List of battles in medieval India

List of important battles fought in India from 1000 CE up to 1757 CE.

Name of BattleDatePlaceWinnerLoserEffect
Battle of Tarain1191Tarain
Prithvi Raj of Chauhan Dynasty
Muhammad of Ghor
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Second Battle of Tarain1192Tarain
Muhammad of Ghor
Prithvi Raj of Chauhan Dynasty
Mohammad got the opportunity to enter Indian lands.
Battle of Chandawar1194Chandawar
Muhammad of Ghor
Jaichandra, King of KanaujMohammad further extended his empire in India by defeating a large kingdom.
Battle of Panipat(11-April-1526)Panipat
Babur
Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi
By this victory Babur got opportunity to expand his small principality into big empire
Battle of Khanwa17-March-1527Khanwa
Babur
Rajputs under Rana Sanga
Battle of Chanderi(1528)Chanderi
Babur
Medini Rai of Chanderi-
Battle of Ghagra or Gogara(6-May-1529)Ghagra
Babur
AfghansAfghans are defeated
Battle of Chausa(7-June-1539)Chausa
Shershah
Humayun
-
Battle of Kanauj(17-May-1540)Kanauj
Shershah
Humayun
Agra was occupied by Sher shah
Battle for Tughlaqabad (1556)7 October 1556Tughlaqabad Fort Area - Delhi
Hemu
Akbar
Hemu defeated the forces of Akbar and got title 'Vikramaditya', of North India.
Second Battle of Panipat(5-November-1556)Panipat
Akbar
Hemu
Akbar reoccupied Delhi.
Battle of Bannihatti or Tallikota(23-January-1565)TallikotaAli adilshah and four othersAliya Rama RayaVijayanagara empire starts declining
Battle of Haldighati(1576)HaldighatiRaja Man Singh(General of Mughal emperor Akbar)Rana Pratap Singh of Mewar
First Carnatic (1745–48)Carnatic region of South India
French East India Company
British East India Company
Second Carnatic War(1749–54)Carnatic region of South India
British East India Company
French East India Company
French loss their expanding opportunities. Continued as trading community in India.
Third Carnatic War(1756–63)Carnatic region of South India
British East India Company
French East India Company
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Battle of Plassey(June-1757)Plassey
British under Clive
Siraj ud-Daulah
British win a major battle in India and later they ruled India.
Battle of Buxar(1764)Buxar
Sir Hector Munro commander of British forces
Shuja-ud-Daula
Nawab Mir Qasim
Shah Alam II, 1790s

References

    Notes

    APPSC GROUP - II PAPER- I General Studies Third Battle of Panipat 1761

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