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Battle at Narmada River
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- Chalukyas of Vatapi and Vardhana dynasty.
- Narmada River
- Year: 618 CE
- Result: Chalukyan victory.
- Harshavardhana’s South Indian expansion came to a halt.
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Battle of Pullalur
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- Chalukya king Pulakesin II and the Pallava king Mahendravarman I
- Pullalur, Tamil Nadu
- Year: 618 – 619 CE
- Result: Chalukyan victory
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Battle of Vatapi
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- Chalukyas of Vatapi and Pallava dynasty
- Vatapi, (present-day Badami), Karnataka
- Year: 642 CE
- Result: Pallavas defeated Pulakeshin II decisively
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Battle of Peshawar
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- Mahmud of Ghazni and Jayapala
- Peshawar, (present-day Pakistan)
- Year: 1001 CE
- Mahmud of Ghazni victory
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First Battle of Tarain
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- Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammed Ghori
- Taraori, Haryana
- Year: 1191 CE
- Result: Prithviraj Chauhan victory
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Second Battle of Tarain
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- Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammed Ghori
- Taraori, Haryana
- Year: 1192 CE
- Result: Mohmmed Ghori victory
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Battle of Chandawar
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- Muhammad Ghori and Jaichandra
- Chandawar (present-day Chandawal near Firozabad), Agra, UP.
- Year: 1194 CE
- Result: Mohmmed Ghori victory
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Battle of Kili
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- Mongols of the Chagatai Khanate and Delhi Sultanate
- Delhi
- Year: 1299 CE
- Result: Delhi Sultanate victory
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Battle of Delhi
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- Timurids and the Tughlaq dynasty
- Delhi
- Year: 1398 CE
- Result: Mongol-Turkish warrior Timur victory
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Battle of Sarangpur
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- Rana Kumbha and Sultan Mahmud Khilji
- Sarangpur, Madhya Pradesh
- Year: 1437 CE
- Result: Rajput Victory
- Mahmud Khilji was imprisoned
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Battle of Nagaur
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- Rajputs of Mewar and the Nagaur Sultanate
- Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Year: 1455 CE
- Result: Rajput victory
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Battle of Diu
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- Portuguese and joint fleet of the Zamorin of Calicut, Sultan of Gujarat, and the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt with support from the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice.
- Location: Arabian Sea
- Year: 3 February 1509 CE
- Result: Portuguese victory
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First Battle of Panipat
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- Babur and Ibrahim Lodi
- Location: Panipat, Haryana
- Year: 21 April 1526 CE
- Result: Babur victory
- Mughal Empire Establishment
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Battle of Khanwa
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- Babur and Rana Sanga
- Khanwa, Rajasthan
- Year: 16 March 1527
- Result: Babur victory
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Battle of Chanderi
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- Rajputs and Mughals
- 20 January 1528
- Result: Babur victory
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Battle of Ghaghra
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- Babur and joint forces of Mahmud Lodi (Delhi Sultanate), Nusrat Shah (Bengal Sultanate).
- Ghaghara River, Bihar
- Year: 6 May. 1529
- Result: Babur victory
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Battle of Chausa
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- Sher Shah and Humayun
- Chausa, Buxar, Bihar
- Year: 26 June 1539
- Result: Sher Shah victory
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Battle of Kannauj
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- Sher Shah Suri and Humayun
- Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh
- Year: 17 May 1540
- Result: Sher Shah victory
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Battle of Sirhind
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- Mughal Emperor Humayun and Sikandar Shah Suri
- Fatehgarh, Punjab
- Year: 22 June 1555
- Result: Humayun victory
- Restoration of the Mughal Empire
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Second Battle of Panipat
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- Akbar and Hemu
- Panipat, Haryana
- Year: 5 November 1556
- Result: Akbar victory
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Battle of Talikota
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- Vijaynagar Empire and Deccan Sultanates
- Talikot, Karnataka
- Year: 23 January 1565
- Result: Deccan Sultanates victory
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Battle of Haldighati
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- Maharana Pratap of Mewar and Akbar’s forces led by Man Singh I
- Haldighati, Rajsamand District, Rajasthan
- Year: 18 June 1576
- Result: Mughal victory
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Battle of Kartarpur
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- Sikh and Mughal Empire
- Kartarpur, Punjab
- Year: 25 April 1635
- Result: Sikh victory
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Mughal–Safavid War
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- Mughal and Safavid Empires
- Afghanistan
- Year: 1649–1653
- Result: Safavid victory
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Deccan Wars
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- Maratha and Mughal Empires
- Deccan
- Year: 1681–1707
- Result: Maratha victory
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Battle of Vasai
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- Maratha Empire and Portuguese
- Vasai, Mumbai
- 17 Feb 1739 – 16 May 1739
- Result: Maratha victory
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Battle of Karnal
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- Nadir Shah and Muhammad Shah
- Karnal, Haryana
- Year: 24 February 1739
- Result: Nadir Shah victory
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Battle of Colachel
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- Kingdom of Travancore and the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
- Colachel, Tamil Nadu
- Year: 10 August 1741
- Result: Travancore victory
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First Carnatic War
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- East India Company and French forces
- Carnatic region
- Year: 1740 – 1748
- Result: Inconclusive
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Second Carnatic War
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- Nizam of Hyderabad and Nawab of the Carnatic, each supported by the East India Company or the French.
- Carnatic region
- Year: 1749 – 1754
- Result: Muzaffar Jung was appointed Nizam of Hyderabad.
- Muhammad Ali was appointed Nawab of Carnatic.
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Battle of Plassey
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- East India Company and Nawab of Bengal (Siraj-ud-Daulah)
- Palashi, near Calcutta
- Year: 23 June 1757
- Result: East India Company victory
- British Rule started in India
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Third Carnatic War
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- East India Company and French
- Carnatic region
- Year: 1758 – 1763
- Result: EIC victory
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Battle of Wandiwash (3rd Carnatic war)
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- English and French forces
- Vandavasi, Tamil Nadu
- Year: 22 January 1760
- EIC victory
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Third Battle of Panipat
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- Maratha Empire and Ahmad Shah Durrani (Afghan)
- Panipat, Haryana
- Year: 14 January 1761
- Result: Afghan victory
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Battle of Buxar
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- East India Company and the Joint forces of Mir Qasim (administrator of Bengal), Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II (Mughal emperor).
- Buxar, Bihar
- Year: 22 – 23 Oct 1764
- Result: EIC victory
- Treaty of Allahabad 1765
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First Anglo-Mysore War
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- East India Company and Kingdom of Mysore (Hyder Ali)
- South India
- 1767-1769
- Result: Mysore victory
- Treaty of Madras
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First Anglo-Maratha War
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- East India Company and Maratha
- Pune, Maharashtra
- 1775 -1782
- Result: Maratha victory
- Treaty of Salbai
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Second Anglo-Mysore War
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- East India Company and Kingdom of Mysore (Hyder Ali)
- South India
- 1780 – 1784
- Result: Status quo ante bellum
- Treaty of Mangalore
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Maratha-Mysore War
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- Maratha Empire and Mysore
- South India
- 1785 – 1787
- Result: Maratha victory
- Treaty of Gajendragad
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Third Anglo-Mysore War
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- East India Company and Kingdom of Mysore (Tipu Sultan)
- South India
- 1790 – 1792
- East India Company victory
- Treaty of Seringapatam
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Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
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- East India Company and Kingdom of Mysore (Tipu Sultan)
- South India
- 1798 – 1799
- Result: East India Company victory
- Mysore entered into subsidiary alliance
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Second Anglo-Maratha War
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- East India Company and Maratha
- India
- Year: 1803 – 1805
- Result: East India Company victory
- Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon
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Anglo-Nepalese War
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- East India Company and Gorkha Kingdom
- Northern India
- 1814 – 1816
- Result: East India Company victory
- Treaty of Sugauli
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Third Anglo-Maratha War
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- East India Company and Maratha
- Maharashtra
- Year: 1817 – 1818
- Result: East India Company victory
- The formal end of Maratha Empire
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First Anglo-Burmese War
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- East India Company and Burmese Empire
- Burma
- 1824 – 1826
- Result: East India Company victory
- Treaty of Yandabo
- British rule started in Burma (present-day Myanmar)
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First Anglo-Afghan War
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- East India Company and Emirate of Kabul
- Afghanistan
- Year: 1839 – 1842
- Result: Afghan Victory
- British EIC withdrawal from Afghanistan
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First Anglo-Sikh War
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- East India Company and the SikhEmpire
- Punjab
- 1845 – 1846
- British victory
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Second Anglo-Sikh War
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- East India Company and the Sikh Empire
- Punjab
- 1848 – 1849
- East India Company victory
- The formal end of Sikh Empire
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Second Anglo-Burmese War
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- East India Company and Burmese Empire
- Burma
- 1852 – 1853
- East India Company victory
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Second Anglo-Afghan War
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- British India and Emirate of Afghanistan
- Afghanistan
- Year: 1878 – 1880
- Result: British India victory
- Treaty of Gandamak
- Afghanistan was designated as a British protectorate
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Third Anglo-Burmese War
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- British India and Burma
- Burma
- Year: 7 – 29 November 1885
- Result: British India victory
- The province of Burma became part of British India.
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Third Anglo-Afghan War
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- British India and Emirate of Afghanistan
- Afghanistan
- Year: 1919
- Result: Armistice
- Treaty of Rawalpindi
- The Durand Line was reaffirmed.
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Battle of Imphal
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- British India and Imperial Japan (During World War II)
- Imphal, Manipur
- Year: 1944
- British India victory
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