The following blog contains the list of all the Important wars and battles fought in Medieval India and during British Rule in India for SSC Exams.
This will list be an important addition to your History notes for General Awareness section of the syllabus of SSC Exams – both SSC CGL 2019-20 and SSC CPO.
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History notes for SSC Exams: Battles/Wars fought in Medieval and British India
| Battle/War | Year | Fought Between |
| First Battle of Tarain | 1191 | Prithviraj Chauhan and Mahmud Ghuri |
| Second Battle of Tarain | 1192 | Prithviraj Chauhan and Mahmud Ghuri |
| Battle of Chandawar | 1194 | Ghurid Empire and Gahadavala Dynasty |
| Portuguese conquest of Goa | 1510 | Portuguese Empire and Bijapur Sultanate |
| Battle of Panipat | 21 April 1526 | Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi |
| Battle of Khanwa | 17 March 1527 | Babur and Rana Sanga |
| Battle of Chanderi | 1528 | Babur and Medini Rai |
| Battle of Ghaghra | 1529 | Babur and Afghans |
| Battle of Chausal | 1539 | Sher Shah and Mughal emperor Humayun |
| Battle of Kanauj | 1540 | Sher Shah Suri and Mughal emperor Humayun |
| Battle of Panipat | 1556 | Bairam Khan (For Akbar) and Hem Chandra Vikramaditya (Hemu) |
| Battle of Talikota | 1565 | Unified Army of the five Deccan Sultanates and Vijayanagara Army |
| Battle of Haldighati | 1576 | Akbar and Rana of Mewar Pratap |
| Battle of Pratapgad | 1659 | Maratha Empire and Adilshahi Dynasty |
| Battle of Kolhapur | 1659 | Maratha Empire and Adilshahi Dynasty |
| Battle of Pavan Khind | 1660 | Maratha Empire and Adilshahi Dynasty |
| Battle of Surat | 1664 | Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire |
| Battle of Purandar | 1665 | Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire |
| Battle of Sinhagad | 1670 | Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire |
| Battle of Colachel | 1741 | Kingdom of Travancore and Dutch East India Company |
| Siege of Trichinopoly | 1741 | Maratha Empire and the Mughal Empire |
| Battle of Madras | 1746 | French East India Company and British East India Company |
| Siege of Arcot | 1751 | British East India Company and Nawab of Arcot, French East India Company |
| Second Carnatic War | 1752 | Chanda Sahib, Muzaffar Jung, French and Nawab of Ambur |
| Battle of Seringham | 1753 | British East India Company and French East India Company troops and Chanda Sahib |
| Battle of Plassey | 1757 | Robert Clive and Siraj Ud-Daulah |
| Third Battle of Panipat | 1761 | Ahmad Shah Abdali and Marathas |
| Battle of Wandiwash | 1761 | British East India Company and French East India Company |
| Battle of Buxar | 1764 | Hector Munro and Combined armies of Nawab Mir Qasim(Bengal), Nawab Shuja-ud-daulah (Awadh)& Mughal emperor Shah Alam |
| First Anglo-Mysore War | 1766–1769 | British and Mysore (Haider Ali) |
| First Anglo-Maratha War | 1775-1782 | British and Marathas |
| Second Anglo-Mysore War | 1780–1784 | British and Mysore (Haider Ali) |
| Third Anglo-Mysore War | 1789–1792 | British and Mysore (Tipu Sultan) |
| Fourth Anglo-Mysore War | 1798–1799 | British and Mysore (Tipu Sultan) |
| Second Anglo-Maratha War | 1803–1805 | British and Marathas |
| Anglo-Gorkha war | 1814–1816 | British and Gorkhas |
| Third Anglo-Maratha War | 1817–1818 | British and Marathas |
| First Anglo-Sikh War | 1845-1846 | British and Sikhs |
| Second Anglo-Sikh War | 1848-1849 | British and Sikhs |
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This ends of the list of Important Battles/Wars fought in Medieval and British India for SSC Exams. We hope the information provided above would prove helpful in your SSC Exams – both SSC CGL and SSC CPO 2020.
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