List of wars involving India

The following is an historical overview of wars and conflicts involving India.

Maratha Empire (1674–1818)[]

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Maratha Empire)		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Allies	Opponent(s)	Outcome
1681	1707	Deccan Wars		Mughal Empire	Victory Permanent end to Mughal expansion in Deccan/Peninsular India.
1739		Battle of Vasai		Portuguese Empire	Victory
1741		Siege of Trichinopoly		Mughal Empire File:Coat of Arms of Nawabs of Bengal.PNGNawab of Bengal	Victory Maratha takeover of Tiruchirappalli.
1741	1748	Expeditions in Bengal		Mughal Empire File:Coat of Arms of Nawabs of Bengal.PNGNawab of Bengal	Victory Nawab of Bengal ceded territory up to the river Suvarnarekha to the Marathas.
1757	1758	Conquest of North-West India		Durrani Empire	Victory Marathas captured Punjab, Kashmir and Nwfp.
1767	1769	First Anglo-Mysore War	Company Raj Nawab of the Carnatic Hyderabad	Kingdom of Mysore	Stalemate Treaty of Madras.
1775	1782	First Anglo-Maratha War		Company Raj	Victory Treaty of Salbai.
1785	1787	Maratha-Mysore War		Kingdom of Mysore	Victory Treaty of Gajendragad.
1789	1792	Third Anglo-Mysore War	Company Raj Hyderabad Travancore	Kingdom of Mysore	Victory Treaty of Seringapatam.
1798	1799	Fourth Anglo-Mysore War	Company Raj Hyderabad Travancore	Kingdom of Mysore	Victory Final defeat of Mysore. Mysore became a princely state of British India.
1803	1805	Second Anglo-Maratha War		Company Raj	Defeat Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon.
1817	1818	Third Anglo-Maratha War		Company Raj	Defeat Formal end of the Maratha Empire.
1857	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	Mughal Empire	Company Raj	Defeat Rebellions suppressed, formation of the British Raj.

Company rule in India (1757–1858)[]

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Company Raj)		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Allies	Opponent(s)	Outcome
1757		Battle of Plassey		File:Coat of Arms of Nawabs of Bengal.PNG Nawab of Bengal French East India	Victory Bengal annexed by the Company Raj.
1764		Battle of Buxar		Mughal Empire	Victory Treaty of Allahabad.
1767	1769	First Anglo-Mysore War	Maratha Empire Nawab of the Carnatic Hyderabad	Kingdom of Mysore	Stalemate Treaty of Madras.
1775	1782	First Anglo-Maratha War		Maratha Empire	Defeat Treaty of Salbai.
1779	1784	Second Anglo-Mysore War	Kingdom of Great Britain Hanover	Kingdom of Mysore Kingdom of France Dutch Republic	Defeat Treaty of Mangalore.
1789	1792	Third Anglo-Mysore War	Maratha Empire Hyderabad]] [[File:Flag of Kingdom of Travancore.svg\|25px\|border Travancore	Kingdom of Mysore	Victory Treaty of Seringapatam.
1798	1799	Fourth Anglo-Mysore War		Kingdom of Mysore	Victory Defeat of Mysore.
1803	1805	Second Anglo-Maratha War		Maratha Empire	Victory Treaty of Surji-Anjangaon.
1814	1816	Anglo-Nepalese War	Garhwal Kingdom Patiala State	Nepal	Victory Treaty of Sugauli, territory under Nepal's control ceded to the British Empire.
1817	1818	Third Anglo-Maratha War		Maratha Empire	Victory Formal end of the Maratha Empire.
1824	1826	First Anglo-Burmese War		Burmese Empire	Victory Treaty of Yandabo, Beginning of British rule in Burma.
1839	1842	First Anglo-Afghan War		Afghanistan	Defeat British withdrawal from Afghanistan.
1839	1842	First Opium War		Qing Dynasty	Victory Treaty of Nanking.
1845	1846	First Anglo-Sikh War	Patiala State	Sikh Empire	Victory
1848	1849	Second Anglo-Sikh War		Sikh Empire	Victory End of the Sikh Empire.
1852		Second Anglo-Burmese War		Burmese Empire	Victory Mindon Min replaced Pagan Min on the Burmese throne.
1856	1857	Anglo-Persian War	United Kingdom Afghanistan	Iran	Victory Treaty of Paris, Persian withdrawal from Herat.
1857	1858	Indian Rebellion of 1857	British Army	Mughal Empire Maratha Empire	Victory Rebellions suppressed, formation of the British Raj.

British India (1858–1947)[]

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding British India)		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Allies	Opponent(s)	Outcome
1856	1860	Second Opium War	United Kingdom France	Qing Dynasty	Victory Treaties of Tientsin.
1864	1865	Bhutan War	United Kingdom	Bhutan	Victory Bhutanese territorial cessions to the British.
1878	1880	Second Anglo-Afghan War	United Kingdom	Afghanistan	Victory Treaty of Gandamak, British objectives attained.
1881	1899	Mahdist War	United Kingdom Egypt Ethiopia	Mahdist Sudan	Victory Sudan became an Anglo-Egyptian condominium.
1882		Anglo-Egyptian War	United Kingdom Tewfik Pasha	Ahmed Orabi	Victory Ahmed Orabi exiled, British occupation of Egypt.
1885		Third Anglo-Burmese War	United Kingdom	Burmese Empire	Victory The province of Burma became part of the British Raj.
1888		Sikkim Expedition	United Kingdom	Tibet	Victory Tibetan forces expelled from Sikkim.
1891		Hunza-Nagar Campaign		Hunza Nagar	Victory The British gained control of Hunza and Nagar.
1899	1901	Boxer Rebellion	Empire of Japan Russia United Kingdom France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy	Yihetuan Movement China	Victory The rebellion was suppressed. Signing of the Boxer Protocol. Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing.
1897	1898	First Mohmand Campaign	United Kingdom	Mohmands	Victory Punitive expedition successful.
1899	1902	Second Boer War	United Kingdom British Cape Colony Natal Colony Rhodesia Australia Canada New Zealand British Ceylon	Orange Free State South African Republic	Victory Treaty of Vereeniging, British sovereignty over The Orange Free State and the Transvaal.
1903	1904	British expedition to Tibet	United Kingdom	Tibet	Victory Treaty enforced, return to status quo.
1914	1918	World War I	French Third Republic United Kingdom Union of South Africa Australia Canada Newfoundland New Zealand Russian Empire Kingdom of Italy United States Kingdom of Serbia Empire of Japan Belgium Kingdom of Greece Kingdom of Romania Portugal Brazil	German Empire DSWA DOA Kamerun DNG Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Kingdom of Bulgaria South African Republic	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations.
1919	1923	Turkish War of Independence	Kingdom of Greece Pontic Rebels France Armenia United Kingdom Georgia	Ankara Government Kuva-yi Milliye	Defeat^[1] Overthrow of the Ottoman Sultanate. Treaty of Lausanne. Establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
1919		Third Anglo-Afghan War	United Kingdom	Afghanistan	No clear victor Treaty of Rawalpindi, Afghan independence recognized.
1919		First Waziristan Campaign	United Kingdom	Waziristan	Victory Suppression of insurrection by independent Wazir tribes.
1920		Iraqi revolt	United Kingdom	Iraqi rebels	Victory Faisal I of Iraq installed as the King of Iraq.
1925		Pink's War		Mahsud tribesmen	Victory Tribal leaders accept terms.
1935		Second Mohmand Campaign	United Kingdom	Mohmands	Victory Jirga and peace.
1936	1939	Second Waziristan Campaign	United Kingdom	Waziri tribesmen	Victory Suppression of insurrection by independent Wazir tribes.
1939	1945	World War II	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom Union of South Africa Australia Canada New Zealand Taiwan France Poland Democratic Federal Yugoslavia Kingdom of Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Mexico	Nazi Germany Empire of Japan Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Hungary (1920–46) Kingdom of Romania Kingdom of Bulgaria Vichy France Manchukuo Mengjiang Wang Jingwei regime Azad Hind Thailand Empire of Vietnam State of Burma	Victory Collapse of the German Reich Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War
1945	1947	Indonesian National Revolution	Netherlands United Kingdom	Indonesia	Withdrawal Indian withdrawal after independence in 1947. The Netherlands recognises Indonesian independence.
1945	1946	Operation Masterdom	United Kingdom France Japan	Viet Minh	Withdrawal Start of the First Indochina War, lasting until the Geneva Conference of 1954.

Dominion of India (1947–1950)[]

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Dominion of India)		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Allies	Opponent(s)	Outcome
1947	1948	First Indo-Pakistani War	Jammu and Kashmir	Dominion of Pakistan Furqan Force	Ceasefire Partitioning of Jammu and Kashmir.
1948		Operation Polo		Hyderabad	Victory State of Hyderabad annexed to the Union of India.

Republic of India (1950–Present)[]

Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Belligerents (excluding Republic of India)		Outcome
Start	Finish	Name of Conflict	Allies	Opponent(s)	Outcome
1961		Invasion of Goa		Portugal Portuguese India	Victory Incorporation of Goa into India.
1962		Sino-Indian War		China	Defeat Return to status quo ante bellum.
1965		Second Indo-Pakistani War		Pakistan	Ceasefire Return to status quo ante bellum.
1971		Third Indo-Pakistani War	Bangladesh	Pakistan	Victory Pakistani surrender, independence of Bangladesh.
1975		Amalgamation of Sikkim		Kingdom of Sikkim	Victory Sikkim became the 22nd state of the Indian Union.
1984		Operation Blue Star		Sikh militants	Victory Militants cleared out of Harmandir Sahib.
1987	1990	Sri Lankan Civil War	Sri Lanka	Tamil Tigers	Withdrawal Continued civil war in Sri Lanka.
1988		Operation Cactus	Maldives	PLOTE Maldivian rebels	Victory Government rule restored in Maldives.
1999		Kargil War		Pakistan	Victory Pakistani military retreat from Kargil.^[2]

References[]

↑ Chester Neal Tate, Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities, Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, p. 205.
↑ "Pakistani opposition presses for Sharif's resignation". Wsws.org. 1999-08-07. http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/pak-a07.shtml. Retrieved 2012-06-15.

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[1] Chester Neal Tate, Governments of the world: a global guide to citizens' rights and responsibilities, Macmillan Reference USA/Thomson Gale, 2006, p. 205.

[2] "Pakistani opposition presses for Sharif's resignation". Wsws.org. 1999-08-07. http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/pak-a07.shtml. Retrieved 2012-06-15.

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