List of battles in medieval India

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

Name of Battle

Date

Place

Winner

Loser

Effect

Battle of Tarain

1191

Tarain

Prithvi Raj of Chauhan Dynasty
Muhammad of Ghor

-

Second Battle of Tarain

1192

Tarain

Muhammad of Ghor
Prithvi Raj of Chauhan Dynasty

Mohammad got the opportunity to enter Indian lands.

Battle of Chandawar

1194)

Chandawar

Muhammad of Ghor

Jaichandra, King of Kanauj

Mohammad 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 Khanwa

17-March-1527

Khanwa

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

Afghans

Afghans are defeated

Battle of Chausal

(7-June-1539)

Chausa

Shershah
Humayun

-

Battle of Kanauj or Billgram

(17-May-1540)

Kanauj

Shershah
Humayun

Agra was occupied by Sher shah

Battle for Delhi (1556)

7 October 1556

Tughlaqabad Fort Area - Delhi

Hemu
Akbar

Hemu defeated the forces of Akbar and got title 'Vikramaditya', of North India.

Battle of Panipat

(5-November-1556)

Panipat

Akbar
Hemu

Akbar reoccupied Delhi.

Battle of Bannihatti or Tallikota

(23-January-1565)

Tallikota

Ali adilshah and four others

Aliya Rama Raya

Vijayanagara empire starts declining

Battle of Haldighati

(1576)

Haldighati

Raja 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

-

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

Notes

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