Prominent Wars in India

1st Battle of Tarain(1191) — Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Mohd. Ghori.
2nd Battle of Tarain(1192) — Md. Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan
Chandawar Battle (1194) — Mohd. Ghori defeated Jai Chand.
1st Battle of Panipat (1526) — Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi.
Battle of Khanua (1527) — Babur defeated Rana Sanga.
Battle of Chanderi (1528) — Babur defeated Medini Ray and other.
Battle of Ghaghra (1529) — Babur defeated the Afghans.
Battle of Chausa (1539) — Shershah defeated Humayun.
Battle of Kannauj or Bilgram (1540) — Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Delhi.
2nd Battle of Panipat (1556) — Akbar defeated Hemu.
Battle of Talicota (1565) — Four Muslim sultans of south India joined hands and defeated Vijay Nagar. It is known as Bannihati battle.
Battle of Haldi Ghati (1576) — Akbar defeated Rana Pratap.
Battle of Asir Garh (1601) — Akbar’s last war.
Battle of Plassey (1757) — Lord Clive defeated Sirajuddaula.
Battle of Wandiwash (1760) — The English defeated the French in South India.
3rd Battle of Panipat (1761) — Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas.
Battle of Buxar (1764) — The English defeated the combined armies of Mirqasim, Shujauddaula and Shah Alam.
1st Battle of Mysore (1767-69) — The English fought with Hyder Ali and Nizam. Nizam left and the war remained undecisive.
The 1st Anglo-Maratha War (1775-82) — Ended in a drawn struggle.
2nd Battle of Mysore (1780-84) — This war continued for 4 years between the English and Hyder Ali who died during the war and was succeeded by his son Tipu Sultan.
3rd Battle of Mysore (1790-92) — The English defeated Tipu Sultan.
4th Battle of Mysore (1799) — Tipu Sultan died while fighting with English.
2nd Anglo-Maratha War (1802-03) — The British defeated Scindhia and Bhosle.
3rd Anglo-Maratha War (1804-05) — Holkar was subjugated by the British.
4th Anglo-Maratha War (1817-18) — Marathas were routed.
1st Anglo-Sikh War (1845-46) — Half of the Punjab state was annexed by the British.
2nd Anglo-Sikh War (1849) — British occupied the Sikh State.