India12 wars
Wars fought on the land of today's India or by its peoples.
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First Anglo-Mysore WarKingdom of Mysore and Hyderabad, under the Nizam, until 1768
East India Company forces, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Madras and Bombay armies, Carnatic, under Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, and Maratha forces under Murari Rao, from 1768
The Treaty of Madras (1769) ended the war; the Company and Mysore each promised to help the other if attacked.
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First Anglo-Maratha WarEast India Company forces, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Bombay, Madras and Bengal armies, and Raghunathrao's followers
The Peshwa's government at Poona, under the regency of Nana Fadnavis, Mahadaji Shinde of Gwalior, and Tukoji Holkar of Indore
The Treaty of Salbai (May 1782) returned most conquests on both sides; the Company kept Salsette and stopped backing Raghunathrao.
At the same time here: Second Anglo-Mysore War
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Second Anglo-Mysore WarKingdom of Mysore, Kingdom of France: troops and a fleet under the Bailli de Suffren, and Dutch Republic: the Dutch East India Company garrison of Negapatam, held jointly with Hyder Ali's troops until November 1781
East India Company forces, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Madras and Bombay armies, and Crown troops sent from Great Britain, with Hanoverian regiments
The Treaty of Mangalore (11 March 1784) restored the territory each side had held before the war.
At the same time here: First Anglo-Maratha War
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Third Anglo-Mysore WarKingdom of Mysore
East India Company forces, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Madras and Bombay armies, British Army regiments, Maratha Confederacy, Hyderabad, under the Nizam, and Kingdom of Travancore
By the Treaty of Seringapatam (March 1792) Mysore gave up about half its territory to the Company and its allies, and Tipu handed over two of his sons as hostages.
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Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarKingdom of Mysore and French volunteers from Mauritius
East India Company forces, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Madras and Bombay armies, British Army regiments, and Hyderabad, under the Nizam
Tipu Sultan was killed when Seringapatam fell on 4 May 1799; the Company restored the Wodeyar dynasty to a smaller Mysore bound to it by a subsidiary alliance.
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Second Anglo-Maratha WarEast India Company forces, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Bombay, Madras and Bengal armies, British Army regiments, Mysore irregular cavalry, The Peshwa Baji Rao II, who ceded territory to pay for a Company force under the Treaty of Bassein (supporting), and Hyderabad, under Nizam Ali Khan (supporting)
Gwalior, under Daulat Rao Scindia, Nagpur, under Raghuji II Bhonsle, Indore, under Yashwantrao Holkar, from 1804, Bharatpur, under Raja Ranjit Singh, from 1804, and French officers commanding Scindia's regular battalions
Scindia and Bhonsle gave up large territories, including the Delhi–Agra region, by treaties of December 1803; the Treaty of Rajghat with Holkar ended the fighting in December 1805.
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Third Anglo-Maratha WarEast India Company forces and Sepoy regiments of the Company's Bombay, Madras and Bengal armies
The Peshwa Baji Rao II's forces, Nagpur, under Appa Saheb Bhonsle, and Indore, under Holkar
Baji Rao II surrendered in June 1818; the Company annexed his lands, abolished the office of Peshwa and made the other Maratha states princely states under its control.
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First Opium WarUnited Kingdom (Royal Navy and British Army) and East India Company forces, with Indian troops
Qing dynasty
In the Treaty of Nanking (29 August 1842) the Qing ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain, opened five ports to British trade and agreed to pay 21 million silver dollars.
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First Anglo-Sikh WarEast India Company forces, British Army regiments, and Sepoy regiments of the Company's Bengal army
The Sikh Empire and its army, the Khalsa and Ladwa, under Raja Ajit Singh
By the Treaty of Lahore (9 March 1846) the Sikh state gave up the Jullundur Doab and other lands and paid an indemnity; the Company placed a Resident and a garrison at Lahore.
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Second Anglo-Sikh WarEast India Company forces, British Army regiments, Sepoy regiments of the Company's Bengal army, Pashtun irregulars raised by Herbert Edwardes, and Bahawalpur, under its Nawab
Mulraj's forces at Multan, a province of the Sikh Empire, Khalsa regiments of the Sikh Empire under Sher Singh and Chattar Singh Attariwalla, and Afghan horsemen sent by Dost Mohammad Khan of Kabul
The Sikh army surrendered in March 1849, and on 29 March the East India Company annexed the Punjab and deposed Maharaja Duleep Singh.
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Second Opium WarUnited Kingdom (Royal Navy and British Army), Indian regiments under British command, Second French Empire, and 
United States (supporting)
Qing dynasty
In the Convention of Peking (October 1860) the Qing confirmed the Treaties of Tianjin, opened Tianjin to trade, ceded southern Kowloon to Britain and raised the indemnity to 8 million taels each for Britain and France.
At the same time here: Indian Rebellion of 1857
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Indian Rebellion of 1857Mutinous regiments of the Company's Bengal Army, The Mughal court at Delhi, under Bahadur Shah Zafar, Nana Sahib's forces at Cawnpore, Awadh rebels under Begum Hazrat Mahal, Jhansi, under Rani Lakshmibai, and Jagdishpur, under Kunwar Singh
East India Company forces, British Army regiments sent by the Crown, Indian soldiers who fought for the Company: sepoy regiments that stayed with it, Sikh, Punjabi Muslim and Pashtun units raised in the Punjab, and Gurkha battalions, Sikh princely states of Patiala, Nabha and Kapurthala, Gwalior, under Maharaja Jayajirao Scindia (supporting), Rampur, under Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan, Jodhpur, under Maharaja Takht Singh, and Kingdom of Nepal, under Jung Bahadur Rana
Company and allied forces took the last rebel centres by mid-1858; the British Crown took over the government of India from the East India Company, and the last Mughal emperor was exiled to Rangoon.
At the same time here: Second Opium War