August 1999 |
Rann of Kutch |
|
Indian Air Force |
A Breguet Atlanticpatrol plane of the Pakistan Naval Air Arm |
|
| Operation Swift Retort |
27 February 2019 |
Azad Kashmir |
|
Pakistan Air Force |
Two Indian Air Forcejet planes |
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