Important Battles In Indian History For SSC Exam
1. Battle of Hydaspes
Year : 326 BC
Battle Between : Alexander and Porus
Won by : Alexander
Significance: Fought on the bank of the Jhelum which is called ‘hydaspes’ in Greek Opened relations Between India and the west.
2. Kalinga war
Year : 260 BC
Battle Between : Ashoka and King of Kalinga
Won by : Ashoka the great
Significance : vast destruction and bloodshed changed the attitude of ashoka and the embraced Buddhism.
3. First Battle of Tarain or Thaneswar
Year : 1191 AD
Battle Between : Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori
Won By : Prithviraj Chauhan
4. Second Battle of Tarain
Year: 1192 AD
Battle between : Prithviraj Chauhan and Mohammad Ghori
Significance : Establishment of an Islamic Empire in India
5. First Battle of Panipat
Year : 1526 AD
Battle between : Ibrahim Lodhi and Babur
Won by : Babur
Significance : onset of the Mughal Empire in India
6. Battle of Khanwa
Year : 1527 AD
Battle Between : Babur and Rana Sanga
Won by : Babur
7. Battle of Chausa
Year : 1539 AD
Battle Between : sher Shah suri and Humayun
Won by : Sher Shah Suri
Significance: Sher Shah became Emperor of India
8. Second Battle of Panipat
Year : 1556 AD
Battle Between : Akbar and Hemu
Won by : Akbar
Significance : Ended Afghan Rule Strengthened Mughal Rule in India
9. Battle of Talikota
Year : 1565 AD
Battle Between : combined forces of 4 Muslim rulers of Deccan and Ramarajya of Vijaynagar
Won by : muslim forces
Significance : Destroyed Hindu kingdom of the Deccan Sealed the Fortunes of Vijaynagar Empire.
10. Battle of Haldighati
Year: 1576 AD
Battle Between : Rana Pratap and Akbar
Won by : Akbar
Significance : Rana Pratap fought gallantly and took refuge in a remote fortress.
11. Battle of Samugarh
Year: 1659 AD
Battle between : Aurangzeb and imperial forces led by Dara
Won by : Aurangzeb
Significance : Aurangzeb captured the Mughal throne.
12. Battle of Plassey
Year : 1757 AD
Battle between : Sirajuddaula and English forces Under Robert Clive
Won by : English forces
Significance : fought at Plassey the English became masters of Bengal foundation of British rule
13. Third Battle of Panipat
Year : 1761 AD
Battle Between : Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Marathas
Won by : Ahmed Shah Abdali
Significance : Gave a setback to Marathas in the north sealed destiny of Mughal empire and made British entry easier
14. Battle of Buxar
Year : 1764 AD
Battle between : joint forces of Muslim and English forces
Won by : English forces
Significance : led to English occupation of india
15. Third Mysore War
Year : 1790- 1792 AD
Battle between : English forces and Tipu sultan
Won by : English forces
Significance : Tipu sultan had to sign treaty of the seringa pattam
16. Fourth Mysore War
Year : 1799 AD
Battle between : English forces and Tipu Sultan
Won by : English forces
Significance : Fought at Malavali and brought the Mohammedan dynasty of Mysore to end.
17. Second Sikh War
Year : 1848 – 1849 AD
Battle between : English forces and Sikhs
Won by : English forces
Significance : Sikh kingdom came under the British.
