List of wars involving India
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of India and its predecessor states.
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It is a list of wars and conflicts that were fought in the historic Indian subcontinent.
Maurya Empire (322 BCE–185 BCE)
Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Opponent(s) | ||
Conquest of the Nanda Empire (321 BCE–320 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Nanda Empire | Maurya victory
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Seleucid–Mauryan war (305 BCE–303 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Seleucid Empire | Maurya victory
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Kalinga War (262 BCE–261 BCE) |
Maurya Empire | Kalinga | Maurya victory
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Medieval India
Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Opponent(s) | ||
Umayyad campaigns in India (712 - 740) |
Gurjara-Pratihara | Umayyad Caliphate | Victory |
Chola invasion of Srivijaya (1025) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Victory |
Mughal Empire (1526–1857)
Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Opponent(s) | ||
Mughal-Rajput Wars (1525–1750) |
Mughal Empire | Rajputs | Mughal victory
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First Battle of Panipat (1526) |
Mughal Empire | Delhi Sultanate | Mughal victory
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Battle of Ghaghra (1529) |
Mughal Empire | Sultanate of Bengal | Mughal victory
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Ahom–Mughal conflicts (1615–1682) |
Mughal Empire | Ahom victory
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Mughal–Safavid War (1622–23) (1622–1623) |
Mughal Empire | Persian victory
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Mughal–Safavid War (1649–53) (1649–1653) |
Mughal Empire | Persian victory
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Mughal conquest of Chittagong (1665–1666) |
Mughal Empire | Kingdom of Mrauk U | Mughal naval and military victory
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Tibet-Ladakh-Mughal war of 1679-1684 (1679–1684) |
Ladakh Mughal Empire |
Tibet Zungar Empire |
Mughal military victory
Tibetan victory in another attack in 1684 with the assistance of reinforcements from the Zungar Empire
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Deccan Wars (1681–1707) |
Mughal Empire | Maratha victory
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Child's War (1686–1690) |
Mughal Empire | Mughal victory
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Nadir Shah's invasion of India (1738–1739) |
Mughal Empire | Persian victory
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Battle of Karnal (1739–February 13, 1739) |
Mughal Empire | Persian victory | |
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741) (1741) |
Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Expeditions in Bengal (1741–1748) |
Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Seven Years' War (1754–1763) |
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Status quo ante in Europe, but transfer of colonial possessions between Britain, France and Spain
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858) |
Mughal Empire |
British victory
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Maratha Empire (1674–1818, 1857)
Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Opponent(s) | ||
Deccan Wars (1681–1707) |
Mughal Empire | Maratha victory
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Battle of Vasai (1739) |
Maratha victory | ||
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741) (1741) |
Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Expeditions in Bengal (1741–1748) |
Mughal Empire
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Maratha victory
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Maratha conquest of North-west India (1757–1758) |
Maratha victory | ||
First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) |
Mysore victory | ||
First Anglo-Maratha War (1775–1782) |
Maratha victory | ||
Maratha-Mysore War (1785–1787) |
Maratha victory
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Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792) |
Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory | ||
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) |
Maratha-Hyderabad-British victory
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Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) |
British victory | ||
Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) |
British victory
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Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857–1858) |
Mughal Empire |
British victory
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Company rule in India (1757–1858)
British India (1858–1947)
Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India company came to end and the British crown now began to rule over India directly as per the Government of India Act 1858 through the British Raj. India was now a single empire comprising British India and the Princely states.
Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Second Opium War (1856–1860) |
Victory
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Ambela Campaign (1863–1864) |
Afghan Pashtuns Yusufzai tribes |
Victory
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Bhutan War (1864–1865) |
Victory
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British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) |
Victory
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Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) |
Victory
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Mahdist War (1881–1899) |
Victory
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Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) |
Victory
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Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) |
Victory
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Third Black Mountain Expedition (1888) |
Hassanzai and Akazai tribes. | Victory
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Sikkim Expedition (1888) |
Victory
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Hunza-Nagar Campaign (1891) |
Hunza Nagar |
Victory | |
Chitral Expedition (1895) |
Chitralis Bajouri and Afghan Tribesmen | Victory
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Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) |
Victory
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Tochi Expedition (1896) |
Waziris | Victory
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Siege of Malakand (1897) |
پشتون Pashtun tribes | Victory
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First Mohmand Campaign (1897–1898) |
Mohmands | Victory
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Tirah Campaign (1897–1898) |
Afridis Orakzais Chamkanis |
Victory
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Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
Victory
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Second Boer War (1899–1902) |
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Victory
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British expedition to Tibet (1903–1904) |
Victory
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Bambatha Rebellion (1906) |
Zulu people | Victory
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Bazar Valley Campaign (1908) |
Zakka Khel clan of the Afridi | Victory
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World War I (1914–1918) |
Victory
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Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920) |
Withdrawal
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Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) |
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Defeat[1]
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Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) |
Armistice
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First Waziristan Campaign (1919) |
Victory
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Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920) |
Victory
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Iraqi revolt (1920) |
Victory
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Malabar rebellion (1921) |
Mappila Muslims | Victory
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Pink's War (1925) |
Mahsud tribesmen | Victory
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Second Mohmand Campaign (1935) |
Mohmands | Victory
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Second Waziristan Campaign (1936–1939) |
Victory
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World War II (1939–1945) |
Victory
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Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1947) |
Withdrawal
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Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
Victory
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Dominion of India (1947–1950)
Following Indian independence, merger of the princely states remained a major question. The partition resulted in the creation of Pakistan.
Name of Conflict | Belligerents | Outcome | |
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Allies | Opponent(s) | ||
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947–1948) |
Ceasefire
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Integration of Junagadh (1947) |
Victory
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Operation Polo (1948) |
Victory
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Republic of India (1950–present)
India has fought many wars and minor conflicts during its period as a republic.
See also
- Conflicts/Incidents involving the Republic of India and the Indian military
- Operation Woodrose
- 1987 Sino-Indian skirmish
- Atlantique incident
- 2001–02 India–Pakistan standoff
- Operation Madad
- Operation Sea Waves
- Operation Sukoon
- Piracy in Somalia
- 2008 Indo-Pakistani standoff
- Operation Safe Homecoming
- 2011 India–Pakistan border shooting
- 2013 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- 2013 Daulat Beg Oldi Incident
- Operation Rahat
- Operation Surya Hope
- 2014 India–Pakistan border skirmishes
- Operation Raahat
- Operation Maitri
- 2015 Indian counter-insurgency operation in Myanmar
- 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation
- 2019 India–Pakistan standoff
- India and the Republic of India
- India
- British India
- Sikh Empire
- Maratha Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Delhi Sultanate
- Mauryan Empire
- Vijayanagar Empire
- Dominion of India
- Company Raj
- Partition of India
- Foreign relations of India
- History of India
- History of the Republic of India
- Politics of India
Notes
- 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.[2]
- The secession of Katanga and South Kasai was also supported by South Africa, France and the neighbouring Central African Federation.[3] However, it was never officially recognised by any other state.[4]
References
- Chester Neal Tate, Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities, Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, p. 205.
- Haskin 2005, pp. 24–5.
- Nzongola-Ntalaja 2007, p. 101.
- Nugent 2004, p. 97.
- http://www.asianage.com/debate/age-debate-after-tripura-it-time-revoke-afspa-jammu-and-kashmir-922
- https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/newsindia/afspa-removed-from-meghalaya-eight-police-stations-in-arunachal-pradesh/ar-AAwdEbV?li=AAaeRVN&ocid=spartandhp
- Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. Atimes.com (2010-04-22). Retrieved on 2014-05-21.
- Ganguly, Sumit; Paul Kapur (7 August 2012). India, Pakistan, and the Bomb: Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia. Columbia University Press. pp. 27–28. ISBN 978-0-231-14375-2.
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- "Pakistani opposition presses for Sharif's resignation". Wsws.org. 7 August 1999. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
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