This is a list of wars involving the Republic of India and its predecessor states.
It is a list of wars and conflicts that were fought in the historic Indian subcontinent.
Contents
- Ancient India
- Medieval India
- Mughal Empire (1526–1857)
- Maratha Empire (1674–1818, 1857)
- Company rule in India (1757–1858)
- British India (1858–1947)
- Azad Hind (1943-1945)
- Dominion of India (1947–1950)
- Republic of India (1950–present)
- See also
- Notes
- References
Ancient India
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Avanti-Magadhan Wars (510 BCE–400 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty Shishunaga dynasty |
Pradyota dynasty | Magadha Victory
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Magadha-Vajji war (484 BCE–468 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty | VajjiConfederacy led by the Licchavis | Magadha Victory
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Indian campaign of Alexander the Great (327 BCE–325 BCE) |
Macedonian Empire | Various Indian kingdoms | *Macedonia conquers much of the Indus Valley, yet has to stop the advance into the Ganges Plain. |
Conquest of the Nanda Empire (321 BCE–320 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Nanda Empire | Maurya victory
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Seleucid–Mauryan war (305 BCE–303 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Seleucid Empire | Maurya victory
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Kalinga War (262 BCE–261 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Kalinga | Maurya victory
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Medieval India
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Umayyad campaigns in India (712–740) |
Gurjara-Pratihara Chalukya dynasty Karkota Empire |
Umayyad Caliphate | Indian Victory
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Chalukya–Chola wars (992–1120) |
Chola Empire | Western Chalukya Empire | Chola Victory |
Chola conquest of Anuradhapura (993–1017) |
Chola Empire | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Chola Victory |
Chola invasion of Srivijaya (1025) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
Chola invasion of Kadaram (1068) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
Mughal Empire (1526–1857)
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Mughal-Rajput Wars (1525–1750) |
Mughal Empire | Rajputs | Mughal victory
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First Battle of Panipat (1526) |
Mughal Empire | Delhi Sultanate | Mughal victory
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Battle of Ghaghra (1529) |
Mughal Empire | Sultanate of Bengal | Mughal victory
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Ahom–Mughal conflicts (1615–1682) |
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Ahom victory
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Mughal–Safavid War (1622–23) (1622–1623) |
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Persian victory
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Mughal–Safavid War (1649–53) (1649–1653) |
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Persian victory
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Mughal conquest of Chittagong (1665–1666) |
Mughal Empire | Kingdom of Mrauk U | Mughal naval and military victory
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Tibet-Ladakh-Mughal war of 1679-1684 (1679–1684) |
Ladakh Mughal Empire |
Tibet Zungar Empire |
Mughal military victory
Tibetan victory in another attack in 1684 with the assistance of reinforcements from the Zungar Empire
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Deccan Wars (1681–1707) |
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Maratha victory
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Child’s War (1686–1690) |
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Mughal victory
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Nadir Shah’s invasion of India (1738–1739) |
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Persian victory
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Battle of Karnal (1739–February 13, 1739) |
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Persian victory |
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741) (1741) |
Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Expeditions in Bengal (1741–1748) |
Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Seven Years’ War (1754–1763) |
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Status quo ante in Europe, but transfer of colonial possessions between Britain, France and Spain
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858) |
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British victory
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Maratha Empire (1674–1818, 1857)
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Deccan Wars (1681–1707) |
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Mughal Empire | Maratha victory
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Battle of Vasai (1739) |
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Maratha victory |
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741) (1741) |
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Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Expeditions in Bengal (1741–1748) |
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Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Maratha conquest of North-west India (1757–1758) |
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Maratha victory
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First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) |
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Mysore victory
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First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) |
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Maratha victory
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Maratha-Mysore War (1785–1787) |
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Maratha victory
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Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792) |
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Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory
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Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) |
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Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory
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Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) |
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British victory
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Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) |
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British victory
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858) |
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British victory
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Company rule in India (1757–1858)
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Battle of Plassey (1757) |
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Company Victory
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Battle of Buxar (1764) |
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Mughal Empire | Company Victory
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First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) |
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Stalemate
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First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) |
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Maratha Victory
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Second Anglo-Mysore War (1779–1784) |
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Mysore Victory
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Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792) |
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Company Victory
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Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) |
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Company Victory
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Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) |
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Company Victory
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Battle of Vizagapatam (1804) |
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French Victory |
Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816) |
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Company Victory
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Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus (1815) |
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American Victory
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Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) |
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Company Victory
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First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826) |
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Company Victory
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First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842) |
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Afghan Victory
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First Opium War (1839–1842) |
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Company Victory
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First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846) |
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Company Victory |
Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) |
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Company Victory
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Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852) |
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Company Victory
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Anglo-Persian War (1856–1857) |
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Company Victory
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858) |
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Company Victory
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British India (1858–1947)
Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India company came to end and the British crown now began to rule over India directly as per the Government of India Act 1858 through the British Raj. India was now a single empire comprising British India and the Princely states.
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Second Opium War (1856–1860) |
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Victory
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Ambela Campaign (1863–1864) |
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Afghan Pashtuns Yusufzaitribes |
Victory
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Bhutan War (1864–1865) |
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Bhutan | Victory
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British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) |
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Victory
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Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) |
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Victory
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Mahdist War (1881–1899) |
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Victory
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Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) |
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Victory
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Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) |
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Victory
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Third Black Mountain Expedition (1888) |
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Hassanzaiand Akazaitribes. | Victory
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Sikkim Expedition (1888) |
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Victory
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Hunza-Nagar Campaign (1891) |
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Hunza Nagar |
Victory
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Chitral Expedition (1895) |
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ChitralisBajouri and Afghan Tribesmen | Victory
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Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) |
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Victory
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Tochi Expedition (1896) |
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Waziris | Victory
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Siege of Malakand (1897) |
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پشتون Pashtuntribes | Victory
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First Mohmand Campaign (1897–1898) |
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Mohmands | Victory
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Tirah Campaign (1897–1898) |
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Afridis Orakzais Chamkanis |
Victory
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
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Victory
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Second Boer War (1899–1902) |
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Victory
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British expedition to Tibet (1903–1904) |
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Victory
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Bambatha Rebellion (1906) |
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Zulu people | Victory
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Bazar Valley Campaign (1908) |
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Zakka Khel clan of the Afridi | Victory
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World War I (1914–1918) |
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Victory
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Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920) |
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Withdrawal
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Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) |
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Defeat
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Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) |
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Armistice
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First Waziristan Campaign (1919) |
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Victory
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Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920) |
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Victory
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Iraqi revolt (1920) |
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Victory
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Malabar rebellion (1921) |
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MappilaMuslims | Victory
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Pink’s War (1925) |
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Mahsud tribesmen | Victory
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Second Mohmand Campaign (1935) |
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Mohmands | Victory
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Second Waziristan Campaign (1936–1939) |
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Victory
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World War II (1939–1945) |
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Victory
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Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) |
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Victory
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East African Campaign (1940–1943) |
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Victory
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Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1947) |
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Withdrawal
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Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
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Victory
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Azad Hind (1943-1945)
Azad Hind was the provisional government put in place in the British Raj by Japan during World War II.
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Azad Hind intervention in World War II (1944–1945) |
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Dominion of India (1947–1950)
Following Indian independence, merger of the princely states remained a major question. The partition resulted in the creation of Pakistan.
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947–1948) |
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Ceasefire
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Integration of Junagadh (1947) |
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Victory
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Operation Polo (1948) |
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Victory
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Republic of India (1950–present)
India has fought many wars and minor conflicts during its period as a republic.
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Korean War (1950-1953) |
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Stalemate
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Integration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954) |
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Victory
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Congo Crisis (1960–1964) |
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Victory
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Annexation of Goa (1961) |
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Victory
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Sino-Indian War of 1962 (1962) |
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Defeat
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Insurgency in Northeast India (1954–) |
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Ongoing
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965) |
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Inconclusive
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Naxalite-Maoist insurgency (1967–) |
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Ongoing
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Nathu La and Cho La clashes (1967) |
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Victory
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Bangladesh Liberation War (incl. Indo-Pakistani War of 1971) (1971) |
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Victory
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The First JVP insurrection (1971) |
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Victory
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Siachen conflict (1984–2003) |
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Victory
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Insurgency in Punjab (incl. Operation Blue Star) (1984–1995) |
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Victory
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Operation Flowers are Blooming (1986) |
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Victory
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The Second JVP insurrection (1987-1989) |
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Victory
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Sri Lankan Civil War (1987–1990) |
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Withdrawal
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Operation Cactus (1988) |
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Victory
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Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–) |
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Ongoing
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Tajikistani Civil War(1992–1997) | ![]()
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Victory
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United Nations Operation in Somalia II (1993–1995)(Part of the Somali Civil War) (1991–) |
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Inconclusive/Other Result
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Nepalese Civil War (1996-2006) |
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Defeat |
Kargil War (1999) |
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Victory
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2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes (2001) |
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No territorial changes
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Operation Ocean Shield (2009-2016) |
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Pirates | Victory
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