| Name of the Battle |
Year |
Importance |
| 1st battle of Panipat |
1526 |
Babar defeated Ibrahim Lodi |
| 1st battle of Tarain |
1191 |
Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammed Ghori |
| 2nd battle of Panipat |
1556 |
Akbar defeated Hemu |
| 2nd battle of Tarain |
1192 |
Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan |
| 3rd battle of Panipat |
1761 |
Ahmed Shah Abdali defeated the Marathas |
| Battle of Buxar |
1764 |
British defeated the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-duala (Nawab of Oudh) and Shah Alam II(Mughal emperor). This completed the work began by the battle of Plassey. |
| Battle of Chausa |
1539 |
Sher Shah defeated Humayun thus breaking the Mughal rule in India. |
| Battle of Ghaghra |
1529 |
Babur defeated Mahmud Lodi and Sultan Nusrat Shah thus establishing Mughal rule in India. |
| Battle of Haldighati |
1576 |
Undecisive battle between Raja Man Singh of Mughal Army and Rana Pratap of Mewar. |
| Battle of Kanauj or Billgram |
1540 |
Sher Shah defeated Humayun for the second time. |
| Battle of Karnal |
1739 |
Nadir Shah defeated Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah. |
| Battle of Khanwa |
1527 |
Babur defeated Rana Sunga further strengthening his foothold in India. |
| Battle of Plassey |
1757 |
British defeated Siraj-ud-duala with the help of Mir Zafar. This battle laid the foundation of British empire in India. |
| Battle of Samugarh |
1658 |
Aurangzeb defeated Dara Shikoh. |
| Battle of Talikota |
1565 |
Deccan Sultanates defeated the glorious Vijayanagar empire |
| Battle of Wandiwash |
1760 |
British decisively defeated the French in India. The Seven years war (1756 - 1763) between the British and the French in Europe ran parallel to this war. 3 Carnatic wars were fought between the British and the French and this battle was a part of the 3rd Carnatic War. |
