History Important Battles In Indian History
⚔️ Important Battles in Indian History – RRB Quick Revision
Ancient & Early Medieval Battles
| Battle | Year | Fought Between | Winner | Quick Fact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of the Ten Kings | ≈ 1500 BCE | King Sudas (Bharatas) vs 10 confederate tribes | Bharatas | On banks of Ravi; Ṛig-Veda mentions |
| Battle of Hydaspes | 326 BCE | Alexander vs Porus | Alexander (but Porus reinstated) | Jhelum river; Greeks called it Hydaspes |
| Kalinga War | 261 BCE | Ashoka vs Kalinga | Mauryan | >1 lakh died; Ashoka adopted Buddhism |
| 1st Tarain | 1191 | Prithviraj Chauhan vs Mohd. Ghori | Rajputs | Ghori escaped wounded |
| 2nd Tarain | 1192 | Prithviraj vs Mohd. Ghori | Ghori | Rajput defeat; Delhi Sultanate foundation |
Delhi Sultanat & Mughal Era
| Battle | Year | Fought Between | Winner | Quick Fact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Panipat | 1526 | Babur vs Ibrahim Lodi | Mughal | Used Cannons & Tuluguma |
| Khanwa | 1527 | Babur vs Rana Sanga | Mughal | Babur took title Ghazi |
| Chausa | 1539 | Sher Shah vs Humayun | Sher Shah | Humayun jumped Ganga to escape |
| Kannauj | 1540 | Sher Shah vs Humayun | Sher Shah | Mughals lost Delhi; Sur Empire begins |
| 2nd Panipat | 1556 | Akbar (Bairam Khan) vs Hemu | Mughal | Hemu shot in eye |
| Haldighati | 1576 | Akbar (Raja Man Singh) vs Rana Pratap | Mughal | Pratap’s Chetak, later Jhala Mana |
| Plassey | 1757 | Clive vs Siraj-ud-Daula | British | Mir Jafar betrayed; ₹ 2.5 cr treasury looted |
| Buxar | 1764 | Hector Munro vs Triple Alliance (Shah Alam II, Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula) | British | Diwani of Bengal secured |
Maratha & Anglo-Mysore Conflicts
| Battle | Year | Fought Between | Winner | Quick Fact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Anglo-Mysore | 1767–69 | Hyder Ali vs English | Hyder Ali | Madras treaty |
| 2nd Anglo-Mysore | 1780–84 | Hyder + Tipu vs Warren Hastings | Stalemate (Treaty of Mangalore) | |
| 3rd Anglo-Mysore | 1790–92 | Tipu vs Cornwallis | British | Srirangapatnam treaty; Half territory lost |
| 4th Anglo-Mysore | 1799 | Tipu vs Wellesley | British | Tipu died; Mysore placed under Wodeyars |
| 3rd Panipat | 1761 | Ahmad Shah Abdali vs Marathas | Abdali | Sadashiv Rao Bhau; > 1 lakh Maratha dead |
| 1st Anglo-Maratha | 1775–82 | British vs Marathas | Stalemate (Treaty of Salbai) | |
| 2nd Anglo-Maratha | 1803–05 | Lord Wellesley vs Maratha confederacy | British | Subsidary Alliance era |
| 3rd Anglo-Maratha | 1817–18 | Lord Hastings vs Peshwa Baji Rao II | British | Peshwaship abolished |
British Expansion & Revolt of 1857
| Battle | Year | Fought Between | Winner | Quick Fact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wandiwash | 1760 | English (Eyre Coote) vs French (Lally) | English | Carnatic War-III; French dream ends |
| Biderra | 1759 | English vs Dutch | English | Bengal supremacy sealed |
| 1857 Siege of Delhi | 1857 | British vs Rebels | British | Bahadur Shah II captured |
| 1857 Siege of Lucknow | 1857 | Henry Lawrence vs Begum Hazrat Mahal | British | Residency ruins still seen |
🔑 Memory Tricks / Mnemonics
- Tarain Twins: 91-92 → “First pass (1191) then fail (1192)”
- Panipat Pattern: 1-2-3 → 1526, 1556, 1761 (add 30 yrs each)
- Plassey-to-Buxar: 1757-1764 → “7-to-7 plus 7”
- Anglo-Mysore 4-round knockout: 67-84-92-99 → “6-8-9-9” (even-odd-odd-even)
In which year did the Second Battle of Tarain take place?
1192Who was the commander of Mughal forces in the Battle of Haldighati?
Raja Man SinghThe Battle of Plassey was fought on the banks of which river?
Hooghly (Bhagirathi)Which treaty ended the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
Treaty of Mangalore, 1784Who was the Nawab of Bengal defeated in the Battle of Buxar?
Mir Qasim (along with Shah Alam II & Shuja-ud-Daula)The Third Battle of Panipat was fought in—
1761Who was the French general defeated at Wandiwash?
Count de LallyWhich Mauryan king fought the Kalinga War?
AshokaThe Battle of Khanwa was fought in—
1527Who betrayed Siraj-ud-Daula in the Battle of Plassey?
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