Important Battles in Indian History - SSC CHSL GK/GS
Ancient & Medieval India Battles
- Battle of Hydaspes (326 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. King Porus
- Kalinga War (261 BCE): Ashoka (Maurya Empire) vs. King of Kalinga
- First Battle of Tarain (1191 CE): Prithviraj Chauhan vs. Muhammad Ghori - Prithviraj won
- Second Battle of Tarain (1192 CE): Prithviraj Chauhan vs. Muhammad Ghori - Ghori won
- Battle of Chandawar (1194 CE): Muhammad Ghori vs. Raja Jaichand (Gahadavala dynasty)
- First Battle of Panipat (1526 CE): Babur vs. Ibrahim Lodi - Babur won
- Battle of Khanwa (1527 CE): Babur vs. Rana Sanga (Mewar) - Babur won
- Battle of Ghaghra (1529 CE): Babur vs. Afghan Confederacy
- Second Battle of Panipat (1556 CE): Akbar (Bairam Khan) vs. Hemu - Akbar won
- Battle of Haldighati (1576 CE): Maharana Pratap vs. Man Singh (Akbar's general)
- Battle of Talikota (1565 CE): Vijayanagar (Rama Raya) vs. Deccan Sultanates - Vijayanagar lost
- Third Battle of Panipat (1761 CE): Ahmed Shah Abdali vs. Marathas (Sadashivrao Bhau) - Abdali
won
Modern India Battles & Movements
- Battle of Plassey (1757): British (Robert Clive) vs. Siraj-ud-Daulah - British won
- Battle of Buxar (1764): British (Hector Munro) vs. Mir Qasim, Shah Alam II, Shuja-ud-Daulah
- Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799): Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan vs. British (Wellesley)
- Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818): Maratha Confederacy vs. British - British won
- Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-1849): Ranjit Singh's successors vs. British - British won
- Revolt of 1857 (1857): Bahadur Shah Zafar, Rani Lakshmibai, Tantia Tope, Nana Sahib, Mangal
Pandey
- Kakori Train Robbery (1925): Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri
- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919): General Dyer ordered firing on protestors
- Quit India Movement (1942): Led by Mahatma Gandhi
Kings and Their Famous Battles
- Alexander: Battle of Hydaspes (326 BCE)
- Ashoka: Kalinga War (261 BCE)
- Prithviraj Chauhan: Tarain (1191, 1192)
Ancient & Medieval India Battles
- Battle of Hydaspes (326 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. King Porus
- Kalinga War (261 BCE): Ashoka (Maurya Empire) vs. King of Kalinga
- First Battle of Tarain (1191 CE): Prithviraj Chauhan vs. Muhammad Ghori - Prithviraj won
- Second Battle of Tarain (1192 CE): Prithviraj Chauhan vs. Muhammad Ghori - Ghori won
- Battle of Chandawar (1194 CE): Muhammad Ghori vs. Raja Jaichand (Gahadavala dynasty)
- First Battle of Panipat (1526 CE): Babur vs. Ibrahim Lodi - Babur won
- Battle of Khanwa (1527 CE): Babur vs. Rana Sanga (Mewar) - Babur won
- Battle of Ghaghra (1529 CE): Babur vs. Afghan Confederacy
- Second Battle of Panipat (1556 CE): Akbar (Bairam Khan) vs. Hemu - Akbar won
- Battle of Haldighati (1576 CE): Maharana Pratap vs. Man Singh (Akbar's general)
- Battle of Talikota (1565 CE): Vijayanagar (Rama Raya) vs. Deccan Sultanates - Vijayanagar lost
- Third Battle of Panipat (1761 CE): Ahmed Shah Abdali vs. Marathas (Sadashivrao Bhau) - Abdali
won
Modern India Battles & Movements
- Battle of Plassey (1757): British (Robert Clive) vs. Siraj-ud-Daulah - British won
- Battle of Buxar (1764): British (Hector Munro) vs. Mir Qasim, Shah Alam II, Shuja-ud-Daulah
- Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799): Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan vs. British (Wellesley)
- Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-1818): Maratha Confederacy vs. British - British won
- Anglo-Sikh Wars (1845-1849): Ranjit Singh's successors vs. British - British won
- Revolt of 1857 (1857): Bahadur Shah Zafar, Rani Lakshmibai, Tantia Tope, Nana Sahib, Mangal
Pandey
- Kakori Train Robbery (1925): Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Rajendra Lahiri
- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919): General Dyer ordered firing on protestors
- Quit India Movement (1942): Led by Mahatma Gandhi
Kings and Their Famous Battles
- Alexander: Battle of Hydaspes (326 BCE)
- Ashoka: Kalinga War (261 BCE)
- Prithviraj Chauhan: Tarain (1191, 1192)
