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Maurya Empire (322 BC–185 BC)[edit]
Start Finish
Name of
Conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
321 BC 320 BC
Conquest
of the
Nanda
Empire
Maurya Empire Nanda Empire
Victory
Nanda Dynastyfalls; start ofMaurya Empire.
305 BC 303 BC
Seleucid –
Mauryan
war
Maurya Empire Seleucid Empire
Victory
ChandraguptaMaurya conquer s all of theMacedonianSatrapies in theIndus RiverValley.
Gupta Empire 320 CE–600s CE[edit]
Start Finish Name of Conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
Chalukya dynasty (543 CE –753 CE)[edit]
Start Finish Name of Conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
730 730 Battle of Rajasthan Gurjara-Pratihara Umayyad Caliphate Victory
Pala Empire (750 CE – 1174 CE)[edit]
Start Finish Name of Conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
Mughal Empire (1526–1857)[edit]
Start FinishName of
Belligerents Outcome
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Conflict
Allies Opponent(s)
1525
First
Mughal –
Rajput War Mughal Empire
Rajputs
Victory
Mughalexpansion toPunjab.
1558 1578
Second
Mughal –
Rajput War Mughal Empire
Mewar
Rajputs
Victory
Further Mughalexpansion toIndia.
1615 1682 Ahom –
Mughal War Mughal Empire Ahom kingdom
Defeat
Ahom influenceextended to theManas river.
1622 1623
First
Mughal –
Persian
War
Mughal Empire Safavid Empire
Defeat
Kandahar falls toSafavid.
1649 1653
Second
Mughal –
Persian
War
Mughal Empire Safavid Empire
Defeat
Safavidsrecaptur e Kandahar .
1679 1684 Tibetan-Ladakh War
Ladakh
Mughal Empire
Tibet Zungar Empire
Victory
Mughal victorythen withdrewafter signing atreaty with theLadakhis.
With the help ofreinforcementsfrom the ZungarEmpire, theTibetans werevictorious inanother attackedin 1684.
Treaty ofTingmosgang.
1681 1707Deccan
Wars Mughal Empire Maratha Empire
Defeat
Permanent endto Mughalexpansion inDeccan/Peninsular India.
1686 1690 Child's War Mughal Empire East India Company
Victory
The English wereobliged toconclude peacewith the MughalEmperor Aurangzeb in 1689.
1738 1739
Third
Mughal –
Persian
War
Mughal Empire Afsharid dynasty
Defeat
Takeoverof Delhi.
1739February 13,
1739
Battle of
Karnal Persian Afsharid Empire Defeat
1741 Siege ofTrichinopoly
Mughal Empire
Nawab of the Carnatic
Maratha Empire
Defeat
Maratha takeoverof Tiruchirappalli.
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1741 1748Expeditions
in Bengal
Mughal Empire
Nawab of Bengal
Maratha Empire
Defeat
Nawab of Bengalceded territory upto the riverSuvarnarekha tothe Marathas.
1754 1763Seven
Years' 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
Defeat
Status quoante in Europe.Transfer ofcolonialpossessionsbetween GreatBritain, France,and Spain.
Francecedes NewFrance (excluding Louisiana), toGreat Britain andrecognizesBritishsupremacyin Bengal.
Spain cedes
Florida to GreatBritain.
France cedesLouisiana toSpain.
Great Britainreturns Cuba andManilla(PhilippineIslands) to Spain.
1857 1858
Indian
Rebellion of
1857
Mughal Empire
Maratha Empire Company Raj
Defeat
Rebellionssuppressed,formation ofthe British Raj.
Maratha Empire (1674–
1818)[edit]
Start FinishName of
Conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
1681 1707Deccan
Wars Maratha Empire Mughal Empire
Victory
Permanent end to Mughal
expansion inDeccan/Peninsula r India.
1739Battle of
Vasai Maratha Empire Portuguese Empire
Victory
1741Siege of
Trichinopoly Maratha Empire
Mughal Empire
Nawab of the Carnatic
Victory
Maratha takeoverof Tiruchirappalli.
1741 1748Expeditions
in Bengal Maratha Empire
Mughal Empire
Nawab of Bengal
Victory
Nawab of Bengal cededterritory up to the riverSuvarnarekha to theMarathas.
1757 1758Conquest ofNorth-West
India
Maratha Empire Durrani Empire Victory
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1775 1782
First
Anglo-
Maratha
War
Company rule in India Maratha Empire
Defeat
Treaty of Salbai.
1779 1784
Second
Anglo-
Mysore
War
Great Britain
Company rule in India
Hanover
Mysore
France
Dutch Republic
Defeat
Treaty ofMangalore.
1789 1792
Third
Anglo-
Mysore
War
Company rule in India
Maratha Empire
Hyderabad
Travancore
Mysore
Victory
Treaty ofSeringapatam.
1798 1799
Fourth
Anglo-
Mysore
War
Company rule in India Mysore
Victory
Defeat ofMysore.
1803 1805
Second
Anglo-
Maratha
War
Company rule in India Maratha Empire
Victory
Treaty of Surji- Anjangaon.
1814 1816
Anglo-
Nepalese
War
Company rule in India
Garhwal Kingdom
Patiala State Nepal
Victory
Treaty of Sugauli, territory underNepal's controlceded totheBritishEmpire.
1817 1818
Third
Anglo-
Maratha
War
Company rule in India Maratha Empire
Victory
Formal end ofthe Maratha
Empire.
1824 1826
First
Anglo-
Burmese
War
Company rule in India Burmese Empire
Victory
Treaty ofYandabo,Beginningof British rule inBurma.
1839 1842
First
Anglo-
Afghan
War
Company rule in India Afghanistan
Defeat
British withdrawalfrom Afghanistan.
1839 1842
First
Opium
War
Great Britain
Company rule in India
China
Victory
Treaty ofNanking.
1845 1846
First
Anglo-
Sikh War
Company rule in India
Patiala Sikh Empire Victory
1848 1849
Second
Anglo-
Sikh War Company rule in India Sikh Empire
Victory
End of the SikhEmpire.
1852
Second
Anglo-
Burmese
War
Company rule in India Burmese Empire
Victory
MindonMin r eplaced Pagan Min on theBurmese throne.
1856 1857 Anglo-
PersianUnited Kingdom Iran
Victory
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War
Company rule in India
Afghanistan
Treaty of Paris,Persianwithdrawalfrom Herat.
1857 1858
Indian
Rebellion
of 1857
Company rule in India
British Army
Mughal Empire
Maratha Empire
Victory
Rebellionssuppressed,formation ofthe British Raj.
British India (1858–1947)[edit]
Start FinishName of
Conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
1856 1860Second
Opium War
United Kingdom
India
France
China
Victory
Treaties of Tientsin.
1864 1865 Bhutan War
United Kingdom
India
Bhutan
Victory
Bhutanese territorialcessions to India.
1878 1880
Second
Anglo-Afghan
War
United Kingdom
India
Afghanistan
Victory
Treaty of Gandamak, Britishobjectives attained.
1881 1899 Mahdist War
United Kingdom
India
Egypt
Ethiopia
Mahdist Sudan
Victory
Sudan became an Anglo-Egyptian condominium.
1882 Anglo-
Egyptian War
United Kingdom
India
Tewfik Pasha
Ahmed Orabi
Victory
Ahmed Orabi exiled, Britishoccupation of Egypt.
1885Third Anglo-
Burmese War
United Kingdom
India
Burmese Empire
Victory
The province of Burmabecame part of the BritishRaj.
1888Sikkim
Expedition India Tibet
Victory
Tibetan forces expelledfrom Sikkim.
1891Hunza-Nagar
Campaign
India Hunza
Nagar
Victory
The British gained controlof Hunza and Nagar .
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1899 1901
Boxer
Rebellion
Empire of Japan
Russia
United Kingdom
India
France
United States
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Yihetuan Movement
China
Victory
The rebellion wassuppressed.
Signing of the BoxerProtocol.
Provisions for foreign troopsto be stationed in Beijing.
1897 1898
First
Mohmand
Campaign
India Mohmands
Victory
Punitiveexpedition successful.
1899 1902Second Boer
War
United Kingdom
British Cape Colony
Natal Colony
Rhodesia
Australia
India
Canada
New Zealand
British Ceylon
Orange Free State
South African Republic
Victory
Treaty of Vereeniging,British sovereignty over TheOrange Free State and theTransvaal.
1903 1904
British
expedition to
Tibet
India Tibet
Victory
Treaty enforced, returnto status quo.
1914 1918 World War I
France
United Kingdom
South Africa
Australia
Canada
India
Newfoundland
New Zealand
Russian Empire
Italy
United States
Serbia
Japan
Belgium
Greece
Romania
Portugal
Brazil
Germany
DSWA
DOA
Kamerun
DNG
Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
Bulgaria
South African Republic
Victory
End ofthe German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarianempires
Formation of new countriesin Europe and the MiddleEast
Transfer of Germancolonies and regions of theformer Ottoman Empire toother powers
Establishment of the Leagueof Nations.
1919 1923
Turkish War
of
Independence
Greece
Pontic Rebels
Ankara Government
Kuva-yi Milliye
Defeat[1]
Overthrow of the OttomanSultanate.
Treaty of Lausanne.
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France
French West Africa
Armenia
United Kingdom
India
Georgia
Establishment ofthe Republic of Turkey.
1919Third Anglo-
Afghan War
United Kingdom
India
Afghanistan
No clear victor
Treaty of Rawalpindi, Afghan independencerecognized.
1919
First
Waziristan
Campaign
India Waziristan
Victory
Suppression of insurrectionby independent Wazir tribes.
1920 Iraqi revolt
United Kingdom
India
Iraqi rebels
Victory
Faisal I of Iraq installed asthe King of Iraq.
1925 Pink's War India Mahsud tribesmen
Victory
Tribal leaders accept terms.
1935
Second
Mohmand
Campaign
India Mohmands
Victory
Jirga and peace.
1936 1939
Second
Waziristan
Campaign
India Waziri tribesmen
Victory
Suppression of insurrectionby independent Wazir tribes.
1939 1945 World War II
Soviet Union
United States
Commonwealth of the Philippines
United Kingdom
India
Republic of China
South Africa
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
France
Poland
Yugoslavia
Greece
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Germany
Vichy France
Italy
Japan
Manchukuo
Mengjiang
Wang Jingwei regime
Azad Hind
Thailand
Empire of Vietnam
State of Burma
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Victory
Collapse of the GermanReich
Creation of the UnitedNations
Emergence of the UnitedStates and the SovietUnion assuperpowers
Beginning of the Cold War
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Czechoslovakia
1945 1947
Indonesian
National
Revolution
Netherlands
United Kingdom
India
Indonesia
Withdrawal
Indian withdrawal afterindependence in 1947.
The Netherlands r ecognisesIndonesian independence.
1945 1946Operation
Masterdom
United Kingdom
India
France
Japan
Viet Minh
Withdrawal
Start of the First IndochinaWar , lasting untilthe Geneva Conference of1954.
India (1947–Present)[edit]
Start FinishName of
Conflict
Belligerents
Outcome
Allies Opponent(s)
1947 1948
First Indo-
Pakistani
War
India
Jammu and Kashmir
Pakistan
Furqan Force
Ceasefire
Partitioning ofJammu andKashmir.
1948
Operation
Polo India Hyderabad
Victory
State ofHyderabadannexed tothe Union ofIndia.
1961Liberation
of Goa India
Portugal
Portuguese India
Victory
Incorporationof Goa intoIndia.
1962
Sino-
Indian
War India China
Defeat
Return to statusquo ante bellum.
1965
Second
Indo-
Pakistani
War
India Pakistan
Ceasefire
Return to statusquo ante bellum.
1971
Third
Indo-
Pakistani
War
India
Bangladesh Pakistan
Victory
Pakistanisurrender ,independenceof Bangladesh.
1984Operation
Blue Star India Sikh militants
Victory
Militants clearedoutof HarmandirSahib.
1984Operation
Meghdoot India Pakistan Victory
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Siachen Glaciercomes underIndian control.
1987 1990Sri Lankan
Civil War
India
Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers
Withdrawal
Continued civilwar in SriLanka.
1988Operation
Cactus
India
Maldives
PLOTE
Maldivian rebels
Victory
Governmentrule restoredin Maldives.
1999 Kargil War India Pakistan
Victory
Pakistanimilitary retreatfrom Kargil.[2]