Today, we are proving you the list of the important wars which happened in the past. This is important for the general awareness portion.
1) 327-26 BC: Alexander invades India. Defeats Porus in the Battle of Hydaspes (Jhelum) 326 BC.
2) Battle of Kalinga 261 B.C : Ashoka defeated the king of Kalinga. Ashoka embraced Buddhism and preached it during the rest of his life after this war.
3) First Battle of Tarain or Thaneswar A.D. 1191: Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori.
4) Second Battle of Tarain A.D. 1192: Mohammed Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Ghori’s victory paved the way for the establishment of Muslim rule in India.
5) First Battle of Panipat 1526: Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi. This laid the foundation of the Mughal rule in India.
6) Battle of Khanwah 1527: Babur defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar. This battle resulted in the defeat of the powerful Rajput confederacy.
7) Battle of Chausa: 1539 A.D.: The battle of Chausa was fought between Mughal emperor Humayun and Sher Shah Suri. In this battleHumayun was defeated. It facilitated Sher Khan to march on to Delhi at Agra.
8) Battle of Kannauj (1540 A.D.) : Sher Shah Suri defeatedHumayun. After this battle, Humayun fled to Iran and Sher Shah Suri occupied Delhi.
9) Second Battle of Panipat 1556: Bairam Khan (Akbar’s General)defeated Hemu (the Hindu General and right-hand man of Mohd. Adil Shah). It also ended the Afghan Rule and Mughal Rule began instead.
10) Battle of Haldighati 1576: Akbar’s forces headed by Raja Man Singh defeated Rana Pratap, the brave Rajput king. Though defeated, Rana Pratap refused to accept Mughal authority and carried on warfare till his death.
11) Battle of Plassey 1757: The English under Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah. It brought Muslim Rule in Bengal to an end and laid foundations of the British Rule in India.
12) Battle of Wandiwash 1760: The English defeated the French. The battle sealed the fate of the French in India and paved the way for English rule in India.
13) Third Battle of Panipat 1761: Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas. It gave a terrible blow to the Maratha power. It made the field clear for the English.
14) Battle of Buxar 1764 : Fought in 1764 between the forces of the English and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam. The English victory at Buxar finally riveted the shackles of the Company’s rule upon Bengal.
15) First Mysore War (1767- 68): In 1768, Haider Ali was defeated by the English relinquishing all his rights over Mysore in favour of the English.
11) Battle of Plassey 1757: The English under Lord Clive defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah. It brought Muslim Rule in Bengal to an end and laid foundations of the British Rule in India.
12) Battle of Wandiwash 1760: The English defeated the French. The battle sealed the fate of the French in India and paved the way for English rule in India.
13) Third Battle of Panipat 1761: Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated Marathas. It gave a terrible blow to the Maratha power. It made the field clear for the English.
14) Battle of Buxar 1764 : Fought in 1764 between the forces of the English and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah (Nawab of Oudh) and the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam. The English victory at Buxar finally riveted the shackles of the Company’s rule upon Bengal.
15) First Mysore War (1767- 68): In 1768, Haider Ali was defeated by the English relinquishing all his rights over Mysore in favour of the English.
16) First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782): It was the first of three Anglo-Maratha wars fought between the British East India Company and Maratha Empire in India. The war began with theTreaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salbai.
17) Second Mysore War 1780: A grand alliance between Haider Ali, the Nizam and the Marathas was formed and Haider Ali. He defeated the English and took possession of Arcot and became the undisputed master of the Carnatic.
18) Third Mysore War 1790- 92: Fought between the English and Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan had to submit and was compelled to sign theTreaty of Seringapattam stripped him of half his territory.
19) Fourth Mysore War 1799: The British forces under Arthur Wellesley defeated Tipu Sultan, which brought the end of the Tipu Sultan.
20) Second Anglo Maratha War 1803-05: It weakened the Maratha power. The English annexed Tanjore, Surat and Carnatic.
21) Third Anglo Maratha War 1817- 18: The British forces defeated Marathas and this campaign finally extinguished the Maratha Empire.
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