| 1 | First Battle of Tarain | 1191 | Prithiviraj Chauhan Vs Mohammed Ghori | Prithviraj won the battle. Tarain place is near Thanesar in present-day Haryana. These 2 battles are also known as the Battles of Taraori. |
| 2. | Second Battle of Tarain | 1192 | Prithiviraj Chauhan Vs Mohammed Ghori | Mohammed Ghori returned for revenge and he won the battle. He entered India through a Khyber pass. |
| 3. | Battle of chandawar | 1194 | Jaichandra Vs Mohammed Ghori | Ghori defeated Jaichandra, the king of Kanauj. The battle was fought at Chandwar (modern Firozabad), on the Yamuna River close to Agra. |
| 4. | First Battle of Panipat | 1526, 21 th April | Babur Vs Ibrahim Lodi | Babur (which means” lion”) defeated and killed Ibrahim Lodi and started the rule Mughals in India. He was the first emperor of the Mughal dynasty. |
| | | | Panipat is present in Haryana. |
| | | | Ibrahim Lodi, was the last king in the Lodi dynasty. The death of Ibrahim Lodi ended the Delhi Sultanate (which means Muslim Kingdoms). |
| 5. | Battle of Khanwa | 1527, 17 th March | Babur Vs Rajput forces led by Rana sanga. | Khanwa is in the Bharatpur District of Rajasthan. |
| | | | Babur defeated Rajput forces. |
| 6. | Battle of Chanderi | 1528, January | Babur Vs Medini Rai Khangar | Babur won this battle and chanderi came under the Mughal kingdom. |
| | | | Chanderi is in Madhya Pradesh. |
| | | | Medini Rai was the ruler of Malwa. |
| 7. | Battle of Ghaghra | 1529, May 6 | Babur Vs Eastern Afghans with Sultanate of Bengal. | Ghaghra is a river near Bihar. |
| | | | Babur’s decisive victory. |
| | | | Eastern Afghan Confederates under Sultan Mahmud Lodi and Sultanate of Bengal under Sultan Nusrat Shah. |
| 8. | Battle of chausa | 1539, 26th June | Humayun vs sher shah suri | Chausa is in Bihar. |
| | | | Humayun was a Mughal emporer and sher shah was founder of sur emporer. |
| | | | Sher Shah was victorious and crowned himself Farid al-Din Sher Shah. |
| 9. | Battle of kanauj | 1540, 17th May | Humayun vs sher shah suri | Kanauj is in Uttar Pradesh. |
| | | | Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun . |
| 10 | Second Battle of Panipat | 1556, 5th November | Akbar Vs Hemu | Hemu conquered Delhi by defeating the Mughals led by Tardi Beg Khan at the Battle of Delhi. Akbar and his guardian, Bairam Khan, immediately marched to Delhi to reclaim the city. The wounded Hemu was captured and beheaded by Bairamkhan. |
| 11 | First Battle of Carnatic war. | 1746- 1748 | Santha Saheb(French) Vs Nawab of arcot(British).(Both are son in law of Hyderabad Nizam) | Santha sahib was supported by the French East India Company and Arcot Nawab was supported by British east India company. Finally British east India company stood their legs firmly in south india. |
| 12 | Second Battle of Carnatic war. | 1749 – 1754 | Nazeer jung (French)(son of Hyderabad Nizam)Vs Musafer Jung(British) (Grandson of Hyderabad nizam ul-mulk ) | Santha sahib and Musafer Jung were supported by the French East India Company and Nazeer jung and Arcot Nawab were supported by the British east India company. 1751 Robert clive, Head of the British east India company captured Arcot. Finally, Pondicherry Pact was signed in 1754 to end the war. |
| 13 | Third Battle of Carnatic war. | 1758-1763 | British East India Company Vs French East India Company | It was considered as a continuation of seven years of the Europe war. |
| | | | Finally, British Won the battle and captured Pondicherry and Gingee Fort. In 1763, the Paris pact was signed to end the 7year’s Europe war and the third Carnatic war. |
| 14 | Battle of Plassey | 1757, 23rd June | Robert Clive (British East India Company) Vs Sirajuddaulah (Nawab of Bengal) | British East India Company Won the Battle and annexed Bengal to the British East India Company. This battle won was considered as the first step of brutish governance in India. |
| 15 | Battle of Buxar | 1764, 22nd October | Hector Munro (British East India Company) Vs Mir Qasim (Nawab of Bengal) and Mughal emperor Shah Allam. | British East India Company won the Battle and strongly fixed its footprint in Indian governance. |
