18 Wars of Medieval India - Battles that changed destiny of India
🎠First Battle of Tarain (1191):
👉🏼This battle was fought at Tarain near Thaneswar. Prithviraj of
Chauhan Dynasty defeated the Mohammad of Ghori.
🎠Second Battle of Tarain(1192):
👉🏼It was fought at same Tarain battlefield as in the first Tarain
battle. This was fought by Mohammad Ghori against Prithvi Raj Chauhan. This
time Prithvi Raj was defeated. Mohammad got the opportunity to enter Indian
lands.
🎠Battle of Chandawar(1194):
👉🏼In this battle Jaichandra,King of Kanauj was defeated by Mohammad
Ghori. Mohammad further extended his empire in India by defeating a large
kingdom.
🎠First Battle of Panipat(21-April-1526):
👉🏼In this battle Babur defeated the Army of Afghans and killed their
king Ibrahim Lodi.By this victory Babur got opportunity to expand his small
principality into big empire
🎠Battle of Khanwa(17-March-1527):
👉🏼Rajputs under Rana of Mewar Rana Sanga, were defeated by Babur of
Ferghana. Rana Sanga was wounded in the battlefield.
🎠Battle of Chanderi(1528):
👉🏼Medini Rai of Chanderi was defeated by Babur.
🎠Battle of Ghagra or Ghagra(6-May-1529):
👉🏼Babur defeated and dispersed Afghans.
🎠Battle of Chausal (7-June-1539):
👉🏼Sher shah defeated the mughals, but Humayun, the king escaped by
crossing over the river.
🎠Battle of Kanauj or Billgram (17-May-1540):
👉🏼Sher shah won against Humayun. Agra was occupied by Sher shah
🎠Battle for Delhi (7 October 1556)
👉🏼King 'Hem Chandra Vikramaditya' defeated Akbar's forces in Delhi.
🎠Second Battle of Panipat(5-November-1556):
👉🏼Hem Chandra Vikramaditya (Hemu) was defeated by Mughals under
Akbar. Akbar reoccupied Delhi.
🎠Battle of Bannihatti or
Tallikota(23-January-1565):
👉🏼Unified Army of five Deccan Sultanates(Ali adilshah and four
others) defeated the Vijayanagara Army and Vijayanagara General Ramaraju was
killed in the battlefield.
🎠Battle of Haldighati(1576):
👉🏼This was started between Akbar and Rana of Mewar Pratap. Decisive
Mughal victory.
🎠First Carnatic War(1745–48):
👉🏼This war was fought by British and French armies. French occupied
Madras, later returned it to British.
🎠Second Carnatic War(1749–54):
👉🏼French army under the of Duplex fought with British and British
won. In 1755 they made a provisional treaty. French loss their expanding
opportunities and continued as trading community in India.
🎠Third Carnatic War(1756–63):
👉🏼In 1758 French occupied Fort Saint David. But defeated at
Wandiwasi(1760). Britishers won.
🎠Battle of Plassey(June-1757):
👉🏼British Army under the command of Rober Clive fought with Bengal
Nawab Siraz-ud-daula and British won and Mir Jafar was made Nawab.
Siraz-ud-daula,while he was unarmed was killed mercilessly by Muhammad Beg,a
person who was under his assylum.
🎠Battle of Buxar(1764):
👉🏼British army under the command of Major Manri defeated the
combined army of Mir Kasim nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-daulah nawab of Awadh, Sha
Alam, Mughal emperor