List of wars involving India

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Prehistoric

* Madrasian culture
* Soanian, c. 500,000 BCE
* Neolithic, c. 7600 – c. 1000 BCE
* Bhirrana 7570 – 6200 BCE
* Jhusi 7106 BCE
* Lahuradewa 7000 BCE
* Mehrgarh 7000 – 2600 BCE
* South Indian Neolithic 3000 – 1000 BCE

Ancient

* Indus Valley Civilization, c. 3300 – c. 1700 BCE
* Post Indus Valley Period
(Cemetery H Culture), c. 1700 – c. 1500 BCE
* Vedic civilization, c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE
* Kuru kingdom, c. 1200 – c. 500 BCE
* Early Vedic period
* Rise of Śramaṇa movement
* Later Vedic Period
* Spread of Jainism – Parshvanatha
* Spread of Jainism – Mahavira
* Rise of Buddhism

* Kingdom of Magadha
* Brihadratha Dynasty 1700 - 682 BCE
* Haryanka Dynasty 544 – 413 BCE
* Shaishunaga Dynasty 413 – 345 BCE
* Nanda Dynasty, 345 – 322 BCE
* Mahajanapadas, c. 600 – 345 BCE

Classical

* Kingdom of Magadha
* Maurya Dynasty, 322 – 185 BCE
* Pandya Dynasty, 320 BCE - 280 CE
* Shunga Dynasty, 185 – 73 BCE
* Kanva Dynasty, 73 – 28 BCE
* Sangam period 300 BCE – 400 CE
* Kushan Dynasty, c. 30 – c. 375 CE
* Satavahana Dynasty, c. 228 BCE – c. 224 CE
* Gupta Dynasty, c. 240 – c. 550 CE

Early medieval

* Pallava dynasty, 275 CE - 897 CE
* Chalukya Dynasty, 543 – 753 CE
* Pandya Dynasty, 590 CE - 920 CE
* Harsha's Dynasty, c. 606 CE – c. 647 CE
* Karakota Dynasty, c. 724 – c. 760 CE
* Arab Invasion, c. 738 CE
* Tripartite Struggle, c. 760 – c. 973 CE
* Pratihara dynasty
* Rastrakuta Dynasty
* Pala Dynasty
* Chola Dynasty, c. 848 – c. 1251 CE
* 2nd Chalukya Dynasty, c. 973 – c. 1187 CE

Late medieval

* Delhi Sultanate, 1206 – 1526 CE
* Mamluk Dynasty
* Khalji Dynasty
* Tugluq Dynasty
* Sayyid Dynasty
* Lodhi Dynasty
* Pandyan Empire, 1251 – 1618 CE
* Vijayanagara, 1336 – 1646 CE
* Bengal Sultanate, 1342 – 1576 CE

Early modern

* Mughal Dynasty, 1526 – 1540 CE
* Suri Dynasty, 1538/40 – 1556 CE
* Mughal Dynasty, 1556 – 1857 CE
* Bengal Subah, c. 1576 – c. 1757 CE
* Maratha Empire, c. 1674 – c. 1818 CE
* Company Raj, c. 1757 – c. 1858 CE
* Kingdom of Mysore, c. 1760 – c. 1799 CE
* Sikh Empire, c. 1799 – c. 1849 CE

Modern

* The Great Rebellion, 1857 – 1858 CE
* British Raj, 1858 – 1947 CE
* Independence Movement
* Independent India, 1947 CE – present
* Dominion of India, 1947 – 1950 CE
* Republic of India, 1950 CE – present

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This is a list of known wars, conflicts, battles/sieges, missions and operations involving former kingdoms and states in the Indian subcontinent and the modern day Republic of India as well as its predecessors.

## Ancient India (c. 15th to 1st century BCE)

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Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome

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Battle of the Ten Kings (c. 14th century BCE)  | Bharata tribe | Ten King Alliance | Bharatas Victory

* Bharatas settle in Kurukshetra.
* Emergence of Kuru kingdom.

Kurukshetra War | Pandavas of Kuru Kingdom | Kaurava of Kuru Kingdom | Pandavas Victory

* After Pandavas victory, entire North India or central India come under Kuru rule.

Kosala-Kashi war
(c. 650 BCE)  | Kosala kingdom | Kasi kingdom | Kosala Victory

* Kosala annexation of Kāsī

Kosala conquest of Gaṇasaṅgha
(c. 600 to 550 BCE)  | Kosala kingdom | Gaṇasaṅghas
Kālāma
Shakya
Koliya | Kosala Victory

* Kosala annexation of three Gaṇasaṅgha

Gandhāra-Avanti war
(c. 575 BCE)  | Gandhāra kingdom | Pradyota dynasty | Gandhāra Victory

* Pushkarasarin of Gandhāra kingdom defeated Pradyota of Avanti

Magadha-Anga war
(c. 535 BCE)  | Haryanka dynasty | Anga Kingdom | Magadha Victory

* Magadhan annexation of Anga

Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley
(c. 535/518BCE-450 BCE)  | Mahajanapadas | Achaemenid Empire | Achaemenid Victory

* Persian rule established over the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent

Avanti-Magadhan wars
(c. 510 BCE-400 BCE)  | Magadha Empire

* Haryanka dynasty
* Shishunga dynasty

| Avanti (Ancient India) | Magadha Victory

* Magadhan annexation of Avanti

Magadha-Kosala war
(c. Late 5th century BCE)  | Kosala kingdom | Magadha led by Haryanka dynasty | Magadha Victory

* Magadhan annexation of Kosala and Kasi

Magadha-Vajji war
(c. 484 BCE-468 BCE)  | Magadha Empire

* Haryanka dynasty

| Vajjika League led by the Licchavis | Magadha Victory

* Magadhan annexation of Vajji confederacy

Indian campaign of Alexander the Great
(c. 327 BCE-325 BCE)

* Battle of the Hydaspes

| Macedonian Empire

League of Corinth
Persian allies
Indian allies

| Indian Kingdoms

* Aśvaka
* Guraeans
* Pauravas
* Mallians
* Oxydracians
* Amvastha

| Macedon Victory

Macedonia conquers up to the Beas River, yet has to stop its advance in the Indus.

Nanda conquest of Northern India

(c. 4th century BCE)

|  | North Indian states

* Maithalas

Kasheyas Ikshvakus Panchalas Shurasenas Kurus Haihayas Vitihotras Kalingas Ashmakas

| Nanda Victory
Conquest of the Nanda Empire
(c. 323 BCE-322 BCE)  | Magadha

* Nanda Empire

| Chandragupta Maurya | Maurya Victory

* Fall of Nanda dynasty.
* Consolidation of the Maurya dynasty

Chandragupta's conquest of North-western India

(322-317 BCE)

| Magadha

* Maurya dynasty

| Alexander's governors and their states (satraps)

* Nicanor
* Philips

| Mauryan Victory

* Mauryan annexation of North-western India.

Chandragupta's conquest of Deccan

(4th century BCE)

| Magadha

* Maurya dynasty

| Southern states  | Mauryan Victory
Seleucid–Mauryan war
(c. 305 BCE-303 BCE)  | Magadha

* Maurya dynasty

| Seleucid Empire | Maurya Victory

* Maurya annexation of all of the Macedonian Satrapies in the Indus River Valley along with conquest of Persian territories such as Arachosia, Gedrosia and Paropamisadae by the Mauryans [1][2][3]

Kalinga War
(c. 262 BCE-261 BCE)  | Magadha

* Maurya dynasty

| Kalinga | Maurya Victory

* Maurya annexation of Kalinga

Shunga-Greek War
(2nd Century BCE)  | Magadha

* Shunga dynasty

| Greco-Bactrian Kingdom | Shunga Victory
Early Chola invasion of Anuradhapura

* Battle of Vijithapura
(c. 162/161 BCE)

| Chola dynasty | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Anuradhapura Victory
Shunga-Vidarbha War

(145 BCE)

| Shunga Empire | Vidarbha kingdom (Mauryan era) | Shunga Victory

## Classical India (c. 1st to 6th century CE)

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Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome

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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
Parthian-Kushan War (between c. 130 CE to c. 140 CE)  | Kushan Empire | Parthian Empire | Kushan Victory
Early Samudragupta's conquest Northern India

(c. 4th century CE)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| 3 kings of Aryavarta | Gupta Victory
Samudragupta's conquest of Northern India

(c. 4th century CE) (including First Gupta-Saka War)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| 8 kings of Aryavarta | Gupta Victory
Samudragupta's conquest of Southern India

(c. 4th century CE)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| 12 kings of Dakshinpatha | Gupta Victory
Samudragupta's conquests of Central India

(c. 4th century CE)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| Parivrajaka dynasty | Gupta Victory
Second Gupta-Saka War

(c. 375 to 413 CE) (part of Gupta-Saka Wars)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| Western Satraps | Gupta Victory
Chandragupta II's conquest of Bengal

(c. 4th century)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| Vanga | Gupta Victory
Chandragupta II's conquest Balkh (Punjab and Afghanistan)

(c. 4th century to 5th century CE)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| Balkh states  | Indecisive
Kumaragupta I's conquest South-western India

(c. 5th century CE)

| Magadha Empire

* Gupta dynasty

| Southern states  | Victory
Battle of Sondani
(528 CE)  | Alchon Huns | Aulikaras
Gupta Empire | Gupta and Aulikara victory

## Early Medieval India (c. 7th to 12th century CE)

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Name of conflict | Belliegents | Opponents | Outcome

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Battle of Narmada
(619 CE)  | Chalukyas of Vatapi | Vardhana dynasty | Chalukya victory

* Harshavardhana South Indian expandation halted
* Part of imperial conquest of Pulakeshin II

Battle of Pullalur
(618–619 CE)  | Chalukyas of Vatapi | Pallava dynasty | Chalukya victory

* Result of battle is inconclusive by mostly historians
* Part of Chalukya–Pallava Wars

Battle of Vatapi
(642 CE)  | Chalukyas of Vatapi | Pallava dynasty | Pallava victory

* Pallava victory and conquest of Vatapi
* Part of Chalukya–Pallava Wars

Sino-Kannauj war
(649 CE)  | Forces of Wang Xuance | Kingdom of Kannauj | Chinese victory
Umayyad campaigns in India
(712–740 CE)  | Gurjara-Pratihara
Guhila dynasty
Maitraka dynasty
Chalukya dynasty
Karkota Empire | Umayyad Caliphate | Indian Victory

* Arab and later Muslim invasions halted in India for next 250 years.

Yaqub's campaigns to the east

(861–870)

| Zunbils

Kharijites

Medieval India

* Hindu Shahis
* Buddhist tribal chiefs

|  Abbasid Caliphate

* Saffarid dynasty

| Saffarid Victory

Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar marched through Bost, Kandahar, Ghazni, Kabul, Bamyan, Balkh and Herat, conquering them

Pala Tibetan War ( 8th-9th CE )[citation needed] | Pala Empire | Tibetan Empire | Pala empire victory

* Dharmapāla subjugated the throne of Nepal which was under Tibetan rule
* Devapāla conquered up to the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet
* Devapāla successfully conquered the Tibetan principality of Punjab

Ghaznavid campaigns in India
(10th and 11th centuries)  | Hindu Shahis
Rajput confederacy
Jatts
Chandelas
Kachchhapaghata dynasty
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty
Lodi dynasty of Multan
Tomara dynasty | Ghaznavids | Ghaznavid Victory

* Beginning of Muslim rule in the Indian Subcontinent

Chalukya–Chola wars
(992–1120 CE)  | Chola Empire | Western Chalukya Empire | Chola Victory
Devendra-Chalukya wars (1090–1100)[citation needed] | Kingdom of Devendra  | Western Chalukya Empire | Inconclusive
Chola conquest of Anuradhapura
(993–1017 CE)  | Chola Empire | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Chola Victory
Chola expedition to North India
(1019–1024 CE)  | Chola Empire | Somavamsi dynasty
Pala Empire
Kamboja Pala dynasty
Chandra dynasty | Chola victory

* Kalinga and Bengal annexed as vassal states of the Chola Empire
* Part of imperial conquest of Rajendra Chola I

Chola invasion of Srivijaya
(1025 CE)  | Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory
Chola invasion of Kadaram
(1068 CE)  | Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory
Sena revolution of Bengal
(1070-1165 CE)  | Sena dynasty | Pala dynasty
Varman Dynasty (Bengal) | Sena victory
Indian campaigns of Muhammad of Ghor

(1175–1206)

* Battle of Kasahrada
(1178 CE)
* First Battle of Tarain
(1191 CE)
* Second Battle of Tarain
(1192 CE)

| Rajput Confedracy

Sena dynasty Soomra dynasty Ghaznavids Qarmatians Tibetan tribes

| Ghurid dynasty | Ghurids Victory

* Fundation of Delhi Sultanate

## Late Medieval India (c. 13th to 15th century CE)

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Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents | Outcome

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Mongol invasions of India

(1221–1327)

|  Delhi Sultanate | Chagatai Khanate | Delhi Sultanate Victory

* Mongol forces expelled from India

Delhavi-Ganga War

* Second seizure of Lakhnauti
* Battles of Umurdan

(1243–1256)

|  Delhi Sultanate | Eastern Ganga dynasty | Eastern Ganga Victory
Alauddin Khalji's conquest 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
Delhavi-Kakatiya War

(1318–1323)

|  Delhi Sultanate | Kakatiya dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory

* End of Kakatiya Empire

Malik Kafur's invasion of the Pandya kingdom
(1310–1311)  |  Delhi Sultanate | Pandya dynasty | Delhi Sultanate Victory
Battle of Lahrawat
(1320)  | Khusrau Khan | Tughlaq dynasty | Tughlaq Victory
Battle of Singoli
(1336)  | Kingdom of Mewar | Tughlaq dynasty | Rajput Victory

* Rana Hammir Singh defeated Tughlaq Army
* Muhammad bin Tughluq taken prisoner

First Ekdala War
(1353s)  |  Delhi Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate | Delhi Sultanate Victory
Second Ekdala War

(1359)

|  Delhi Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate Victory
Jaunpur-Bhojpur War
(1389-1489)  | Jaunpur Sultanate | Ujjainiyas of Bhojpur  | Jaunpur Sultanate Victory

* Ujjainiyas flee into the forest and lead a guerilla warfare resistance

Timurid campaign of India
(1398)  | Timurid Empire | Delhi Sultanate | Timurid Empire Victory

* Delhi is sacked and looted
* End of Tughluq dynasty

Benga–Jaunpur War
(1415-1420)  | Bengal Sultanate
Diplomatic support:
Timurid Empire
Ming China | Jaunpur Sultanate | Bengal Sultanate Victory
Rajput-Malwa War

* Battle of Sarangpur
* Battle of Mandalgarh and Banas
* Battle of Nagaur(1437–1457)

| Kingdom of Mewar
Kingdom of Marwar | Malwa Sultanate

Gujarat Sultanate
Nagaur Sultanate

| Rajput Victory

* Sultan Mahmud Khalji taken prisoner
* Raisen, Chanderi, Bhilsa, Kalpi, and Ranthambore captured by Mewar.

## Early Modern India (c. 16th to mid 19th century CE)

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Name of conflict (Time)  | Belligerents | Opponents | Outcome

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First Luso-Malabarese War

(1500–1513)

| Kingdom of Calicut

Venice Mamluks

|  Portugal | Portuguese victory
Portuguese-Mamluk naval war

(1505–1517)

* Battle of Chaul
* Battle of Diu
* Siege of Jeddah

|  Mamluk Sultanate

Kingdom of Calicut

Bijapur Sultanate

Gujarat Sultanate

Supported by:

Republic of Venice

Ottoman Empire

|  Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory

* Start of Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations on the Indian Ocean.
* Start of Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts on Indian subcontinent.

Siege of Anjadiva (1506) | Bijapur Sultanate |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Bijapur victory
Battle of Dabul

(1508)

| Bijapur Sultanate |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Portuguese victory
Gujarati–Portuguese conflicts

(1508–1573)

* Battle of Chaul
* Battle of Diu
* Siege of Diu (1531)
* Siege of Diu (1538)
* Siege of Diu (1546)
* Battle of Bharuch
* Portuguese conquest of Daman
* Part of Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1559)

|  Gujarat Sultanate

Supported by:

Kingdom of Calicut

Mamluk Sultanate (until 1517)

Ottoman Empire (since 1517)

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Portuguese victory

* Establishment of Portuguese Diu.
* Treaty of Bassein (1534).
* Establishment of Portuguese Bassein.
* Establishment of Portuguese Daman.
* Consolidation of Portuguese control in the Gulf of Khambhat.
* Start of Mughal-Portuguese conflicts.

Portuguese conquest of Goa

(1510)

| Bijapur Sultanate |  Kingdom of Portugal

* Portuguese India

| Portuguese victory

* Consolidation of Portuguese India authority.

Siege of Aden

(1513)

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Yemeni Tahirids | Tahirid victory
Siege of Goa (1517) | Bijapur Sultanate |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese Goa

| Portuguese victory
Battle of Zeila

(1517)

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

|  Adal Sultanate | Portuguese victory
Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts

(1518–1658)

* Battle of Vedalai
* Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom
* Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1560)
* Portuguese invasion of the Jaffna kingdom (1591)
* Siege of Kotte (1557–1558)
* Battle of Mulleriyawa
* Siege of Colombo (1587–88)
* Campaign of Danture
* Battle of Balana
* Kandyan commerce raiding against Portugal (1612–1613)
* Battle of Mulleriyawa (1624)
* Battle of Jaffna (1628)
* Battle of Randeniwela
* Battle of Gannoruwa
* Siege of Galle (1640)
* Action of 23 March 1654
* Action of 2 May 1654

|  Kingdom of Sitawaka

Kingdom of Kandy

Principality of Raigama

Kingdom of Jaffna

Supported by:

Zamorin of Calicut

Kingdom of Tanjore

Vanni chieftains

Dutch East India Company (From 1638)

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India
* Portuguese Ceylon
* Lascarins

Kingdom of Kotte

| Stalemate

* Establishment and then destruction of Portuguese Ceylon, after conquering kingdoms of Kotte, Sitawaka, Jaffna and Raigama.
* Capture of Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Raigama and much of Sitawaka by the Dutch and the establishment of Dutch Ceylon.

Lodi-Rajput War
(1518–1519)  |  Kingdom of Mewar |  Delhi Sultanate | Rajput victory

* Northeast Rajputana annexed by Rana Sanga
* Rana Sanga further defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Ranthambore after the Siege of Mandsaur.
* Part of Rana Sanga's conquests.

Rajput invasion of Gujarat
(1520)  |  Kingdom of Mewar | Gujarat Sultanate | Rajput victory

* Royal treasuries of Gujarat plundered by Rana Sanga
* Idar given to Rao Rai Mal Rathore
* Part of Rana Sanga's conquests.

Battle of Raichur
(20 May 1520)  | Vijaynagar Empire | Sultanate of Bijapur | Vijaynagar victory

* Part of Krishnadevaraya's conquests.

Babur's conquest of Delhi Sultanate
(1526)  |  Delhi Sultanate |  Emirate of Kabul | Mughal victory

* Delhi Sultanate annexed by Mughals
* Foundation of the Mughal Empire

Later Luso-Malabarese War

(1526–1571)

| Zamorin of Calicut |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Zamorin victory
Babur-Rajput War

(1526–1530)

|  Mughal Empire |  Kingdom of Mewar | Mughal victory
Battle of Bayana
(21 February 1527)  |  Rajput Confedracy |  Mughal Empire

* Afghans

| Rajput victory

* Mughal and Afghan Forces retreated
* Bayana region captured by Rajput Forces
* Part of Rana Sanga's conquests.
* Starting of Mughal–Rajput Wars

Battle of Khanwa
(16 March 1527)  |  Rajput Confederacy  |  Mughal Empire | Mughal victory

* Mughal rule established in North India by Babur and Agra became centre of their power from Kabul.

Battle of Ghaghra
(1529)  |  Mughal Empire |  Sultanate of Bengal | Mughal victory

* Bihar annexed by the Mughals

Battle of Kannauj
(1540)  |  Mughal Empire | Sur Empire | Sur victory

* Humayun was soundly defeated
* Resulted in 15 year's exile in the court of Shah Tahmasp I

Battle of Sammel
(1544)  |  Kingdom of Marwar | Sur Empire | Sur victory

* Bikaner and Merta became independent from Marwar

Burmese–Siamese War (1547–1549)[4] |  Ayutthaya Kingdom (Siam)

Supported by:

Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

|  Toungoo dynasty (Burma)  | Siam Victory
Battle of Sirhind (1555) | Sur Empire |  Mughal Empire | Mughal victory

* Re-Establishment of Mughal Empire By Humayun

Second Battle of Panipat
(1556)  | Hemchandra Vikramaditya |  Mughal Empire | Mughal victory

* Mughal dynasty rule restored in North India
* Hemchandra Vikramaditya Empire decline

Battle of Tughlaqabad
(7 October 1556)  | Hem Chandra Vikramaditya |  Mughal Empire | Hem Chandra victory

* Hem Chandra annexed mostly Mughals or Sur Empire's region and established a strong Hindu Empire
* Part of 22 battles fought by Hemu

Battle of Talikota
(23 January 1565)  | Vijaynagar Empire | Deccan Sultanates | Deccan Sultanates victory

* Vijayanagara was destroyed or looted by Muslim armies.
* Penukonda became second capital of Vijaynagar Empire.

Siege of Chittorgarh (1567–1568)
(23 October 1567 – 23 February 1568)  |  Kingdom of Mewar |  Mughal Empire | Mughal victory

* The Mughal Empire swept into the territories of Udai Singh II

Siege of Ranthambore (1568)
(8 February 1568 – 21 March 1568)  |  Kingdom of Mewar |  Mughal Empire | Mughal victory

* Rajput leader Rai Surjan Hada surrenders Ranthambore Fort

War of the League of the Indies

(1570 – 1574)

* Siege of Chaliyam

| Sultanate of Bijapur

Sultanate of Ahmadnagar

Zamorin of Calicut

Sultanate of Aceh

Co-belligerents:

Princely states of the Kanara coast

Kalinyamat Sultanate

Sultanate of Ternate

Sultanate of Tidore

Sultanate of Golkonda

Mappila Muslims

|  Portuguese Empire | Portuguese victory
Mughal invasion of Bengal
(1572-1576)  |  Mughal Empire | Sultanate of Bengal | Mughal victory

* Mughal annexation of Bengal and formation of Bengal Subah

Akbar-Rajput War

(1576–1605)

|  Mughal Empire |  Kingdom of Mewar | Mughal victory
Siege of Daman (1581)

* Part of Mughal-Portuguese conflicts

|  Mughal Empire |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Portuguese victory
Battle of Leitao Coast

(1586)

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Arab Niquilus  | Arab victory
Spanish-Portuguese conflict on China (1598–1600)  |  Portuguese Empire

* Macau
* Portuguese India

|  Spanish Empire

* El Piñal
* Philippines

| Portuguese victory
Siege of Kottakkal

(1599–1600)

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

Kingdom of Calicut

| Kunjali Marakkar forces  | Portuguese and Calicut victory
Dutch–Portuguese War

(1601–1661)

* Part of Eighty Years' War and Thirty Years' WarAsia
* Battle of Bantam
* Capture of Amboina
* Battle of Changi (1603)
* Siege of Malacca (1606)
* Battle of Cape Rachado
* Battle of Macau
* Action of 1 February 1625
* Battle off Hormuz (1625)
* Battle of Goa (1638)
* Action of 30 September 1639
* Siege of Galle (1640)
* Siege of Malacca (1641)
* Action of 23 March 1654
* Action of 2 May 1654
* Dutch conquest of Malabar (1658-1663)

|  Kingdom of Portugal

* Portuguese India
* Brazilian colonial forces
* Portuguese Angola
* Portuguese Mozambique
* Portuguese Malacca
* Portuguese Ceylon
* Portuguese Macau

Supported by:

* Spanish Empire (until 1640)
* Kingdom of Cochin
* Ming China
* Hormuz
* Potiguara Tupis

|  Dutch Republic

* Dutch East Indies
* Dutch West Indies
* Dutch Brazil

Supported by:

* Kingdom of England (until 1640)
* France (until 1640)
* Safavid Empire
* Johor Sultanate
* Ternate
* Ayutthaya
* Kingdom of Kandy
* Sitawaka
* Jaffna
* Kingdom of Kongo
* Kingdom of Ndongo
* Rio Grande Tupis Nhandui Tarairiu Tribe

| Indecisive

* Formation of the Dutch Empire.
* Both sides claim victory in India.

Battle of Swally

(1612)

|  Kingdom of Portugal

* Portuguese India

|  English East India Company | British victory
Jahangir-Rajput War

* Mughal expedition of Mewar
* Battle of Dewair
(1606–1615)

|  Kingdom of Mewar |  Mughal Empire | Mughal victory

* Amar Singh I Surrendered
* Mewar became a vassal of Mughal Empire

Ahom–Mughal conflicts
(1615-1682)  |  Ahom kingdom |  Mughal Empire | Ahom victory

* Extension of Ahom influence to the Manas river

Battle of Toppur
(1616–17)  | Imperial forces of Vijaynagar Empire
Nayaks of Tanjore | Second faction of Vijayanagara Empire
Nayaks of Gingee
Nayaks of Madurai
Pandyas of Tirunelveli
Kingdom of Travancore
Portuguese | Imperial Vijayanagara forces victory

* It was the battle which cause the complete disintegration of the Vijayanagar Empire, which was reviving slowly.

Battle of Rohila (1621)  | Sikhs |  Mughal Empire | Sikh victory

* 14,000 Mughal soldiers killed
* Governor of Jalandhar killed

Mughal–Safavid war (1622–23)
(1622–1623)  |  Mughal Empire |  Safavid Empire | Safavid victory

* Safavid annexation of Kandahar

Spanish-Siam War

(1624–1636)[5][6][7]

|  Iberian Union

* Spanish East Indies
* Council of Portugal
* Macau
* Goa
* Malacca

|  Siam

Dutch East India Company

| Siam victory

* Dutch hegemony on Southeast Asia.

Mombasa war

(1631–32)

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Mombasa Sultanate | Portuguese Victory

* Portuguese retake Fort Jesus

Siege of Hooghly

(1632)

* Part of Mughal-Portuguese conflicts

|  Mughal Empire |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Mughal Victory
Battle of Amritsar (1634)  | Sikhs |  Mughal Empire | Sikh victory

* Entire Mughal force killed

Battle of Lahira (1634)  | Sikhs |  Mughal Empire | Sikh victory

* 35,000 Mughal soldiers killed
* 100 taken prisoner
* Governor of Kabul killed

Battle of Kartarpur
(1635)  | Sikhs |  Mughal Empire | Sikh victory

* Guru Hargobind led Sikh army defeated Mughals
* Shah Jahan ends attacks on Sikh
* 50,000-96,000 Mughals killed

Siege of Orchha (1635)
(1635)  | Bundela Rajputs |  Mughal Empire | Mughal Victory

* Aurangzeb captured Orchha
* Jhujhar Singh escaped.

Battle of Phagwara (1635)  | Sikhs |  Mughal Empire | Sikh victory

* Mughals repulsed

Battle of Kiratpur (1638)  | Sikhs |  Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
Siege of Daman (1638–1639) |  Mughal Empire |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Portuguese victory
Early Dano-Mughal Conflicts

* Skirmish at Pipli
* Loss of the St. Jacob

(1640)

|  Mughal Empire |  Denmark-Norway

* Danish India

| Mughal victory
Danish-Mughal War

(1642–1698)[8]

|  Mughal Empire |  Denmark-Norway

* Danish India

| Stalemate
Mughal–Safavid war
(1649–1653)  |  Mughal Empire |  Safavid Empire | Persian victory

* Safavid/Persian re-annexation of Kandahar

Dutch-Zamorin Conflicts

(1666–1758)

| Zamorin

United Kingdom

* English East India Company[9]

Portuguese Empire[10][a]

* Portuguese India

|  Dutch Republic

* Dutch East India Company

| Dutch victory
Rathore rebellion
(1679–1707)  |  Kingdom of Marwar
Kingdom of Mewar |  Mughal Empire | Inconclusive
Tibet-Ladakh-Mughal war of 1679-1684
(1679-1684)  | Ladakh
Mughal Empire | Tibet
Zungar Empire | Mughal military victory

* Mughal withdrawal after signing a treaty with the Ladakhis
* Tibetan victory in another attack in 1684 with the assistance of reinforcements from the Zungar Empire
* Treaty of Tingmosgang

Deccan Wars
(1681-1707)  |  Maratha Empire |  Mughal Empire | Inconclusive
Hill States–Sikh wars (1682 - 1815)  | Sikhs | Hill States of India | Sikh victory
Maratha–Portuguese War

(1683–1684)

|  Maratha Empire |

Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Stalemate
Siege of Bijapur
(1685-1686)  |  Bijapur Sultanate
Maratha Empire |  Mughal Empire | Mughal victory

* Mughal Empire annexes Bijapur State

Anglo-Mughal War
(1686-1690)  |  Mughal Empire |  East India Company | Mughal victory

* British conclusion of peace with the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1689

Siege of Golconda
(1687)  |  Mughal Empire | Golconda Sultanate | Mughal victory

* Mughal Empire annexes Golconda

Battle of Nadaun (1691) |  Bilaspur State

Akal Sena (Sikhs)

| Mughal Empire

Kangra State

Bijarwal State

| Sikh victory
Mughal–Portuguese War

(1692–1693)

* Part of Mughal-Portuguese conflicts

|  Mughal Empire |

Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Status quo ante bellum
Omani–Portuguese conflict (1696–1714)

* Siege of Mombasa (1696–1698)
* Battle of Surat (1704)

Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India
* Portuguese Mombasa

|  Omani Empire | Indecisive

* Omani forces capture Fort Jesus.
* End of Portuguese hegemony in Southeast Africa.

Battle of Guler (1696) | Sikhs |  Mughal Empire | Sikh victory
Rajput Rebellion 1708-1710
(1708–1710)  |  Kingdom of Marwar
Kingdom of Mewar
Kingdom of Amber |  Mughal Empire | Rajput victory

* Mughal emperor sued for peace
* Restoration of the Rajput holdings which had been annexed by the previous Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

Maratha–Portuguese War

(1725–1726)[11]

|  Maratha Confederacy |

Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Inconclusive

* Peace of Bassein

Maratha–Portuguese War

(1729–1732)

|  Maratha Confederacy |

Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

Supported by:

* British Empire
* British East India Company

| Portuguese Victory

* Start of Novas Conquistas

Novas Conquistas (1729–1789)

* Siege of Alorna
* Siege of Tiracol

|  Kingdom of Mysore

* * *

Maratha Empire

* Kolhapur State
* Sawantwadi State

|  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

Supported by: Rajahnate of Soonda Kingdom of Sawantwadi

| Portuguese Victory
Nadir Shah's invasion of India
(1738-1739)  |  Mughal Empire |  Afsharid dynasty | Persian victory

* Persian occupation and plundering of Delhi

Travancore–Dutch War
(incl. Battle of Colachel (Kulachal) 10 August 1741
(1739-1753)  | Travancore | Dutch Empire

* Dutch East India Company

| Travancore victory

* Dutch colonization halted in Travancore

Battle of Vasai
(1739)  |  Maratha Empire |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Maratha victory

* Baçaim ceded to the Peshwas

Battle of Karnal
(1739-February 13, 1739)  |  Mughal Empire |  Persian Afsharid Empire | Persian victory
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741)
(1741)  |  Maratha Empire |  Mughal Empire

* Nawab of the Carnatic

| Maratha victory

* Maratha annexation of Tiruchirappalli

Expeditions in Bengal
(1741-1748)  |  Maratha Empire |  Mughal Empire

* Nawab of Bengal

| Peace treaty

* Maratha annexation of the territory up to the river Suvarnarekha from Bengal

First Carnatic War

(1744–1748)

* Part of War of the Austrian Succession

|  Mughal Empire

Nizam of Hyderabad

* Nawab of Carnatic

|  Kingdom of France

* French East India Company

* * *

Kingdom of Great Britain

* British East India Company

| Status quo ante bellum
Second Carnatic War

(1749–1754)

|  Kingdom of France

* French East India Company

Mughal Empire

Kingdom of Mysore

Nawab of Arcot (Chanda Sahib) Hyderabad State (Muzaffar Jang Hidayat)

|  Kingdom of Great Britain

* British East India Company

Maratha Empire

Nawab of Arcot (Wallajah)

Hyderabad State (Nasir Jung)

| Stalemate

* Treaty of Pondicherry

Naval Battle of Calicut

(1752)

|  Maratha Empire |  Portuguese Empire

* Portuguese India

| Maratha victory
Seven Years' War
(1754-1763)

* Third Carnatic War

|  France

Austria
Russia (until 1762)
Spanish Empire (from 1761)
Sweden (1757–62)
Saxony
Mughal Empire (from 1757)

|  Prussia

Great Britain
Hanover
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Iroquois Confederacy
Portugal (from 1761)
Hesse-Kassel
Schaumburg-Lippe

| Status quo ante in Europe, but transfer of colonial possessions between Britain, France and Spain in the Treaty of Paris (1763).

* French cession of New France (excluding Louisiana) to Britain and recognition of British supremacy in Bengal
* Spanish cession of Florida to Britain
* French cession of Louisiana to Spain
* British cession of Cuba and Manila (Philippine Islands) to Spain
* Britain restored the Indian factories to France, but forbade French traders from administering them
* France recognized British clients as the rulers of key Indian native states and pledged not to send troops to Bengal.

Maratha conquest of North-west India
(1757-1758)  |  Maratha Empire |  Durrani Empire | Peace treaty

* Maratha annexation of Punjab, Kashmir and surrounding regions.

Battle of Plassey
(1757)  |  East India Company |  Nawab of Bengal
French East India Company | Company victory

* British annexation of Bengal

Afghan-Maratha War
(1758-1761)  | Maratha Empire
Sikh confederacy
| Durrani Empire
Rohilkhand
| Durrani victory
Third Battle of Panipat
(1761)  |  Maratha Empire |  Durrani Empire | Durrani victory

* Sadashiv Bahu led Maratha forces defeated by Ahmad shah abdali

Battle of Buxar
(1764)  |  East India Company |  Mughal Empire | Company victory

* Treaty of Allahabad

First Anglo-Mysore War
(1767-1769)  |  East India Company
Maratha Empire
Nawab of the Carnatic
Hyderabad |  Mysore | Mysore victory

* Treaty of Madras

First Anglo-Maratha War
(1775-1782)  |  Maratha Empire |  East India Company | Maratha victory

* Treaty of Salbai

Second Anglo-Mysore War
(1780-1784)  |  Mysore |  East India Company
Maratha Empire | Status quo ante bellum

* Treaty of Mangalore

Maratha-Mysore War
(1785-1787)  |  Maratha Empire |  Mysore | Maratha victory

* Treaty of Gajendragad

Third Anglo-Mysore War
(1789-1792)  |  East India Company
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad
Travancore |  Mysore Diplomatic support: France[12] | Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory

* Treaty of Seringapatam

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
(1798-1799)  |  East India Company
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad
Travancore |  Mysore Diplomatic support: France[12] | Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory
Second Anglo-Maratha War
(1803-1805)  |  Maratha Empire |  East India Company | British victory

* Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon

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

* Treaty of Sugauli
* Cession of Nepalese territory to the British Empire

Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus
(1815)  |  East India Company |  United States | American victory

* Capture of Nautilus by American forces

Third Anglo-Maratha War
(1817-1818)  |  Maratha Empire |  East India Company | British victory

* Formal dissolution of the Maratha Empire

First Anglo-Burmese War
(1824-1826)  |  East India Company |  Burmese Empire | Company victory

* Treaty of Yandabo
* Beginning of British rule in Burma

Siege of Herat

(1837–1838)

* Part of Great Game

|  Emirate of Herat

East India Company

Supported by:

British Empire

Aimaq tribesmen

Maimana Khanate

Andkhui Khanate

Sheberghan Khanate

Sar-i Pul Khanate

Bukhara Emirate

Khiva Khanate[13]

|  Qajar Iran

Supported by:

Russian Empire

Principality of Qandahar

| Company victory

* Temporary British occupation of Kharg Island. Persian withdrawal from Herat.

First Anglo-Afghan War
(1839-1842)  |  East India Company |  Emirate of Afghanistan | Afghan victory

* British withdrawal from Afghanistan

First Opium War
(1839-1842)  |  Great Britain

* East India Company

|  Qing dynasty | Company victory

* Treaty of Nanking

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

* Dissolution of the Sikh Empire

Second Anglo-Burmese War
(1852)  |  East India Company |  Burmese Empire | Company victory

* Succession of Pagan Min by Mindon Min in Burma

Anglo-Persian War
(1856-1857)  |  United Kingdom

* East India Company

Afghanistan

|  Iran | Company victory

* Treaty of Paris (1857)
* Persian withdrawal from Herat

Indian Rebellion of 1857
(1857-1858)  |  Mughal Empire
Oudh
Forces of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi
Forces of Nana Sahib Peshwa II
Various other Rajas, Nawabs, Zamindars, Taluqdars, and chieftains  |  East India Company
United Kingdom
Nepal
Various other Rajas, Nawabs, Zamindars, Taluqdars, and chieftains  | Company victory

* Suppression of the rebellions
* End of the Mughal Empire and Company rule in India
* Establishment of Crown rule in India (British Raj)

## Modern India (c. 1857 to 1947 CE)

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### Wars involving British Indian Empire

[edit]

Main article: British Raj

Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India company came to end and the British crown began to rule over India directly as per the Government of India Act 1858. India was now a single empire comprising British India and the princely states.

British Indian defeat
British 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)
Name of conflict | India
and allies | Opponents | Outcome

|
|
|

Second Opium War
(1856-1860)  |  British Empire

* United Kingdom
* India

French Empire

|  China | Victory

* Treaties of Tientsin.

Ambela Campaign
(1863-1864)  |  India | Afghan Pashtuns

* Yousafzai tribe

| Defeat

* Failure to subdue Afghan tribal area
* Forced British withdrawal from Buner

Bhutan War
(1864-1865)  |  India | Bhutan | Victory

* Bhutanese territorial cessions to India.

British Expedition to Abyssinia
(1867-1868)  |  United Kingdom

* India

|  Ethiopian Empire | Victory

* British victory at the Battle of Magdala, Theodore II commits suicide.

Second Anglo-Afghan War
(1878-1880)  |  United Kingdom

* India

|  Afghanistan | Victory

* Treaty of Gandamak, British objectives attained.
* Afghanistan's tribal frontier areas annexed into British India.
* Afghanistan becomes a British Protectorate.

Mahdist War
(1881-1899)  |  Congo Free State
United Kingdom

* India

Egypt
Ethiopia

|  Mahdist Sudan | Victory

* Sudan became an Anglo-Egyptian condominium.

Anglo-Egyptian War
(1882)  |  United Kingdom

* India

Tewfik Pasha

|  Ahmed Orabi | Victory

* Ahmed Orabi exiled, British occupation of Egypt.

Third Anglo-Burmese War
(1885)  |  India |  Burmese Empire | Victory

* The province of Burma became part of India.

Third Black Mountain Expedition
(1888)  |  India | Yousafzai

* Hassanzai
* Akazai

| Victory

* Allaiwal village of Pokal occupied and destroyed.

Sikkim Expedition
(1888)  |  India |  Tibet | Victory

* Tibetan forces expelled from Sikkim.

Hunza-Nagar Campaign
(1891)  |  India | Hunza
Nagar | Victory

* The British gained control of Hunza and Nagar.

Chitral Expedition
(1895)  |  India | Chitralis Bajouri and Afghan Tribesmen  | Victory

* Fort of Chitral relieved.

Anglo-Zanzibar War
(1896)  |  Britain

* India

|  Zanzibar Sultanate | Victory

* End of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.
* Zanzibar ceded to the British Empire.

Tochi Expedition
(1896)  |  India | Waziri | Victory

* Rebellion put down.

Siege of Malakand
(1897)  |  India | پشتون Pashtun tribes  | Victory

* Rebellion defeated

First Mohmand Campaign
(1897-1898)  |  India | Mohmand | Victory

* Punitive expedition successful.

Tirah Campaign
(1897-1898)  |  India | Afridi
Orakzai
Tsamkani | Victory

* Negotiations for peace were then begun with the Afridis.

Boxer Rebellion
(1899-1901)  |  Empire of Japan
Russia
United Kingdom

* India

France
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy

|  Yihetuan Movement
China | Victory

* The rebellion was suppressed.
* Signing of the Boxer Protocol.
* Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing.

Second Boer War
(1899-1902)  |  United Kingdom

* British Cape Colony
* Natal Colony
* Rhodesia
* Australia
* India
* Canada
* New Zealand
* Ceylon

|  Orange Free State
South African Republic | Victory

* Treaty of Vereeniging, British sovereignty over The Orange Free State and the Transvaal.

British expedition to Tibet
(1903-1904)  |  India |  Tibet | Victory

* Treaty enforced, return to status quo.

Bambatha Rebellion
(1906)  |  United Kingdom

* India

| Zulu people | Victory

* Rebellion suppressed

Bazar Valley Campaign
(1908)  |  India | Zakka Khel clan of the Afridi | Victory

* Rebellion suppressed

World War I
(1914-1918)  |  France
United Kingdom

* Canada
* Australia
* New Zealand
* India
* South Africa

Russia
Italy
United States
Serbia
Montenegro
Belgium
Japan
Romania
Portugal
Hejaz
China
Greece
Brazil
Kingdom of Nepal

|  Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria | Victory

* End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires
* Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
* Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers
* Establishment of the League of Nations

Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War
(1918-1920)  |  White Movement
British Empire

* United Kingdom
* Canada
* Australia
* India
* South Africa

Japan
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Poland
United States
France
Romania
Serbia
Italy
China

|  Russian SFSR
Far Eastern Republic
Latvian SSR
Ukrainian SSR
Commune of Estonia
Mongolian communists | Withdrawal

* Allied withdrawal from Russia.
* Bolshevik victory over White Army.

Turkish War of Independence
(1919-1923)  |  Greece

* Pontic Rebels

France

* French Armenian Legion
* French West Africa

Armenia
United Kingdom

* India

Istanbul Government

* Kuva-yi Inzibatiye

Italy
Georgia

|  Ankara Government

* Kuva-yi Nizamiye

Kuva-yi Milliye

| Defeat[14]

* Armistice of Mudanya.
* Overthrow of the Ottoman sultanate.
* Treaty of Lausanne.
* Withdrawal of Allied forces from occupied lands of Turkey.
* Establishment of the Republic of Turkey.

Third Anglo-Afghan War
(1919)  |  United Kingdom

* India

|  Afghanistan | Armistice

* Treaty of Rawalpindi
* Afghan invasion repelled.
* Afghanistan regains control of external affairs.
* Reaffirmation of the Durand Line.

First Waziristan Campaign
(1919)  |  India |  Waziristan | Victory

* Suppression of insurrection by independent Wazir tribes.

Kuwait–Najd War
(1919-1920)  |  United Kingdom

* India

Kuwait

|  Sultanate of Nejd

* Ikhwan

| Victory

* Ikhawan retreat.

Iraqi revolt
(1920)  |  United Kingdom

* India

|  Iraqi rebels | Victory

* Faisal I of Iraq installed as the King of Iraq.

Malabar rebellion
(1921)  |  India | Mappila Muslims  | Victory

* Rebellion suppressed.

Pink's War
(1925)  |  India | Mahsud tribesmen | Victory

* Tribal leaders accept terms.

Second Mohmand Campaign
(1935)  |  India | Mohmand | Victory

* Jirga and peace.

Second Waziristan Campaign
(1936-1939)  |  India |  Waziri tribesmen | Victory

* Suppression of insurrection by independent Wazir tribes.

World War II
(1939-1945)  |  Soviet Union
United States
United Kingdom
China
France
Free France
Poland
Yugoslavia
Greece
Republican Spain
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Czechoslovakia
FTM
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
India
Ceylon
British Burma
Egypt
Sudan
Nigeria
South Africa
Philippines
Ethiopia
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Cuba
Chile
Peru
Mongolia
Tuva
Viet Minh
KLA
Kingdom of Nepal |  Germany
Japan
Italy
Vichy France
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Bohemia and Moravia
Croatia
Finland
Francoist Spain
Kingdom of Albania
German Albania
Thailand
Iraq
Azad Hind
Japanese Burma
Manchukuo
Mengjiang | Victory

* Collapse of the Third Reich
* Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires
* Creation of the United Nations
* Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers
* Beginning of the Cold War

Western Desert Campaign
(1940–1943)  |  United Kingdom

* India
* Sudan
* Southern Rhodesia
* Palestine

Australia
New Zealand
Egypt
South Africa
Free France
Poland
Greece
Czechoslovakia

|  Italy

* Libya

* * *

Supported by:
Germany

| Victory

* Allied Victory

East African Campaign
(1940–1943)  |  United Kingdom

* Australia
* Gold Coast
* India
* Kenya
* Nigeria
* Nyasaland
* Northern Rhodesia
* Southern Rhodesia
* Uganda
* Somaliland
* South Africa
* Sudan

Belgium

* Belgian Congo

Ethiopia
Free France

* French Equatorial Africa

|  Italy

* Italian East Africa

* * *

Supported by:
Germany

| Victory

* Collapse of Italian East Africa

Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

(1941)

|  Soviet Union

United Kingdom

* India

|  Iran | Victory

* Abdication of Reza Shah, Allied occupation of Iran.

Indonesian National Revolution
(1945-1947)  |  Netherlands
United Kingdom

* India

|  Indonesia |

* British Indian withdrawal after Indian independence in 1947.
* Independent India's entry into the revolution.
* The Netherlands recognises Indonesian independence.

Operation Masterdom
(1945-1946)  |  United Kingdom

* India

France
Japan

|  Viet Minh | Victory

* Start of the First Indochina War, lasting until the Geneva Conference of 1954.

## Independent India (c. 1947–present)

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See also: History of India (1947–present)

### Wars involving the Dominion and Republic of India

[edit]

In 1947, the British Indian Empire split into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Dominion 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
Name of conflict | India
and allies | Opponents | Outcome

|
|
|

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947
(1947-1948)  |  India

* Jammu and Kashmir

|  Pakistan
Furqan Force | Ceasefire

* Partitioning of Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan as Jammu and Kashmir and Azad Kashmir.

Integration of Junagadh
(1947)  |  India |  Junagadh | Victory

* Annexation of Junagadh into India

Operation Polo
(1948)  |  India |  Hyderabad | Victory

* Annexation of Hyderabad into India

Korean War
(1950–1953)  |  South Korea

* * *

United Nations
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Turkey
Australia
Philippines
New Zealand
Thailand
Ethiopia
Greece
France
Colombia
Belgium
South Africa
Netherlands
Luxembourg Supported by:

* Denmark
* Italy
* West Germany
* India
* Israel
* Norway
* Sweden
* Taiwan
* Japan
* Pakistan
* Cuba
* El Salvador
* Spain

North Korea

* * *

China
Soviet Union Supported by:

* Bulgaria
* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Hungary
* Poland
* Romania
* Mongolia

| Stalemate

* Formation of the DMZ

Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(1954)  |  India |  Portugal | Victory

* Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli into India

Congo Crisis
(1960-1964)  | 1960–63:

Republic of the Congo

* * *

Supported by:
Soviet Union (1960)
ONUC[b]

* India

| 1960–63:

Katanga
South Kasai
Supported by:
Belgium[c]

* * *

1960–62:
Stanleyville government
Supported by:
Soviet Union

| Victory

* Debellation of the State of Katanga

Annexation of Goa
(1961)  |  India |  Portugal | Victory

* Annexation of Goa, Daman and Diu into India

Sino-Indian War of 1962
(1962)  |  India |  China | Defeat
Insurgency in Northeast India
(1964-)  |  India
Bhutan (joined in 2003)
Bangladesh (joined in 1971)

Myanmar (joined in 2018)

|  ATTF

BLTF
HuM
KLNLF
KLO
NDFB
NSCN
PLA
ULFA
UNLF
and others...

| Ongoing

* Ongoing low-level insurgency
* Re-annexation of those areas of Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya held by militants.
* Bhutanese victory in Operation All Clear
* Introduction of AFSPA in seven north-eastern states, later repealed in Tripura[15] and Meghalaya.[16]

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
(1965)  |  India |  Pakistan | Stalemate

* United Nations mandated ceasefire
* India had an upper hand in the war[17]
* No permanent territorial changes (see Tashkent Declaration)

Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
(1967-)  |  India |

Full List

Communist Party of India (Maoist)

* People's Liberation Guerrilla Army

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Janashakti
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Naxalbari (until 2014)
Communist Party of United States of India
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee)
People's Liberation Army of Manipur
Purbo Banglar Communist Party
Centre of Indian Communists
Tamil Nadu Liberation Army

* * *

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New People's Army[18]

| Ongoing

* Indian victory in Operation Steeplechase
* Quelling of the insurgency on a large scale via Operation Green Hunt

Nathu La and Cho La clashes
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Bangladesh Liberation War
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& Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
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Bangladesh

* * *

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Soviet Union[19][20]

|  Pakistan

* * *

Supported by:
United States[21][22]
United Kingdom[23]
China[23]
Iran[24][25]
Ceylon[26][27][28][29]
Saudi Arabia[30]

| Victory

* Pakistani surrender in East Pakistan
* Independence of Bangladesh

The First JVP insurrection
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* United Front (since May 15)
* SLFP
* CCP (Pro-Soviet)
* LSSP

* * *

Australia
Egypt
India
Pakistan
Singapore
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
Yugoslavia
China

|  JVP

* * *

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ASBPI
CCP (Maoist) (alleged)

| Victory

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* Ceylonese government reestablishes control over entire island

Siachen conflict
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* India captures Quaid Post / Bana Top during Operation Rajiv
* Ceasefire since 2003

Operation Blue Star (1984)  |  India

* * *

Supported by:
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Soviet Union

|  Sikh militants | Victory

* Indian forces suffer high casualties

Insurgency in Punjab (1984–1995)  |  India

* * *

Supported by:
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Soviet Union

|  Sikh militants

* * *

Supported by:
Pakistan

| Victory

* Militancy defeated

Operation Flowers are Blooming
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Seychelles |  Military of Seychelles | Victory

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* Resignation of Berlouis

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India
United States
United Kingdom

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* France
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* Egypt

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IUSF

* * *

Supported by:

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* North Korea
* Cuba
* ASBPI
* PLOTE (until 1988)
* SLFP

| Victory

* Emergency conditions in South-western and Central provinces of Sri Lanka lifted
* Insurgency declined following the fall of the Eastern bloc

Sri Lankan Civil War
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Sri Lanka |  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | Withdrawal

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* Continuation of the Sri Lankan Civil War

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Maldives |  PLOTE
Maldivian rebels  | Victory

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Lashkar-e-Taiba
Jaish-e-Mohammed
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
Al-Badr
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front

* * *

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Taliban[32]
al-Qaeda[32]

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* Enforcement of AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir

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* Austria
* Bangladesh
* Bulgaria
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* Nigeria
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* India
* Kazakhstan
* Kyrgyzstan
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* Tajikistan
* Turkmenistan
* Uzbekistan

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Taliban | Victory

* United Nations \- armistice

United Nations Operation in Somalia II
(1993–1995)

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(1991-)

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|  Somali National Alliance | Inconclusive/Other Result

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Kargil War
(1999)  |  India |  Pakistan |

Victory

* India regains possession of Kargil
* No territorial changes[33]

Operation Ocean Shield
(2009–2016)  |  NATO

* United States
* United Kingdom
* Denmark
* Netherlands
* Spain
* Greece
* Germany
* Belgium
* Canada
* Italy
* Portugal
* Turkey
* Norway

Non-NATO:

* Australia
* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Malaysia
* New Zealand[34]
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Seychelles
* Singapore
* Somalia
* South Korea
* Ukraine

| Pirates |

Victory

* Number of Somali pirate attacks have been reduced dramatically.

China–India skirmishes
(2020–21)  |  India |  China |

Stalemate

* Both sides pulled back their troops from the face-off points.[35][36]

## See also

[edit]

* Afghan–Sikh Wars
* List of wars involving the Mughal Empire
* Battles involving the Maratha Empire
* List of wars involving Delhi Sultanate
* List of Anglo-Indian Wars
* Indian Army United Nations peacekeeping missions

## Notes

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1. ^ unnoficial Portuguese soldiers just helped the Zamorin.
2. ^ ONUC, the United Nations Operation in the Congo, included troops from Ghana, Tunisia, Morocco, Ethiopia, Ireland, Guinea, Sweden, Mali, Sudan, Liberia, Canada, India, Indonesia and the United Arab Republic among others.[citation needed]
3. ^ 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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