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.
Ancient India
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Avanti-Magadhan Wars (510 BCE–400 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty Shishunaga dynasty |
Pradyota dynasty | Magadha Victory
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Magadha-Vajji war (484 BCE–468 BCE) |
Haryanka dynasty | Vajji Confederacy led by the Licchavis | Magadha Victory
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Indian campaign of Alexander the Great (327 BCE–325 BCE) |
Macedonian Empire | Various Indian kingdoms | *Macedonia conquers much of the Indus Valley, yet has to stop the advance into the Ganges Plain. |
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 | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Umayyad campaigns in India (712–740) |
Gurjara-Pratihara Chalukya dynasty Karkota Empire |
Umayyad Caliphate | Indian Victory
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Chalukya–Chola wars (992–1120) |
Chola Empire | Western Chalukya Empire | Chola Victory |
Chola conquest of Anuradhapura (993–1017) |
Chola Empire | Anuradhapura Kingdom | Chola Victory |
Chola invasion of Srivijaya (1025) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
Chola invasion of Kadaram (1068) |
Chola Empire | Srivijaya | Chola Victory |
Mughal Empire (1526–1857)
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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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 kingdom | Ahom victory
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Mughal–Safavid War (1622–23) (1622–1623) |
Mughal Empire | Safavid Empire | Persian victory
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Mughal–Safavid War (1649–53) (1649–1653) |
Mughal Empire | Safavid 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 Empire | Maratha victory
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Child's War (1686–1690) |
Mughal Empire | East India Company | Mughal victory
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Nadir Shah's invasion of India (1738–1739) |
Mughal Empire | Afsharid dynasty | Persian victory
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Battle of Karnal (1739–February 13, 1739) |
Mughal Empire | Persian Afsharid Empire | Persian victory |
Siege of Trichinopoly (1741) (1741) |
Mughal Empire | Maratha Empire | Maratha victory
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Expeditions in Bengal (1741–1748) |
Mughal Empire | Maratha Empire | Maratha victory
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Seven Years' War (1754–1763) |
France Austria |
Prussia Great Britain |
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 Maratha Empire |
Company Raj | British victory
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Maratha Empire (1674–1818, 1857)
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.
Azad Hind (1943-1945)
Azad Hind was the provisional government put in place, in the British Raj by Japan during World War II.
Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Azad Hind intervention in World War II (1944–1945) |
Germany Japan Italy Vichy France Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Bohemia and Moravia Croatia Finland Francoist Spain Kingdom of Albania German Albania Thailand Iraq Azad Hind Japanese Burma Manchukuo Mengjiang |
Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Free France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Republican Spain Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia FTM Canada Australia New Zealand India Ceylon British Burma Egypt Sudan Nigeria South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Chile Peru Mongolia Tuva Viet Minh KLA Gorkha Empire |
Defeat |
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 | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
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Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947–1948) |
India | Pakistan Furqan Force |
Ceasefire
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Integration of Junagadh (1947) |
India | Junagadh | Victory
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Operation Polo (1948) |
India | Hyderabad | 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
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
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- Haskin 2005, pp. 24–5.
- Nzongola-Ntalaja 2007, p. 101.
- Nugent 2004, p. 97.
- Prabhash K Dutta (22 June 2020). "How China captured Aksai Chin". India Today. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
through 1950s, China captured Aksai Chin and consolidated its position in 1962 war.
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- 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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