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 |
|
|
- |
Second Battle of Tarain |
1192 |
Tarain |
|
|
Mohammad got the opportunity to enter Indian lands. |
Battle of Chandawar |
1194) |
Chandawar |
|
Jaichandra, King of Kanauj |
Mohammad further extended his empire in India by defeating a large kingdom. |
Battle of Panipat |
(11-April-1526) |
Panipat |
|
By this victory Babur got opportunity to expand his small principality into big empire |
|
Battle of Khanwa |
17-March-1527 |
Khanwa |
|
|
|
Battle of Chanderi |
(1528) |
Chanderi |
|
Medini Rai of Chanderi |
- |
Battle of Ghagra or Gogara |
(6-May-1529) |
Ghagra |
|
Afghans |
Afghans are defeated |
Battle of Chausal |
(7-June-1539) |
Chausa |
|
|
- |
Battle of Kanauj or Billgram |
(17-May-1540) |
Kanauj |
|
|
Agra was occupied by Sher shah |
Battle for Delhi (1556) |
7 October 1556 |
Tughlaqabad Fort Area - Delhi |
|
|
Hemu defeated the forces of Akbar and got title 'Vikramaditya', of North India. |
Battle of Panipat |
(5-November-1556) |
Panipat |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Second Carnatic War |
(1749–54) |
Carnatic region of South India |
|
|
French loss their expanding opportunities. Continued as trading community in India. |
Third Carnatic War |
(1756–63) |
Carnatic region of South India |
|
|
- |
Battle of Plassey |
(June-1757) |
Plassey |
|
|
British win a major battle in India and later they ruled India. |
Battle of Buxar |
(1764) |
Buxar |
|
Notes
APPSC GROUP - II PAPER- I General Studies Third Battle of Panipat 1761