List of wars involving India
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This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving former kingdoms and states in the
Ancient India (c. 15th to 1st century BCE)
Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of the Ten Kings (c. 14th century BCE) | Bharata tribe | Ten King Alliance | Bharatas Victory
|
Kurukshetra War | Pandavas of Kuru Kingdom
|
Kaurava of Kuru Kingdom | Pandavas Victory
|
Kosala-Kashi war (c. 650 BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Kasi kingdom
|
Kosala Victory
|
Kosala conquest of Gaṇasaṅgha (c. 600 to 550 BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Gaṇasaṅghas Kālāma Shakya Koliya |
Kosala Victory
|
Gandhāra-Avanti war (c. 575 BCE) |
Gandhāra kingdom | Pradyota dynasty
|
Gandhāra Victory
|
Magadha-Anga war (c. 535 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty | Anga Kingdom | Magadha Victory
|
Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley (c. 535/518BCE–450 BCE) |
Mahajanapadas | Achaemenid Empire | Achaemenid Victory
|
Avanti-Magadhan wars (c. 510 BCE–400 BCE) |
Shishunaga dynasty
|
Avanti (Ancient India)
|
Magadha Victory
|
Magadha-Kosala war (c. 485 BCE) |
Kosala kingdom | Magadha led by Haryanka dynasty | Magadha Victory
|
Magadha-Vajji war (c. 484 BCE–468 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty | Licchavis
|
Magadha Victory
|
Indian campaign of Alexander the Great (c. 327 BCE–325 BCE) |
Macedonian Empire
|
Various Indian kingdoms | * Macedonia conquers up to the Beas River, yet has to stop its advance in the Indus. |
Battle of the Hydaspes (c. 326 BCE) |
Porus
|
Macedon League of Corinth Persian allies Indian allies |
Macedon Victory
|
Conquest of the Nanda Empire (c. 323 BCE–322 BCE) |
Chandragupta Maurya | Nanda Empire | Maurya Victory
|
Seleucid–Mauryan war (c. 305 BCE–303 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Seleucid Empire | Maurya Victory |
Kalinga War (c. 262 BCE–261 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Kalinga
|
Maurya Victory
|
Shunga-Greek War (2nd Century BCE) |
Shunga dynasty
|
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom | Shunga Victory |
Battle of Vijithapura (c. 162/161 BCE) |
Chola dynasty | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Anuradhapura Victory |
Battle of Vidarbha (c. 145 BCE) |
Shunga Empire | Vidarbha kingdom (Mauryan era) | Shunga Victory |
Battle on the Sindhu river (c. 135 BCE) |
Shunga Empire | Indo-Greek Kingdom | Shunga Victory |
Classical India (c. 1st to 6th century CE)
Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Saka-Satavahana Wars (c. 1st–2nd century CE) | Satavahana Empire | Western Kshatrapas
|
Satvahana Victory |
Battle of Venni (c. 130 CE) | Cholas (Uraiyur) | Chera dynasty Pandya dynasty Velir |
Chola Victory |
Second Parthian-Kushan War (between c. 130 CE to c. 140 CE)
|
Kushan Empire | Parthian Empire |
Kushan Victory |
Gupta–Saka Wars (c. 335–413 CE) |
Gupta Empire | Western Satraps | Gupta Victory |
Samudragupta's conquest of Western Satraps (c. 350 to c. 360 CE) |
Gupta Empire | Western Satraps | Gupta Victory |
Chandragupta II's conquest of Western Satraps (c. 390 to c. 410 CE) |
Gupta Empire | Western Satraps | Gupta Victory |
Chandragupta II's Campaign of Balkh (c. 5th Century CE) | Gupta Empire | Hunas
|
Gupta victory, Afghanistan up to Balkh conquered by the Guptas |
Skandagupta's wars with the invaders (c. 450s–460s or c. 453–459 CE) |
Kushans |
Gupta Empire | Gupta Victory |
Skandagupta's conquest of Hunas (c. 455 to c. 457 CE) |
Gupta Empire | Alchon Huns | Gupta Victory |
First Hunnic War (c. 496–515 CE) |
Indian Kingdoms confederacy, Aulikara Empire
Later Gupta dynasty |
Alchon Huns | Indian kingdoms Victory |
Second Hunnic War (incl. Battle of Sondani (c. 528 CE)) (c. 520–534 CE) |
Indian Kingdoms confederacy, | Alchon Huns | Indian Kingdoms Victory |
Early Medieval India (c. 7th to 12th century CE)
Name of conflict | Belliegents | Opponents | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Narmada (619 CE) |
Chalukyas of Vatapi
|
Vardhana dynasty
|
Chalukya victory
|
Battle of Pullalur (618–619 CE) |
Chalukyas of Vatapi
|
Pallava dynasty | Chalukya victory
|
Battle of Vatapi (642 CE) |
Chalukyas of Vatapi
|
Pallava dynasty | Pallava victory
|
Umayyad campaigns in India (712–740 CE) |
Karkota Empire
|
Umayyad Caliphate | Indian Victory
|
Yaqub's campaigns to the east
(861–870) |
Zunbils
Kharijites
|
Abbasid Caliphate | Saffarid Victory , conquering them in the name of Islam. |
Pala Tibetan War ( 8th-9th CE ) | Pala Empire | Tibetan Empire | Pala empire victory |
Ghaznavid campaigns in India (10th and 11th centuries) |
Ghaznavids | Ghaznavid Victory
| |
Chalukya–Chola wars (992–1120 CE) |
Chola Empire | Western Chalukya Empire | Chola Victory |
Chola conquest of Anuradhapura (993–1017 CE) |
Chola Empire | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Chola Victory |
Chola expedition to North India (1019–1024 CE) |
Chola Empire | Chola victory | |
Chola invasion of Srivijaya (1025 CE) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
Chola invasion of Kadaram (1068 CE) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor
(1175–1206)
|
Rajput Confedracy
Sena dynasty Soomra dynasty Ghaznavids Qarmatians Tibetan tribes |
Ghurid dynasty | Ghurids Victory
|
Late Medieval India (c. 13th to 15th century CE)
Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Battle of Katasin (1243) |
Ganga Empire | Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) | Ganga Empire Victory |
Second seizure of Lakhnauti (1244) |
Ganga Empire | Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) | Ganga Empire Victory |
Battles of Umurdan (1247 to 1256) |
Ganga Empire | Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) | Ganga Empire Victory |
Battle of Beas River (1285) |
Delhi Sultanate | Chagatai Khanate | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
Mongol invasion of India (1297–1298) |
Delhi Sultanate | Chagatai Khanate | Delhi Sultanate Victory
|
Battle of Kili (1299) |
Khalji dynasty | Chagatai Khanate | Khalji Victory |
Siege of Ranthambore (1301) |
Delhi Sultanate | Chahamanas of Ranastambhapura | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
Siege of Chittorgarh (1303) |
Delhi Sultanate | Guhila dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Gujarat (1304) |
Delhi Sultanate | Vaghela dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Malwa (1305) |
Delhi Sultanate | Paramara dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory |
Alauddin Khalji's conquest of Devagiri (1308) |
Delhi Sultanate | Seuna dynasty
|
Delhi Sultanate Victory |
Siege of Warangal (1310) | Kakatiya Empire
|
Khalji dynasty | Khalji Victory |
Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandya kingdom (1310–1311) |
Pandyan Kingdom
|
Khalji dynasty | Khalji Victory |
Siege of Warangal (1318) | Kakatiya Empire
|
Khalji dynasty | Khalji Victory |
Battle of Lahrawat (1320) |
Khusrau Khan | Tughlaq dynasty | Tughlaq Victory |
Siege of Warangal (1323) | Kakatiya Empire
|
Tughlaq dynasty | Tughlaq Victory
|
Battle of Singoli (1336) |
Kingdom of Mewar | Tughlaq dynasty | Rajput Victory
|
Bengal Sultanate–Delhi Sultanate War (1353–1359) |
Delhi Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate Victory
|
Jaunpur-Bhojpur War (1389–1489) |
Jaunpur Sultanate | Ujjainiyas of Bhojpur | Jaunpur Sultanate Victory
|
Battle of Delhi (1398) (1398) |
Timurid Empire | Delhi Sultanate | Timurid Empire Victory
|
Bengal Sultanate–Jaunpur Sultanate War (1415–1420) |
Ming China
|
Jaunpur Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate Victory |
Battle of Sarangpur (1437) |
Kingdom of Mewar Kingdom of Marwar |
Malwa Sultanate | Rajput Victory
|
Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas (1442–1446) |
Kingdom of Mewar | Malwa Sultanate | Rajput Victory |
Battle of Nagaur (1457) |
Kingdom of Mewar | Gujarat Sultanate Nagaur Sultanate |
Rajput Victory |
Early Modern India (c. 16th to mid 19th century CE)
Name of conflict (Time) | Belligerents | Opponents | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
First Battle of Cannanore
(1501) |
Kingdom of Calicut | Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory |
Battle of Calicut (1503) | Kingdom of Calicut
Arab privateers |
Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory |
Battle of Cochin
(1504) |
Kingdom of Calicut
Vassal Malabari states
|
Portugal | Portuguese victory |
Portuguese-Mamluk naval war
(1505–1517) |
Mamluk Sultanate
Kingdom of Calicut
Bijapur Sultanate
Supported by: |
Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory
|
Siege of Anjadiva (1506) | Bijapur Sultanate | Portuguese Empire | Bijapur victory |
Siege of Cannanore (1507) | Kingdom of Cannanore
Kingdom of Calicut
|
Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory |
Battle of Dabul
(1508) |
Bijapur Sultanate | Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory |
Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts
(1508–1573)
|
Gujarat Sultanate
Supported by:
Ottoman Empire (since 1517) |
Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory
|
Portuguese conquest of Goa
(1510) |
Bijapur Sultanate | Kingdom of Portugal | Portuguese victory
|
Siege of Aden
(1513) |
Portuguese Empire | Yemeni Tahirids
|
Tahirid victory |
Siege of Goa (1517)
|
Bijapur Sultanate | Portuguese Empire
|
Portuguese victory |
Battle of Zeila
(1517) |
Portuguese Empire | Adal Sultanate | Portuguese victory |
Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts
(1518–1658)
|
Kingdom of Sitawaka
Principality of Raigama
Supported by: Zamorin of Calicut
Vanni chieftains
Dutch East India Company (From 1638) |
Portuguese Empire | Stalemate
|
Battle of Khatoli (1518) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Delhi Sultanate | Rajput victory
|
Battle of Gagron (1519) |
Rajput Confedracy | Malwa Sultanate Gujarat Sultanate |
Rajput victory
|
Battle of Dholpur (1519) |
Rajput Confedracy | Delhi Sultanate | Rajput victory
|
Battle of Gujarat (1520) (1520) |
Rajput Confedracy | Gujarat Sultanate | Rajput victory
|
Battle of Raichur (20 May 1520) |
Vijaynagar Empire
|
Sultanate of Bijapur
|
Vijaynagar victory
|
First Battle of Panipat (1526) |
Delhi Sultanate | Emirate of Kabul | Mughal victory
|
Siege of Calicut (1526)
|
Zamorin of Calicut
|
Portuguese Empire | Zamorin victory |
Battle of Bayana (21 February 1527) |
Rajput Confedracy | Mughal Empire
|
Rajput victory
|
Battle of Khanwa (16 March 1527) |
Rajput Confederacy | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Ghaghra (1529) |
Mughal Empire | Sultanate of Bengal
|
Mughal victory
|
Battle of Kannauj (1540) |
Mughal Empire | Sur Empire | Sur victory
|
Battle of Sammel (1544) |
Kingdom of Marwar | Sur Empire | Sur victory
|
Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549)[5] | Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)
Supported by: |
Toungoo dynasty (Burma) | Siam Victory |
Battle of Sirhind (1555) | Sur Empire | Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Second Battle of Panipat (1556) |
Hemchandra Vikramaditya
|
Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Battle of Tughlaqabad (7 October 1556) |
Hem Chandra Vikramaditya
|
Mughal Empire | Hem Chandra victory
|
Battle of Talikota (23 January 1565) |
Vijaynagar Empire
|
Deccan Sultanates
|
Deccan Sultanates victory
|
Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568) (23 October 1567 – 23 February 1568) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Siege of Ranthambore (1568) (8 February 1568 – 21 March 1568) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
War of the League of the Indies
(1570 – 1574) |
Sultanate of Bijapur
Zamorin of Calicut
Co-belligerents: Princely states of the Kanara coast Sultanate of Golkonda
|
Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory |
Mughal invasion of Bengal (1572–1576) |
Mughal Empire | Sultanate of Bengal
|
Mughal victory
|
Battle of Haldighati (18 June 1576) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Mughal Empire | Inconclusive
|
Siege of Daman (1581)
|
Mughal Empire | Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory |
Battle of Dewair (1582) (1582) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Mughal Empire | Rajput victory
|
Battle of Leitao Coast
(1586) |
Portuguese Empire | Arab Niquilus | Arab victory |
Spanish-Portuguese conflict on China (1598–1600) | Portuguese Empire | Spanish Empire | Portuguese victory |
Siege of Kottakkal
(1599–1600) |
Portuguese Empire
Kingdom of Calicut
|
Kunjali Marakkar forces | Portuguese and Calicut victory |
Dutch–Portuguese War
(1601–1661)
|
Kingdom of Portugal
Supported by:
|
Dutch Republic
Supported by:
|
Indecisive
|
Battle of Dewair (1606) (1606) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Mughal Empire | Rajput victory
|
Battle of Swally
(1612) |
Kingdom of Portugal | English East India Company | British victory |
Mughal expedition of Mewar (1615) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
|
Ahom–Mughal conflicts (1615–1682) |
Ahom kingdom | Mughal Empire | Ahom victory
|
Battle of Toppur (1616–17) |
Nayaks of Tanjore
|
Imperial Vijayanagara forces victory
| |
Early Mugal-Sikh Wars (1621–1658)
|
Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Battle of Rohila (1621) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Mughal–Safavid war (1622–23) (1622–1623) |
Mughal Empire | Safavid Empire
|
Safavid victory
|
Spanish-Siam War | Iberian Union | Siam | Siam victory
|
Mombasa war
(1631–32) |
Portuguese Empire | Mombasa Sultanate
|
Portuguese Victory
|
Siege of Hooghly
(1632)
|
Mughal Empire | Portuguese Empire | Mughal Victory |
Battle of Amritsar (1634) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Battle of Lahira (1634) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Battle of Kartarpur (1635) |
Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Siege of Orchha (1635) (1635) |
Bundela Rajputs | Mughal Empire | Mughal Victory
|
Battle of Phagwara (1635) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Battle of Kiratpur (1638) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Siege of Daman (1638–1639) | Mughal Empire | Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory |
Battle of Pipli[9]
(1640) |
Mughal Empire | Denmark-Norway | Mughal victory |
Danish-Mughal War
(1642–1698)[9] |
Mughal Empire | Denmark-Norway | Stalemate
|
Mughal–Safavid war (1649–53) (1649–1653) |
Mughal Empire | Safavid Empire
|
Persian victory
|
Battle of Sutlej (1653) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Invasions of Kiratpur (1658) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
|
Mughal conquest of Chittagong (1665–1666) |
Mughal Empire | Kingdom of Mrauk U | Mughal victory
|
Dutch-Zamorin Conflicts
(1666–1758) |
Zamorin
|
Dutch Republic | Dutch victory |
Rajput War (1679–1707) (1679–1707) |
Kingdom of Mewar
|
Mughal Empire | Rajput victory
|
Tibet-Ladakh-Mughal war of 1679-1684 (1679–1684) |
Ladakh Mughal Empire |
Zungar Empire
|
Mughal military victory
|
Deccan Wars (1681–1707) |
Maratha Empire | Mughal Empire | Inconclusive |
Maratha–Portuguese War
(1683–1684) |
Maratha Empire | Stalemate | |
Siege of Bijapur (1685–1686) |
Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
| |
Anglo-Mughal War (1686–1690) |
Mughal Empire | East India Company | Mughal victory
|
Siege of Golconda (1687) |
Mughal Empire | Golconda Sultanate
|
Mughal victory
|
Battle of Bhangani (1688) | Sikhs | Alliance of 16 Hill States, including: | Sikh victory |
Battle of Nadaun (1691) | Bilaspur State
|
Mughal Empire
Bijarwal State |
Sikh victory |
Mughal–Portuguese War
(1692–1693)
|
Mughal Empire | Portuguese Victory | |
Omani–Portuguese conflict (1696–1714) | Omani Empire | Indecisive
| |
Battle of Guler (1696) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire | Sikh victory |
Battle of Anandpur (1699) | Sikhs | Coalition of 22 Hill States (Rajas) | Sikh victory |
Battle of Anandpur (1700) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire
Coalition of 22 Hill States (Rajas) |
Sikh victory |
First siege of Anandpur (1700) | Sikhs | Coalition of 22 Hill States (Rajas), Ranghars, and Gujars | Sikh victory
|
Second siege of Anandpur (1704) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire
Coalition of 22 Hill States (Rajas) |
Peace Treaty
|
Battle of Chamkaur (1704) | Sikhs | Mughal Empire
Coalition of 22 Hill States (Rajas) |
Mughal and Hill Raja Victory
|
Rajput Rebellion 1708-1710 (1708–1710) |
Mughal Empire | Rajput victory
| |
Maratha–Portuguese War
(1725–1726)[12] |
Maratha Confederacy | Inconclusive
| |
Maratha–Portuguese War
(1729–1732) |
Maratha Confederacy |
Supported by:
|
Portuguese Victory
|
Novas Conquistas (1729–1789) | Kingdom of Mysore
Maratha Empire |
Portuguese Empire
Supported by: Rajahnate of Soonda Kingdom of Sawantwadi |
Portuguese Victory |
Nadir Shah's invasion of India (1738–1739) |
Mughal Empire | Afsharid dynasty | Persian victory
|
Travancore–Dutch War (incl. Battle of Colachel (Kulachal) 10 August 1741 (1739–1753) |
Travancore | Dutch Empire
|
Travancore victory
|
Battle of Vasai (1739) |
Maratha Empire | Portuguese Empire | Maratha victory
|
Battle of Karnal (1739–February 13, 1739) |
Mughal Empire | Persian Afsharid Empire | Persian victory |
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741) (1741) |
Maratha Empire | Mughal Empire
|
Maratha victory
|
Expeditions in Bengal (1741–1748) |
Maratha Empire | Mughal Empire
|
Peace treaty
|
First Carnatic War
(1744–1748)
|
Mughal Empire
|
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
|
Status quo ante bellum |
Second Carnatic War
(1749–1754) |
Kingdom of France
Nawab of Arcot (Chanda Sahib )
Hyderabad State (Muzaffar Jang Hidayat)
|
Kingdom of Great Britain
Nawab of Arcot (Wallajah)
|
Stalemate |
Naval Battle of Calicut
(1752) |
Maratha Empire | Portuguese Empire | Maratha victory |
Seven Years' War (1754–1763)
|
France Austria |
Prussia Great Britain |
Status quo ante in Europe, but transfer of colonial possessions between Britain, France and Spain in the Treaty of Paris (1763).
|
Maratha conquest of North-west India (1757–1758) |
Maratha Empire | Durrani Empire | Peace treaty |
Battle of Plassey (1757) |
East India Company | Company victory
| |
Afghan-Maratha War (1758–1761) |
Sikh confederacy |
Durrani Empire Rohilkhand |
Durrani victory |
Third Battle of Panipat (1761) |
Maratha Empire | Durrani Empire | Durrani victory
|
Battle of Buxar (1764) |
East India Company | Mughal Empire | Company victory |
First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) |
Mysore | Mysore victory | |
First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) |
Maratha Empire | East India Company | Maratha victory |
Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) |
Mysore | East India Company Maratha Empire |
Status quo ante bellum |
Maratha-Mysore War (1785–1787) |
Maratha Empire | Mysore | Maratha victory
|
Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792) |
East India Company Maratha Empire Hyderabad Travancore |
Mysore Diplomatic support: France[13] | Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory |
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) |
East India Company Maratha Empire Hyderabad Travancore |
Mysore Diplomatic support: France[13] | Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory |
Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) |
Maratha Empire | East India Company | British victory |
Battle of Vizagapatam (1804) |
East India Company United Kingdom |
France | French victory |
Anglo-Nepalese War (1814–1816) |
East India Company Garhwal Kingdom Patiala State Kingdom of Sikkim |
Nepal | Company victory
|
Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus (1815) |
East India Company | United States | American victory
|
Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) |
Maratha Empire | East India Company | British victory
|
First Anglo-Burmese War (1824–1826) |
East India Company | Burmese Empire | Company victory
|
Siege of Herat
(1837–1838)
|
Emirate of Herat
Supported by:
Khiva Khanate[14]
|
Qajar Iran
Supported by: Principality of Qandahar
|
Company victory
|
First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842) |
East India Company | Emirate of Afghanistan | Afghan victory
|
First Opium War (1839–1842) |
Great Britain | Qing dynasty | Company victory |
First Anglo-Sikh War (1845–1846) |
Sikh Empire | East India Company Patiala |
Company victory |
Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) |
Sikh Empire | East India Company | Company victory
|
Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852) |
East India Company | Burmese Empire | Company victory
|
Anglo-Persian War (1856–1857) |
United Kingdom | Iran | Company victory
|
Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858) |
, and chieftains | East India Company United Kingdom Nepal Various other Rajas, Nawabs, Zamindars, Taluqdars, and chieftains |
Company victory
|
Modern India (c. 1850s to 1947 CE)
Wars involving British Indian Empire
Following the
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
Second Opium War (1856–1860) |
British Empire | China | Victory
|
Ambela Campaign (1863–1864) |
India | Afghan Pashtuns tribes
Yusufzai |
Victory
|
Bhutan War (1864–1865) |
India | Bhutan | Victory
|
British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) |
United Kingdom | Ethiopian Empire | Victory
|
Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) |
United Kingdom | Afghanistan | Victory
|
Mahdist War (1881–1899) |
Congo Free State United Kingdom |
Mahdist Sudan
|
Victory
|
Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) |
United Kingdom | Ahmed Orabi
|
Victory
|
Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) |
India | Burmese Empire | Victory
|
Third Black Mountain Expedition (1888) |
India | Yousafzai | Victory
|
Sikkim Expedition (1888) |
India | Tibet | Victory
|
Hunza-Nagar Campaign (1891) |
India | Hunza Nagar |
Victory |
Chitral Expedition (1895) |
India | Bajouri and Afghan Tribesmen
|
Victory
|
Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) |
Britain | Zanzibar Sultanate
|
Victory
|
Tochi Expedition (1896) |
India | Waziri | Victory
|
Siege of Malakand (1897) |
India | پشتون Pashtun tribes
|
Victory
|
First Mohmand Campaign (1897–1898) |
India | Mohmand | Victory
|
Tirah Campaign (1897–1898) |
India | Afridi Orakzai Tsamkani |
Victory
|
Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
Empire of Japan Russia United Kingdom
|
Victory
| |
Second Boer War (1899–1902) |
United Kingdom | Orange Free State South African Republic |
Victory
|
British expedition to Tibet (1903–1904) |
India | Tibet | Victory
|
Bambatha Rebellion (1906) |
United Kingdom | Zulu people | Victory
|
Bazar Valley Campaign (1908) |
India | Zakka Khel clan of the Afridi
|
Victory
|
World War I (1914–1918) |
France United Kingdom
|
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Victory
|
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920) |
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Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian communists |
Withdrawal
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Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) |
Greece
|
Ankara Government
|
Defeat[15]
|
Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) |
United Kingdom | Afghanistan | Armistice
|
First Waziristan Campaign (1919) |
India | Waziristan | Victory
|
Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920) |
United Kingdom | Sultanate of Nejd | Victory
|
Iraqi revolt (1920) |
United Kingdom | Iraqi rebels | Victory
|
Malabar rebellion (1921) |
India | Mappila Muslims
|
Victory
|
Pink's War (1925) |
India | Mahsud tribesmen | Victory
|
Second Mohmand Campaign (1935) |
India | Mohmand | Victory
|
Second Waziristan Campaign (1936–1939) |
India | Waziri tribesmen | Victory
|
World War II (1939–1945) |
Victory
| ||
Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) |
United Kingdom
Australia |
Italy
Supported by: |
Victory
|
East African Campaign (1940–1943) |
United Kingdom | Italy
Supported by: |
Victory
|
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
(1941) |
Soviet Union | Iran | Victory
|
Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1947) |
Netherlands United Kingdom |
Indonesia | Withdrawal
|
Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
United Kingdom | Viet Minh | Victory
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Post-Colonial India (c. 1947–present)
Wars involving the Union and Republic of India
In 1947, the British Indian Empire split into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India. The Indian Army, the Royal Indian Air Force and the Royal Indian Navy too, were divided between the two countries. In 1950, the Union of India became the Republic of India after abolishing monarchy.
- Indian defeat
- Indian victory
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
See also
- Afghan–Sikh Wars
- List of wars involving the Mughal Empire
- Battles involving the Maratha Empire
- List of battles between Mughals and Sikhs
- List of wars involving Delhi Sultanate
- List of Anglo-Indian Wars
- Indian Army United Nations peacekeeping missions
Notes
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- ^ The secession of Katanga and South Kasai was also supported by South Africa, France and the neighbouring Central African Federation.[citation needed] However, it was never officially recognised by any other state.[citation needed]
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