Important Battles in Indian History

B.C.
326	Alexander defeated Porus in the Battle of Hydaspas
261	Ashoka defeated Kalinga in the Kalinga War
A.D.
712	Invasion of Sind by Mohammed-bin-Qasim
1191	First Battle of Tarain in which Prithviraj Chauhon defeated Mohammed Ghori
1192	Second Battle of Tarain in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan.
1194	Battle of Chhandwar in which Mohd. Ghori defeated Jaichandra of Kannauj.
1526	First Battle of Panipat in which Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodhi.
1527	Battle of Khanua in which Babar defeated Rana Sanga.
1529	Battle of Ghaghara in which Babar defeated the Afghans.
1539	Battle of Chausa in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun.
1540	Battle of Kannauj (or Bilgram) in which Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun and forced him to flee.

1556	Second Battle of Panipat in which Bairam Khan (representing Akbar) defeated Hemu.
1565	Battle of Talikota (or Banihatti) in which an alliance of Ahmednagar, Bijapur, Golkonda and Bidar defeated the Vijaynagar empire (represented by Sadasiva).
1576	Battle of Haldighati in which Akbar defeated Maharana Pratap.
1615	Mewar submitted to the Mughals. A treaty of peace was signed between Jahangiri and Rana Amar Singh of Mewar.
1649	Kandahar was lost to Persia forever by the Mughals.
1658	Battle of Dharmatt and Samugarh in which Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh.
1665	Raja Jai Singh defeated Shivaji and the Treaty of Purandar signed.
1708	Battle of Khed in which Shahu defeated Tara Bai.
1737	Battle of Bhopal in which Baji Rao defeated Mohammed Shah.
1739	Battle of Karnal in which Nadir Shah defeated Mohammed Shah.
1757	Battle of Plassey in which the English forces (under Robert Cive) defeated Siraj-ud-daula, the Nawab of Bengal.
1760	Battle of Wandiwash in which the English forces defeated the French forces.
1761	Third Battle of Panipat in which Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.
1764	Battle of Buxar in which the English under Munro defeated the alliance of Nawab Mir Qasim of Bengal, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula of Awadh and Mughal emperor Shah Alam.
1767-69	First Anglo Mysore War in which Hyder Ali defeated the English forces.
1766-69	First Anglo Maratha War in which the British were defeated.
1770	Battle of Udgir in which the Marathas defeated the Nizam.
1780-84	Second Anglo Mysore War. Hyder Ali died during the battle (1782) and the field was taken by his son Tipu Sultan. The war concluded with the Treaty of Mangalore (1784).
1789-92	Third Anglo Mysore War in which Tipu Sultan was defeated. The Treaty of Serirangapatnam followed.
1799	Fourth Anglo Mysore War in which Tipu was defeated and killed.
1803-06	Second Anglo Maratha War in which the British defeated the Marathas.
1817-19	Third Anglo Maratha War in which the British defeated the Marathas badly.
1824-26	First Anglo Burmese War in which the British defeated the Burmese.
1839-42	First Anglo Afghan War in which the British defeated the Afghan ruler Dost Mohammad.
1845-46	First Anglo Sikh War in which the Sikhs were defeated.
1848-49	Second Anglo Sikh War in which the Sikhs were defeated and Punjab was annexed by the British.
1852	Second Anglo Burmese War in which the British won.
1865	Third Angio Burmese War in which the British won & annexed Burma.
1868-80	Second Anglo Afghan War in which the English suffered losses.
1919-21	Third Anglo Afghan War in which the English, though victorious, did not benefit from the war.