Great Battles of India
First Battle of Panipat
Date : 21st April, 1526
Location: Panipat, Haryana
Fought between: Babur of Timurids and Ibrahim Lodi of Lodi dynasty.
Result: Decisive Mughal victory and end of Lodi Dynasty in India. Babur started for the process of establishment of Mughal Empire in India.
Second Battle of Panipat
Date : 5th November, 1556
Location: Panipat, Haryana
Fought between: Akbar of Mughal Empire and Hemu Vikramaditya.
Result: Decisive Mughal victory and recapture of Delhi.
Third Battle of Panipat
Date : 14th January, 1761
Location: Panipat, Haryana
Fought between: Maratha Empire and Ahmad Shah Abdali of Durrani Empire.
Result: Decisive victory of Durrani Empire. Maratha lost the control of Delhi.
Battle of Khanwa
Date : 16th March, 1527
Location; Khanwa, Rajasthan
Fought between: Rana Sanga of Rajput Confederation and Babur of Mughal Empire.
Result: Decisive victory of the first Mughal Emperor Babur.
Battle of Buxar
Date : 22nd October 1764
Location: Buxar, Bihar
Fought between: East India Company and Shah Alam II of Mughal Empire.
Result: Victory of East India Company. East Indian Company got the control of Ganga Valley. The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765.
Battle of Plassey
Date : 23rd June 1757
Location: Palashi, Bengal Subah
Fought between: East India Company and Siraj ud-Daulah of Bengal.
Result : British victory. British East India Company annexed Bengal after the war.
First Battle of Tarain
Date : 1191
Location: Thanesar, Haryana
Fought between: Muhammad of Ghor and Prithviraj Chauhan of Delhi.
Result: Prithviraj defeated Muhammad of Ghor and retakes the fortress of Bhatinda.
Second Battle of Tarain
Date : 1192
Location: Thanesar, Haryana
Fought between: Muhammad of Ghor and Prithviraj Chauhan.
Result : Muhammad of Ghor win the battle and kill Prithviraj Chauhan. Muhammad of Ghor captured Delhi after the war.
Battle of Haldighati
Date : 18th June, 1576
Location: Haldighati, Rajasthan
Fought between: Maharana Pratap of Mewar and Akbar of Mughal Empire.
Result : Mughal won the war but failed to capture Maharana Pratap.
Battle of the Hydaspes
Date : May 326 BC
Location: Hydaspes River
Fought between: Alexander the Great of Macedonian and Porus
Result: Alexander won the war. But he reinstated Porus as a satrap of his own kingdom.
Battle of Karnal
Date : 24th February, 1739
Location: Karnal, Punjab
Fought between: Nader Shah of Persian Empire and Muhammad Shah of Mughal Empire
Result : Decisive Persian victory and looting of Delhi after the war.
Battle of Saraighat
Date : 1671
Location: Saraighat, Guwahati
Fought between: Mughal Empire and Ahom Kingdom
Result: Ahom Army defeated the Mughal Army and extended Ahom Kingdom’s border to Guwahati.
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