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  • Aug 1, 1191

    First & Second Battle of Tarain

    First & Second Battle of Tarain
    First & Second Battle of Tarain: This war was fought between Muhammad of Ghor against the armies of Prithviraj III. Ghauri decided to extend the boundary of his kingdom. To realize his ambition, he made his first incursion into India in 1175 CE. After subduing the Isma'īlī Muslims of Multan, he made an unsuccessful advance into Gujarat in 1178 CE.
  • Period: Aug 1, 1191 to

    Battles & Wars of India

  • Apr 21, 1526

    First Battle of Panipat

    First Battle of Panipat
    The first battle of Panipat took place in Northern India, and marked the beginning of the Mughal Empire. This was one of the earliest battles involving gunpowder firearms and field artillery. This war was fought between Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi.
  • Jan 24, 1556

    Second Battle of Panipat

    Second Battle of Panipat
    The Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly called Hemu, the Hindu king who was ruling North India from Delhi, and the army of Akbar. This war was fought in 1556 by Akbar, which also was then the beginning of Akbar`s reign.
  • Jun 21, 1576

    Battle of Haldighati

    Battle of Haldighati
    The Battle of Haldighati was fought between the Mughal Empire and the forces of Mewar on June 21, 1576 at Haldighati in Rajasthan, India. It was an undecisive battle as none of the Kings were captured, killed or surrendered.

  • Battle of Plassey

    Battle of Plassey
    The Battle of Plassey was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing Company rule in South Asia which expanded over much of the Indies for the next hundred years. The battle took place at Palashi, Bengal (Plassey is the anglicised version of Palashi), on the river banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 150 km north of Calcutta, near Murshidabad, then capital of undivided Bengal.

  • Third Battle of Panipat

    Third Battle of Panipat
    The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761, at Panipat, about 60 miles (95.5 km) north of Delhi between a northern expeditionary force of the Maratha Empire and a coalition of the King of Afghanistan. This war was fought by the Marathas supported by the French on one side and the Afghans on the other side.

  • Battle of Buxar

    Battle of Buxar
    The Battle of Buxar was fought on 22 October 1764 between the forces under the command of the British East India Company led by Hector Munro, and the combined Muslim army of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula the Nawab of Awadh and the Mughal King Shah Alam II. The battle fought at Buxar, then within the territory of Bengal, a town located on the bank of the Ganges river, was a decisive victory for the British East India Company.

  • Indo-Pakistan War

    Indo-Pakistan War
    The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan. Indian, Bangladeshi and international sources consider the beginning of the war to be Operation Chengiz Khan, Pakistan's 3 December 1971 preemptive strike on 11 Indian airbases. Lasting just 13 days it is considered one of the shortest wars in history.

  • Kargil War

    Kargil War
    The Kargil war was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control.