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List of Indian Wars

Battle of the Ten Kings (Dāśarājñá Yuddhá)

Parties: Vedic Kingdoms of the Bharatas against the Trtsu-Bharata Sudas
Result: Trtsu-Bharata victory
Location: Near River Ravi (ancient Parushni river), Punjab
Year: 14^th century BCE
Source: Rig Veda

Battle of the Hydaspes

Parties: Alexander against Porus
Result: Greek victory
Location: Banks of the Jhelum (Hydaspes to the Greeks), Punjab (Pakistan)
Year: 326 BCE

Seleucid–Mauryan war

Parties: Chandragupta Maurya against Seleucus I Nicator
Result: Mauryan victory
Location: Northwestern India (Indus River Valley)
Year: Between 305 and 303 BCE

Battle of Pullalur

Parties: Chalukya king Pulakesin II against Pallava king Mahendravarman I
Result: Chalukya victory
Location: Pullalur or Pollilur, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Year: 618 – 619 CE

First Battle of Tarain

Parties: Prithviraj Chauhan against Mohammed Ghori
Result: Prithviraj Chauhan won
Location: Taraori, Haryana
Year: 1191

Second Battle of Tarain

Parties: Prithviraj Chauhan against Mohammed Ghori
Result: Ghori won
Location: Taraori, Haryana
Year: 1192

Battle of Diu

Parties: Portuguese versus the combined forces of the Sultan of Gujarat, the Zamorin of Calicut, the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt with support from the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire
Result: Portuguese victory
Location: Arabian Sea, Port of Diu
Year: 3 February 1509

First Battle of Panipat

Parties: Babar against Ibrahim Lodi
Result: Babar won
Location: Panipat, Haryana
Year: 21 April 1526

Battle of Khanwa

Parties: Babur against Rana Sanga
Result: Mughal victory
Location: Khanwa, Rajasthan
Year: March 16, 1527

Battle of Ghaghra

Parties: Babur against Mahmud Lodi (Delhi Sultanate), Nusrat Shah (Bengal Sultanate)
Result: Mughal victory
Location: Ghaghara River, Bihar
Year: May 6, 1529

Battle of Chausa

Parties: Sher Shah against Humayun
Result: Mughal loss
Location: Chausa, Buxar, Bihar
Year: 26 June 1539

Second Battle of Panipat

Parties: Akbar against Hemu
Result: Mughal victory
Location: Panipat, Haryana
Year: 5 November 1556

Battle of Talikota

Parties: Vijayanagara Empire (Aliya Rama Raya) against Deccan Sultanate alliance (Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Bidar and Golconda)
Result: Vijayanagara lost
Location: Talikota, Karnataka
Year: 23 January 1565

Battle of Haldighati

Parties: Maharana Pratap of Mewar against Akbar’s forces led by Man Singh I
Result: Mughal victory
Location: Haldighati, Rajsamand District, Rajasthan
Year: 18 June 1576

Battle of Samugarh   

Parties: Dara Shikoh against Aurangzeb for the Mughal throne
Result: Aurangzeb won
Location: Samugarh, near Agra
Year: 29 May 1658

Battle of Karnal

Parties: Nader Shah (Persian Empire) against Muhammad Shah (Mughal Empire)
Result: Persian victory
Location: Karnal, Haryana
Year: 24 February 1739

Battle of Colachel      

Parties: Kingdom of Travancore against the Dutch East India Company
Result: Travancore victory
Location: Colachel, Travancore Kingdom (present Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu)
Year: 10 August 1741

First Carnatic War

Parties: English and French forces in India
Result: Inconclusive
Location: Carnatic region, South India
Year: 1746 – 1748

Second Carnatic War

Parties: Different claimants to the posts of the Nizam of Hyderabad, and the Nawab of the Carnatic; each claimant being supported either by the British or the French
Result: Muzaffar Jung became Hyderabad’s Nizam. Muhammad Ali became the Nawab of the Carnatic
Location: Carnatic (Southern India)
Year: 1749 – 1754

Battle of Plassey

Parties: British East India Company against Siraj-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Bengal)
Result: British victory, with Mir Jafar crowned as the new Nawab of Bengal
Location: Palashi, on the banks of Bhagirathi river near Calcutta
Year: 23 June 1757

Third Carnatic War

Parties: English and French forces in India
Result: British victory
Location: Carnatic, South India
Year: 1757 – 1763

Battle of Wandiwash (Part of the Third Carnatic War)

Parties: English and French forces in India
Result: British victory
Location: Vandavasi, Tamil Nadu
Year: 22 January 1760

Third Battle of Panipat

Parties: Maratha Empire and Durrani Empire (Afghanistan)
Result: Afghan victory
Location: Panipat, Haryana
Year: 14 January 1761

Battle of Buxar

Parties: British against Mir Qasim (administering Bengal), Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II (Mughal emperor)
Result: British victory
Location: Buxar, Bihar
Year: October 1764

First Anglo-Mysore War

Parties: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore
Result: Mysore victory
Location: South India
Year: 1767–1769

Second Anglo-Mysore War

Parties: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore
Result: Treaty of Mangalore, restoring the status quo ante bellum
Location: South India
Year: 1780–1784

Battle of Pollilur (Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War)

Parties: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore
Result: Both parties claimed victory
Location: Pollilur, Kanchipuram
Year: 1781

Third Anglo-Mysore War

Parties: British East India Company against Tipu Sultan of Mysore
Result: British victory, Treaty of Seringapatam
Location: South India
Year: 1790 – 1792

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Parties: British East India Company against Tipu Sultan of Mysore
Result: British victory, Mysore entered into subsidiary alliance
Location: Chiefly South India
Year: 1799

First Anglo-Maratha War

Parties: British against Marathas
Result: Maratha victory
Location: Pune
Year: 1775 – 1782

Battle of Porto Novo

Parties: British East India Company against Hyder Ali of Mysore
Result: British victory
Location: Parangipettai (earlier called Porto Novo), Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu
Year: 1 July 1781

Second Anglo-Maratha War

Parties: British against Marathas
Result: British victory
Location: India
Year: 1803 – 1805

Third Anglo-Maratha War

Parties: British against Marathas
Result: British victory
Location: Maharashtra and neighbouring areas
Year: 1817 – 1818

First Anglo-Sikh War

Parties: British East India Company against the Sikh Empire
Result: British victory
Location: Mudki, Punjab
Year: 1845 – 1846

Battle of Sobraon (Part of the First Anglo-Sikh War)

Parties: British against the Sikh Empire
Result: British victory
Location: Sobraon, Punjab
Year: 10 February 1846

Second Anglo-Sikh War

Parties: British East India Company against the Sikh Empire
Result: British victory
Location: Punjab
Year: 1848 – 1849

Battle of Imphal

Parties: British against Imperial Japan, Provisional Govt. of Free India (Azad Hind)
Result: British victory
Location: Imphal, Manipur
Year: 1944