Monday, 5 August 2013

IMPORTANT BATTLES OF INDIAN HISTORY

BATTLES WITH RELEVANT INFORMATION

1st battle of Tarain        -     1191        -     Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori

2nd battle of Tarain       -     1192       -     Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan

1st battle of Panipat       -     1526         -        Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi

Battle of Khanwa        -      1527       -     Babur defeated Rana Sunga

Battle of Ghaghra     -   1529       -     Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and Sultan Nusrat Shah

2nd battle of Panipat        -      1556       -     Akbar defeated Hemu

3rd battle of Panipat        -    1761     -    Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas

Battle of Talikota         -     1565      -    Deccan Sultanates defeated the glorious Vijayanagar empire

Battle of Haldighati      -     1576     -     Undecisive battle between Raja Man Singh of Mughal Army and Rana Pratap of Mewar.

Battle of Plassey    -    1757      -    British defeated Siraj-ud-duala with the help of Mir Zafar.
(This battle laid the foundation of British empire in India.)

Battle of Wandiwash       -     1760      -      British decisively defeated the French in India.
(The Seven years war (1756 - 1763) between the British and the French in Europe ran parallel to this war. 3 Carnatic wars were fought between the British and the French and this battle was a part of the 3rd Carnatic War.)

Battle of Buxar     -      1764    -     British defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-duala (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II(Mughal emperor).

Battle of Samugarh      -      1658      -     Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh.

Battle of Karnal    -     1739     -     Nadir Shah defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.

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