Dear Aspirants, Here we provide a List of Important wars in Indian history from Ancient to Modern times in detail and important battles in Indian history. Also, provide a list of years of war, a war fought between whom, who won the way, and what Treaty sign, etc. This Article helps aspirants for Railway NTPC, Group-D, SSC, Banking, and all competitive examinations.
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List of Important Wars in Indian History are:-
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Significance/ Treaties |
| 326 BC | Battle of Hydapas | Alexander & Porus | Alexander | – |
| 303 BC | Seleucid Mauryan war | – | Maurya | – |
| 305 BC | War with Chandragupta
The invention of selcus Nikator |
– | – | – |
| 261 BC | Kalinga war | Ashok and king of Kalinga | Ashok | – |
| 1191 AD | 1st Battle of Tarain or
Thaneswar |
Prithiviraj Chauhan
And Mahammad Ghori |
Prithiviraj
Chauhan |
– |
| 1192 AD | 2ndTarain | Prithiviraj chauhan and
Mahammad Ghori |
Mohammad Ghori | Establishment of Muslim |
| 1215 AD | 3rd Tarain | Shamshuddin Iltutmish & Yaldoz | Shamshuddin Iltutmish | – |
| 1526 AD
(11 April) |
1st Battle of Panipat | Babar and Ibrahim Lodi | Babar | – |
| 1527 AD | Battle of Khanwah | Babar and
Rana Sanga |
Babar | – |
| 1528 AD | Battle of Chanderi | Babar and Medini Rai | Babar | – |
| 1529 AD | Battle of Ghaghra | Babar and Afgan | Babar | – |
| 1539 AD | Battle of Chausa | Humayun and Sher Shah Suri | Sher Shah Suri | – |
| 1540 AD | Battle of Kanauj | Humayun and Sher Shah Suri | Sher Shah Suri | – |
| 1556 AD | Battle of Delhi | Hemu and Akbar | Hemu | Hemu got title Vikramaditya |
| 1556 AD
(5th Nov) |
2nd Battle of Panipat | Hemu and Bairam Khan
(Akbar’s general) |
Bairam khan | – |
| 1565 AD | Battle ofTalikota or
Bannihatti |
Ram Raja (Vijayanagar)
And Muslim force(Bahamani kingdom) |
Muslim force | |
| 1576 AD | Battle of Haladighati | Akbar(Rajamansingh) and Ranapratap(Mewar) | Akbar | – |
| 1658 AD | Battle of Dharmal and Samugarh | Aurangzeb and Darashikoh | Aurangzeb | – |
| 1744-48 AD | 1stKarnatic war | French and English | French | Treaty of Aix-la-chepella |
| 1750-54 AD | 2ndKarnatic war | French and English | British | Treaty of Pondicherry |
| 1756-63 AD | 3rdKarnatic war | French and English | British | Treaty of Paris |
| 1757 AD | Palassey | English force and Siraj-ud-Daulah | English | – |
| 1760 AD | Battle of wandiwas | English and French | English | – |
| 1761 AD | 3rdpanipat | Ahmed shaha Abdali and Marathas | Ahmed shaha Abdali | Treaty of surat |
| 1764 AD | Buxar | English and Mir Qauasim, shujaud-Daulh(Nawab of Oudh),Saha Alam(mugalempeor) | English | Treaty of Allahabad |
| 1767-69 | 1stMysore | English and Mysore(Hyder Ali) | Hyder Ali | Treaty of Madras |
| 1780-84 AD | 2ndMysore | Hyder Ali and Nizam, Marathas(Mysore) | Hyder Ali | Treaty of Mangalore |
| 1790-92 AD | 3rdMysore | Tipu sultan and English | English | Treaty of Sriranghapatam |
| 1799 AD | 4thMysore | Tipu sultan and English | English(Tipu killed) | British subjugated Mysore |
| 1775- 82 AD | 1st Maratha war | English & Maratha | Maratha | Treaty of Salbai |
| 1803- 06AD | 2nd Maratha | English & Maratha | English | treaty of Bassein |
| 1817 -19AD | 3rd Maratha | English & Maratha | English | Treaty of Gwalior |
| 1824-26 AD | 1st Burma War | British & Burma | British | Treaty of Yandabo |
| 1852-53 AD | 2nd Burma War | British & Burma | British | – |
| 1865 AD | 3rd Burma War | British & Burma | British | Burma becomes a part of British India |
| 1845-46 AD
|
1st Anglo Sikh
|
British & Sikh | British | Treaty of
Bhairowal |
| 1848-49 AD
|
2nd Anglo Sikh
|
British & Sikh | British | Taken Punjab
|
| 1849 AD | Battle of Cheelianwala | British & Sikh | British | – |
| 1857 AD | Revolt of 1857 | – | – | – |
| 1838-42AD | 1st Anglo-Afghan War | British & Afghans | Afghans | Tripartite Treaty between Ranjit Singh, Shah Shuja & Lord Auckland |
| 1878-80 AD | 2nd Anglo-Afghan War | British & Afghans | British | Treaty of Peshawar, Treaty of Gandamak |
| 1919 AD | 3rd Anglo-Afghan War | British & Afghans | Afghans | Treaty of Rawalpindi |
| 1914- 1918 AD | First World War | Alliance of Britain, France, Russia, Italy & USA against Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria | Victory of alliance | Treaty of Versailles, Saint-Germain Enlaye, Lausann, Trianon. |
| 1939- 1945 AD | Second World War | Germany, Italy & Japan against the alliance of Britain, France, Australia Canada, New Zealand, India, Soviet Union, China & USA | Won by the alliance |
Anglo Sikh War Wars in Indian History
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Treaties |
| 1845-46 AD
|
1st Anglo Sikh
|
English & Sikh | British | Treaty of
Bhairowal |
| 1848-49 AD | 2nd Anglo Sikh
|
English & Sikh | British | Taken Punjab
|
Battle of Tarain
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Treaties |
| 1191 AD | 1st Tarain | Prithiviraj chauhan and
Mahammad Ghori |
Mahammad Ghori | – |
| 1192 AD | 2ndTarain | Prithiviraj Chauhan and
Mahammad Ghori |
Mahammad Ghori | Establishment of Muslim |
| 1215 AD | 3rd Tarain | Shamshuddin Iltutmish & Yaldoz | Shamshuddin Iltutmish | – |
Anglo Mysore War
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Treaties |
| 1767-69 | 1st Mysore | English and Mysore(Hyder Ali) | Hyder Ali | Treaty of Madras |
| 1780-84 AD | 2nd Mysore | Hyder Ali and Nizam, Marathas(Mysore) | Hyder Ali | Treaty of Mangalore |
| 1790-92 AD | 3rd Mysore | Tipu sultan and English | English | Treaty of Sriranghapatam |
| 1799 AD | 4th Mysore | Tipu sultan and English | English(Tipu killed) | British subjugated Mysore |
Anglo Marathas WAR
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Significance |
| 1775 -82 AD | 1st Anglo Maratha | British & Maratha | Maratha | Treaty of Salbai |
| 1803- 06 AD | 2nd Anglo Maratha | British & Maratha | British | Treaty of Bassein, Deogaon, Surjianjangaon, Rajghat. |
| 1817 -19 AD | 3rd Anglo Maratha | British & Maratha | British | Treaty of Mandasor |
Indo-Pakistan war
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By |
| 1947 | First Kashmir War | India & Pakistan War | Ceasefire Agreement |
| 1965 | Indo-Pakistan War | India & Pakistan War | Tashkent Declaration |
| 1971 | India-Pakistan War | India & Pakistan War | India won |
| 1999 | India-Pakistan War | India & Pakistan War | India regain possession of Kargil |
Indo-Burma War
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Significance/Treaties |
| 1824-26 | 1st Burma War | English & Burma | British | Treaty of Yandabo |
| 1852-53 | 2nd Burma War | English & Burma | British | – |
| 1865 | 3rd Burma War | English & Burma | British | Burma becomes a part of British India |
Anglo-Afghan Wars
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Significance/Treaties |
| 1838-42AD | 1st Anglo-Afghan War | British & Afghans | Afghans | Tripartite Treaty between Ranjit Singh, Shah Shuja & Lord Auckland |
| 1878-80 | 2nd Anglo-Afghan War | British & Afghans | British | Treaty of Peshawar, Treaty of Gandamak |
| 1919 | 3rd Anglo-Afghan War | British & Afghans | Afghans | Treaty of Rawalpindi |
List of Important Wars in Indian History: World Wars
| Year | War/Battle Name | Fought Between | Won By | Significance |
| 1914- 1918 | First World War | Alliance of Britain, France, Russia, Italy & USA against Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire & Bulgaria | Victory of alliance | Treaty of Versailles, Saint-Germain Enlaye, Lausanne, Trianon. |
| 1939- 1945 | Second World War | Germany, Italy & Japan against the alliance of Britain, France, Australia Canada, New Zealand, India, Soviet Union, China & USA | Won by the alliance |
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