Which were the most important battles in India's history?
Year | Place | Winner | Loser |
| | | . |
712 | Raor | Muhammad bin Qasim | Dahir |
Result: Arabs won Sindh |
| | | . |
1001 | Peshawar | Mahmud of Ghazni | Jayapala |
Result: Turks won Punjab |
| | | . |
1192 | Tarain | Muhammad of Ghor | Prithviraj Chauhan |
Result: Turks won north India |
| | | . |
1527 | Khanua | Babur | Rana Sanga |
Result: Mughals won north India |
| | | . |
1556 | Panipat | Akbar | Hemu |
Result: Mughals retook north India |
| | | . |
1565 | Talikote | Bahmani sultanates | Vijayanagara Empire |
Result: Last great Hindu kingdom was destroyed |
| | | . |
1746 | Madras | French | Anwar-ud-din (Carnatic) |
Result: Showed Europe's military superiority over India |
| | | . |
1757 | Plassey | East India Company | Siraj-ud-daula (Bengal) |
Result: British won east India |
| | | . |
1761 | Panipat | Ahmed Shah Abdali | Marathas |
Result: Maratha power was shattered |
| | | . |
1764 | Buxar | East India Company | Mir Qasim (Bengal) |
| | | Shuja-ud-daula (Awadh) |
| | | Shah Alam (Delhi) |
Result: British became the most powerful force in India |
No comments:
Post a Comment