Important Battles and Wars In India (Set-1)

Important Battles and Wars In India (Set-1)

Here is partial list of important battles and wars fought in India that determined the course of Indian History.

Maratha Horsemen (image credits: wikipedia)

Battle	Year	Place	Winner	Loser
Battle of Hydapses	326 BC	Hydapses	Alexander	Porus
Selucid-Mauyran War	303 BC	Indus River    Valley	Chadragupta Maurya	Selecus
Battles of Tarain	1191 AD	Tarain	Prithviraj Chauhan	Mohammad Ghori
1st Battle of Panipat	1526 AD	Panipat	Babar	Ibrahim Lodhi
Battle of Khanwa	1527 AD	Khanwa	Babar	Rana Sanga
Battle of Sammel	1544 ADD	Sammel	Sher Shah	Hindu Rajputs
2nd Battle of Panipat	1556 AD	Panipat	Bairam Khan (for Akbar)	Hemu
Battle of Swally	1612 AD	Swally	British East India Company	Portugese
Battle of Dharmat	1658 AD	Dharmat near Ujjain	Aurangzeb	Dara
Siege of Trichinopoly	1741 AD	Trichinopoly	Maratha Empire	Mughal Empire
Battle of Madras	1746 AD	Madras (now Chaennai)	French East India Company	British East India Company
Siege of Arcot	1751 AD	Arcot	British East India Company	Nawab of Arcot, French East India Company
Battle of Arnee	1751 AD	Arnee	Robert Clive(British East India Company)	Raja Saheb+French Forces
Battle of Golden Rock	1753 AD	Tiruchirappalli	British East India Company	French East India Company
Siege of Calcutta	1756 AD	Calcutta (Kolkata)	Nawab of Bengal	British East India Company
Battle of Plassey	1758 AD	Plassey	Robert Clive	Nawab Shiraj-ud-daulah
Siege of Pondicherry	1760 AD	Pondicherry (Pudducheri)	British East India Company	French East India Company
3rd Battle of Panipat	1761 AD	Panipat	Ahmad Shah Abdali	Marathas
Battle of Wandiwash	1761 AD	Wandiwash	British East India Company	French East India Company
Battle of Buxar	1764 AD	Buxar	Hector Munro	Combined forces of Nawab Mir Qasim, Nawab Shuja-ud-daula (Awadh), Mughal Emperor (Shah Alam)
Siege of Ambur	1767 AD	Ambur	Hyder Ali(Kingdom of Mysore)	British East India Company
Siege of Pondicherry	1778 AD	Pondicherry	British East India Company	French East India Company
Battle of Pollilur	1780 AD	Pollilur	British East India Company	Mysore Kindgom
Battle of Porto Novo	1781 AD	Porto Novo	British East India Company	Mysore Kindgom
Battle of Sholinghur	1781 AD	Sholinghur	British East India Company	Mysore Kindgom
Siege of Mangalore	1783 AD	Mangalore	Mysore Kindgom(Tipu Sultan)	British East India Company