Important Wars & Battles in Indian

History for SSC CGL

Wars and battles fought in India have long influenced the country's cultural and
linguistic ethos. The main wars and battles were fought between different dynasties,
kingdoms and empires. There are some important wars & battles in Indian history
that can never lose significance. Questions based on these wars and battles are
widely asked in General Awareness section of exams like SSC CGL, SSC CPO,
LIC AO, SSC CHSL & other exams.

Most of these questions are based on the year of war, the names of fighting kingdoms
and the name of the winning kingdom/king. Since General awareness section is
where you can score marks very easily, you should pay attention on these questions
and notes on Battles and Wars fought in Indian History. Here's the entire list of
Wars, Fighting Dynasties/Kingdoms/Kings and winners. Moreover, you
will also find other important wars and battles fought around the globe
that affected the India too.

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 Battles in Indian History - Ancient Indian wars

War Fought between Won by

Battle of Chola King Karikala & Chola
Venni Pandya & Cheraa kings King
Chalukya king Someshvara I &
Battle of Chola
Chola kings Rajadhiraja Chola
Koppam King
& Rajendra Chola II
Battle of Chalukya empire Chalukya
Maski & Jaysimha II Empire
Kalinga Maurya king Ashoka Maurya
War & Kalinga King

Battles in Indian History - Battle of Tarain

War Year Fought between Won by

First battle Sultan Mohammad Ghori Prithviraj
1191
of Tarain & Prithviraj Chauhan Chauhan
Second Battle Sultan Mohammad Ghori Sultan Mohammad
1192
of Tarain & Prithviraj Chauhan Ghori
Third Battle Shamshuddin Iltutmish Shamshuddin
1215
of Tarain & Yaldoz Iltutmish

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Battles in Indian History - East India Company

War Year Fought between Won by Treaties

Siraj-ud-daulah
with French & British East
Battle of 23 June
British India -
Plassey 1757
East India Company
Company
East India
Company &
22 British East
Battle of Alliance of Mir Treaty of
October India
Buxar Qasim, Allahabad
1764 Company
Shah Alam II &
Shuja-ud-daulla
Battle 1638- Portuguese
Portuguese -
of Goa 1639 & Dutch
26 British East India British East
Battle of
January Company India -
Wandiwash
1760 & French Company
Mughal emperor
Battle of 26 June Sher Shah
Humayun -
Chausa 1539 Suri
& Sher Shah Suri

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 Battles in Indian History - Wars by Rajput

Fought Won
War Year Remark
Between by
Babur assumed
Battle of Babur &
1527 Rajput title of Ghazi after
Khanwa Rajput
this battle
Battle of Babur &
1529 Babur -
Ghagra Afghans
- Col Todd. Called
this battle as
‘Battle
Rana of Mewar, of Thermopylae
Maharana Pratap of Rajasthan’
21 & - Abul Fazal called
Battle of Man
June Mughal Emperor it
Haldighati Singh
1576 Akbar as Battle of
force led by Man Khamnaur
Singh - Badayuni called
it
as Battle of
Gogunda

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 Battles in Indian History - Battle of Panipat

Fought Won
War Year Remark
Between by
Earliest battle
in
First Indian History
21 April Ibrahim Lodi
Battle Babur involved
1527 & Babur
of Panipat gunpowder
firearms
& field artillery
Forces of
Hemu,
Second 5
Chief minister
Battle November -
of
of Panipat 1556 Mughal
Adil Shah Suri
& Akbar
Maratha empire
Third & King of
14 January
Battle Afghanistan, Afghans Treaty of Surat
1761
of Panipat Ahmad Shah
Abdali

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 Battles in Indian History - Carnatic wars

Fought
War Year Treaties
between
Treaty of
First Carnatic English
1744-48 Aix-La-
War & French
Chapelle
Second Carnatic English Treaty of
1748-54
War & French Pondicherry
Third Carnatic 1756- English Treaty
War 1763 & French of Paris

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Battles in Indian History - Anglo Maratha wars

Fought
War Year Won by Treaties
between
British East India
First Anglo
1775-1782 Company & Marathas Treaty of Salbai
Maratha War
Martha empire
Treaty of
Deogaon,
East India British East
Second Anglo 1803- Treaty of
Company & India
Maratha War 1805 Surjianjangaon,
Maratha empire Company
Treaty of Rajghat,
Treaty of Bassien
East India British East
Third Anglo Treaty of
1817-1818 Company & India
Maratha War Mandasor
Maratha empire Company

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Battles in Indian History - Anglo Mysore war

War Year Fought between Treaties

First Anglo Mysore & East Treaty of
1734-1766
Mysore War India Company Madras
Second Anglo Mysore & East Treaty of
1780-1784
Mysore War India Company Mangalore
Third Anglo Mysore & East Treaty of
1790-92
Mysore War India Company Sriranghapatam
Fourth Anglo Mysore & East British Subjugated
1799
Mysore War India Company Mysore

Battles in Indian History - Angl0 Sikh wars

Fought
War Year Won by Treaties
between
British East Treaty of
First Anglo Sikh Empire & British
1845-46 India Bhairow
Sikh War East India Company
Company al
British East
Secnod Anglo Sikh Empire & British
1848-1849 India -
Sikh War East India Company
Company

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Battles in Indian History - Anglo Afghan wars

War Year Fought between Won by Treaties

Tripartite Treaty
First Anglo British East India between Ranjit Singh,
Afghans
Afghan War Company & Afghans Shah Shuja &
1838-1842
Lord Auckland
Treaty of
Second Anglo British East India Peshawar,
1878-80
Afghan War Company & Afghans Treaty of
Gandamak
Third Anglo British East India Treaty of
1919 Afghans
Afghan War Company & Afghans Rawalpindi

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 World Wars

Fought
War Year Won by Treaties
between
Treaty of
Versailles,
Alliance of Britain,
Treaty of
France, Russia,
Saint-
First Italy & USA
1914- Victory of Germain-
World against Germany,
1918 alliance Enlaye,
War Austria-Hungary,
Treaty of
Ottoman Empire
Lausann,
& Bulgaria.
Treaty of
Trianon
Germany,
Italy & Japan
against the
Second alliance of Britain, Won by
1939-
World France, Australia the -
1945
War Canada, New Zealand, alliance
India,
Soviet Union, China
& USA

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Post Independence wars
1) India-Pakistan

War Year Result

Ceasefire
First Kashmir War 1947
agreement
Tashkent
India-Pakistan War 1965
Declaration
Indian
India-Pakistan War 1971
won
India regain
India-Pakistan war 1999 possession of
Kargil

2) India & Other Neighbours

Fought
War Year Won by Result
between
Sino Indian India & Aksai Chin in
1962 China
War China Chinese control
First Burma English & Treaty of
1824-26 British
War Burma Yandabo
Second Burma English &
1852-53 British -
War Burma
Burma becomes
Third Burma English &
1885 British a part of
War Burma
British India

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