List of wars involving India
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of India and its predecessors.
For simplicity, this list only includes major powers in the Indian Subcontinent.
Magadhan Empire(s)
List of conflicts involving the Mauryan Empire.
| Name of conflict | Mauryan Empire and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nanda-Mauryan War | Nanda Empire | Chandragupta Maurya | Defeat
|
| Seleucid-Mauryan War | Mauryan Empire | Seleucid Empire | Victory
|
| Kalinga War | Mauryan Empire | Kalinga | Victory
|
Gupta Empire
List of conflicts involving the Gupta Empire.
| Name of conflict | Gupta Empire and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| First North Indian Campaign of Samudragupta | Gupta Empire | Aryavarta Kingdoms | Victory
|
| South Indian Campaign of Samudragupta | Gupta Empire | Dakshinpatha Kingdoms | Victory |
| Second North Indian Campaign of Samudragupta | Gupta Empire | Aryavarta Kingdoms | Victory |
| Hunnic Wars | Gupta Empire | Alchon Huns | Victory |
British Indian Empire (c. 1857 to 1947 CE)
Following the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India company came to end and the British crown began to rule over India directly as per the Government of India Act 1858. India was now a single empire comprising British India and the princely states.
- British Indian defeat
- British Indian victory
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
| Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Opium War (1856–1860) |
British Empire | China | Victory
|
| Ambela Campaign (1863–1864) |
India | Afghan Pashtuns
|
Defeat
|
| Bhutan War (1864–1865) |
India | Bhutan | Victory
|
| British Expedition to Abyssinia (1867–1868) |
United Kingdom | Ethiopian Empire | Victory
|
| Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880) |
United Kingdom | Afghanistan | Victory
|
| Mahdist War (1881–1899) |
Congo Free State United Kingdom |
Mahdist Sudan | Victory
|
| Anglo-Egyptian War (1882) |
United Kingdom
Tewfik Pasha |
Ahmed Orabi | Victory
|
| Third Anglo-Burmese War (1885) |
India | Burmese Empire | Victory
|
| Third Black Mountain Expedition (1888) |
India | Yousafzai
|
Victory
|
| Sikkim Expedition (1888) |
India | Tibet | Victory
|
| Hunza-Nagar Campaign (1891) |
India | Hunza Nagar |
Victory |
| Chitral Expedition (1895) |
India | Chitralis Bajouri and Afghan Tribesmen | Victory
|
| Anglo-Zanzibar War (1896) |
British Empire | Zanzibar Sultanate | Victory
|
| Tochi Expedition (1896) |
India | Waziri | Victory
|
| Siege of Malakand (1897) |
India | پشتون Pashtun tribes | Victory
|
| First Mohmand Campaign (1897–1898) |
India | Mohmand | Victory
|
| Tirah Campaign (1897–1898) |
India | Afridi Orakzai Tsamkani |
Victory
|
| Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) |
Empire of Japan Russia United Kingdom |
Yihetuan Movement China |
Victory
|
| Second Boer War (1899–1902) |
United Kingdom | Orange Free State South African Republic |
Victory
|
| British expedition to Tibet (1903–1904) |
India | Tibet | Victory
|
| Bambatha Rebellion (1906) |
United Kingdom | Zulu people | Victory
|
| Bazar Valley Campaign (1908) |
India | Zakka Khel clan of the Afridi | Victory
|
| World War I (1914–1918) |
France United Kingdom Russia |
Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria |
Victory
|
| Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920) |
White Movement British Empire Japan |
Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian communists |
Withdrawal
|
| Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) |
Greece
|
Ankara Government
Kuva-yi Milliye |
Defeat[1]
|
| Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919) |
United Kingdom | Afghanistan | Armistice
|
| First Waziristan Campaign (1919) |
India | Waziristan | Victory
|
| Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920) |
United Kingdom | Sultanate of Nejd
|
Victory
|
| Iraqi revolt (1920) |
United Kingdom | Iraqi rebels | Victory
|
| Malabar rebellion (1921) |
India | Mappila Muslims | Victory
|
| Pink's War (1925) |
India | Mahsud tribesmen | Victory
|
| Second Mohmand Campaign (1935) |
India | Mohmand | Victory
|
| Second Waziristan Campaign (1936–1939) |
India | Waziri tribesmen | Victory
|
| World War II (1939–1945) |
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 Kingdom of Nepal |
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 |
Victory
|
| Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) |
United Kingdom
Australia |
Italy
Supported by: |
Victory
|
| East African Campaign (1940–1943) |
United Kingdom
|
Italy
Supported by: |
Victory
|
| Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
(1941) |
Soviet Union | Iran | Victory |
| Indonesian National Revolution (1945–1947) |
Netherlands United Kingdom |
Indonesia |
|
| Operation Masterdom (1945–1946) |
United Kingdom | Viet Minh | Victory
|
Independent India (c. 1947–present)
In 1947, the British Indian Empire split into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Dominion of India. The Indian Army, the Royal Indian Air Force and the Royal Indian Navy too, were divided between the two countries. In 1950, the Union of India became the Republic of India after abolishing monarchy.
- Indian defeat
- Indian victory
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
| Name of conflict | India and allies |
Opponents | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947–1948) |
India | Template:Country data Dominion of Pakistan Furqan Force |
Ceasefire
|
| Integration of Junagadh (1947) |
India | Junagadh | Victory
|
| Operation Polo (1948) |
India | Hyderabad | Victory
|
| Korean War (1950–1953) |
South Korea
United Nations |
China |
Stalemate
|
| Annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1954) |
India | Portugal | Victory
|
| Congo Crisis (1960–1964) |
1960–63: Supported by: |
1960–63: Katanga 1960–62: |
Victory
|
| Annexation of Goa (1961) |
India | Portugal | Victory
|
| Sino-Indian War of 1962 (1962) |
India | China | Defeat |
| Insurgency in Northeast India (1964–) |
India Bhutan (joined in 2003) Bangladesh (joined in 1971) Myanmar (joined in 2018) |
ATTF BLTF |
Ongoing |
| Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965) |
India | Pakistan | Stalemate
|
| Naxalite–Maoist insurgency (1967–) |
India | Full List Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Janashakti Supported by: |
Ongoing
|
| Nathu La and Cho La clashes (1967) |
India | China | Victory
|
| Bangladesh Liberation War ( From March 1971) & Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 ( From Dec 1971) |
India Bangladesh Supported by: |
Pakistan Supported by: |
Victory
|
| The First JVP insurrection (1971) |
Template:Country data Dominion of Ceylon Ceylon
Australia |
JVP
Supported by: |
Victory
|
| Siachen conflict (1984–2003) |
India | Pakistan | Victory
|
| Operation Blue Star (1984) | India
Supported by: |
Sikh militants | Victory
|
| Insurgency in Punjab (1984–1995) | India
Supported by: |
Sikh militants
Supported by: |
Victory
|
| Operation Flowers are Blooming (1986) |
India Seychelles |
Military of Seychelles | Victory
|
| The Second JVP insurrection (1987–1989) |
Sri Lanka India United States United Kingdom Military support: |
JVP Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya IUSF Supported by:
|
Victory
|
| Sri Lankan Civil War (1987–1990) |
India Sri Lanka |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | Withdrawal
|
| Operation Cactus (1988) |
India Maldives |
PLOTE Maldivian rebels |
Victory
|
| Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (1989–) |
India | Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Lashkar-e-Taiba |
Ongoing
|
| Tajikistani Civil War (1992–1997) | UNMOT
Non-UNMOT: |
United Tajik Opposition Taliban |
Victory |
| United Nations Operation in Somalia II (1993–1995) (Part of the Somali Civil War) |
UNOSOM II
|
Somali National Alliance | Inconclusive/Other Result
|
| Kargil War (1999) |
India | Pakistan |
Victory
|
| Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) |
NATO
Non-NATO: |
Pirates |
Victory
|
| China–India skirmishes (2020–21) |
India | China |
Stalemate |
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The secession of Katanga and South Kasai was also supported by South Africa, France and the neighbouring Central African Federation. However, it was never officially recognised by any other state.
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