History: Important Battles in the History of India

Name of the Battle

Year

Importance

1st battle of Tarain

1191

Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori

2nd battle of Tarain

1192

Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan

1st battle of Panipat

1526

Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi

Battle of Khanwa

1527

Babur defeated Rana Sunga further strengthening his foothold in India.

Battle of Ghaghra

1529

Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and Sultan Nusrat Shah thus establishing Mughal rule in India.

Battle of Chausa

1539

Sher Shah defeated Humayun thus breaking the Mughal rule in India.

Battle of Kanauj or Billgram

1540

Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time.

2nd battle of Panipat

1556

Akbar defeated Hemu

3rd battle of Panipat

1761

Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas

Battle of Talikota

1565

Deccan Sultanates defeated the glorious Vijayanagar empire

Battle of Haldighati

1576

Undecisive battle between Raja Man Singh of Mughal Army and Rana Pratap of Mewar.

Battle of Plassey

1757

British defeated Siraj-ud-duala with the help of Mir Zafar. This battle laid the foundation of British empire in India.

Battle of Wandiwash

1760

British decisively defeated the French in India. The Seven years’ war (1756 - 1763) between the British and the French in Europe ran parallel to this war.

Battle of Buxar

1764

British defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-duala (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II (Mughal emperor). This completed the work began by the battle of Plassey.

Battle of Samugarh

1658

Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh.

Battle of Karnal

1739

Nadir Shah defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.