History-One Liners

The major wars fought on Indian territory-A List

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1-Kalinga War- Between Ashoka and Rani Padmavati- 262 BCE

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2-Conquest of the Nanda Empire- Between Chandragupta Maurya and Dhana Nanda- 321-320 BCE

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3-Battle of Vatapi- Between the Pallavas and Chalukyas- 642 CE

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4-Battle of Peshawar- Mahmud of Ghazni defeated Jayapala- 1000 CE

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5-First Battle of Tarain- Prithvi Raj Chauhan defeated Muhammad Ghori- 1191 CE

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6-Second Battle of Tarain- Muhammad Ghori defeated Prithvi Raj Chauhan- 1192 CE

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7-Huna Invasion- Between Huna and Gupta empire– 458 CE

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8-Battle of Chanderi- Babur defeated Medini Rai of Chanderi- 1528 CE

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9-Battle of Chausa- Shershah Suri defeated Mughal Emperor Humayun- 1539 CE

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10-Battle of Ghagra or Gogara– Babur defeated Afghans- 1529 CE

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11-Battle of Khanwa– Mughal Emperor Babur defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar- 1527 CE

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12-Battle of Chandawar- Muhammad Ghori defeated Jaichandra- 1194 CE

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13-First Battle of Panipat- Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi- 1526 CE

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14-Second Battle of Panipat- Akbar defeated Hemu- 1556 CE

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15-Battle of Haldighati- Mughal Emperor’s forces led by Man Singh I defeated Maharana Pratap- 1576 CE

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16-Battle of Samugarh- Between Dara Shikoh (the eldest son of Shah Jahan) and his two younger brothers Aurangzeb and Murad Baksh (third and fourth sons of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan)- 1658 CE

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17-Battle of Purandar- Mughal forces defeated Shivaji- 1665 CE

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18-Battle of Bhupalgarh- Mughal forces defeated Shivaji- 1679 CE

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19-Battle of Sinhagad- Between Mughal Empire and Maratha Empire- 1670 CE

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20-Battle of Kolhapur- Shivaji defeated Adilshahi forces- 1659 CE

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