This index presents historical and modern wars and conflicts taking place in the present territory of, or relating to, India. India achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 as part of the partition of India. The territory had been part of the British colonial empire beginning in the 18th century.
Map of India courtesy of CIA World Factbook
Second Maratha War 1802-05
Vellore Mutiny 1806
Third Maratha War 1817-18
Sikh Conquest of Kashmir 1819
Afghan-Sikh War 1836
First Sikh War 1845-46
Second Sikh War 1848-49
Sepoy Mutiny 1857-58
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919
Hindu-Muslim Riots 1924
World War II 1939-45
Partition of India 1946-47
Indian Annexation of Junagadh 1947
First Kashmir War 1947-49
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi 1948
Annexation of Hyderabad 1948
Nagaland Insurgency 1954-75
Indo-Chinese Skirmishing 1960
Chinese-Indian War 1962
Rann of Kutch Dispute 1964-5
India-Pakistan War 1965
East Pakistani Civil War 1971
Bangladeshi War of Independence of 1971
Hindu-Muslim Violence: India 1982
Sikh Separatism: India 1982
Golden Temple Massacre 1984
Indira Gandhi Assasination 1984
Kashmiri Insurgency: India 1988-
Babri Masjid Destruction 1989-93
Hindu-Muslim Riots 1992
Kargil War 1999
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