History of the Nawabs of Bengal/List of Conflicts

List of wars before and after independence Conflict NameBattlesBengal and Allied ForcesOpposition forcesMughal Conquest of Bengal Battle of Ghagra Battle of Raj Mahal Battle of Tukaroi Seige of Hajipur Mughal conquest of Bakla Mughal conquest of Sandwip Mughal conquest of Jessore Battle of Egarosindur Battle of BhawalMughal Empire 32x32px Bengal Bengal Sultanate Baro-Bhuyan ConfederacyMagh Raids Sack of Dhaka Seige of Dianga Seige of Hoogly Conquest of ChittagongMughal Empire 32x32px Bengal Portuguese Empire ArakanAhom-Mughal wars Battle of Bharali Battle of Samdhara Battle of Sualkuchi Invasion of Kāmarupa Battle of Duimunisila Mir jumla's invasion of Assam Attack at Simalugarh Attack at Samdhara Mir jumla's invasion of Ghargaon Battle of Kaliabor Battle of AlaboiMughal Empire 32x32px Bengal Kingdom of AmberAhom Kingdom Jaintia Kingdom Dimasa KingdomDano-Bengali 30 years war 1st Bengal 1st Pipli 1st Bay of Bengal 1st Balasore 2nd Bay of Bengal 3rd Bay of Bengal 4th Bay of Bengal 2nd Pipli 2nd Balasore HooghlyMughal Empire 32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish India De-Facto Independence under the Nawabs of BengalSubjugation of Bihari Zamindars Battle against Banjara Battle against Bettia Raj Battle against Bhanwarah Raj Battle against Bhojpur raj Battle against Tekari Raj Battle against Chakwars32x32px BengalBihari Zamindars Banjara Bettia Raj Bhanwarah Raj Bhojpur raj Tekari Raj ChakwarsInternal Conflicts Battle of Giria Battle of Manihari Battle of Phulwarion32x32px Bengal32x32px BengalMiscellaneous Conflicts Conquest of Tripura Mir Qasim's invasion of Nepal Hyderabad occupation of Ganjam War against Ramachandra Deva II of the Bhoi dynasty Seige of Calcutta32x32px Bengal Nepal Tripura Hyderabad Bhoi Dynasty British East India CompanyAfghan Insurrections Siege of Monghyr Invasion of Patna Battle at the banks of the river Sone Second Afghan Insurrection Battle of Rani Sarai 4th Afghan Insurrection32x32px BengalAfghans of Bihar 32x32pxMaratha ConfederacyMaratha Invasions of Bengal Jaipur 1st 'Midnapur' Birbhum 1st Katwa Champanager Bhagalpur 2nd Katwa Burdwan Rani Sarai 3rd 'Midnapur' Cuttack Barabati (1749) 4th 'Midnapur' 32x32px Bengal32x32pxMaratha Confederacy Afghans of BiharBengal War Plassey 1st Patna Gaya Sirpur Birpur Siwan Gheria Katwa 2nd Patna Udaynala Buxar 3rd Patna Kora32x32px BengalBritish East India Company List of Battles (Before Independance) ConflictBengal and allied forcesOpposition forcesResultsBattle of Tukaroi (1575) Location: Near Midnapore32x32px Bengal Bengal SultanateVictory Treaty of KatakBattle of Raj Mahal (1576) Location: Raj Mahal32x32px BengalBengal SultanateVictory Defeat of the KarranisConquest of Bhati (1576–1611) Location: Bhati, Bengal32x32px BengalBaro-BhuyanVictory Eventual incorporation of the Bhati (region) into the Bengal SubahSiege of Hooghly (1632) Location: Hooghly, Bengal32x32px Bengal25x25px Portuguese EmpireVictory Defeat of the PortugeseSkirmish at Pipli (1640) Location: Pipli, Bengal32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaVictory Danish trade station was taken and burnt to the ground.Kumar Lalit 2022 Danish East India Company: Establishment and Company's business activities in India and Southeast Asia 1620-1650 https://technoreview.co.in/index.php/TRJTM/article/view/50/34 Techno Review Journal of Technology and Management Tmail Nadu History Congress Proceedings 1 2 13–19 10.31305/trjtm2021.v01.n02.003 free1st Bay of Bengal (Loss of the St. Jacob) 1640 Location: Bay of Bengal32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaVictory Destruction and seizure of a Danish merchant shipWellen Kathryn https://www.kitlv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Mughal.pdf The Danish East India Company's War against the Mughal Empire, 1642-1698 Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies 2015 2nd Bay of Bengal (Capture of the ship The Bengali Prize) 1642 Location: Bay of Bengal (Decleration and beginning of Dano-Bengal/Mughal War)32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaDefeat Seizure of the Den Bengalske Prise (The Bengali Prize)Bredsdorff Asta The Trials and Travels of Willem Leyel Museum Tusculanum Press 2009 9788763530231 Copenhagen 731st Balasore (Expulsion of Danes from Balasore) (1643/1644) Location: Balasore (Bengal Subah)32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaVictory Danish factory at Balasore abandonedBhaduri Saugata https://books.google.com/books?id=BcVOEAAAQBAJ&dq=malik+beg+danes+1643&pg=PA140 Polycoloniality: European Transactions with Bengal from the 13th to the 19th Century 2021-12-30 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-93-89812-56-5 140 en3rd Bay of Bengal (Valby Expedition of January 1644) 1644 Location: Bay of Bengal32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaDefeat4th Bay of Bengal (Capture of the St. Michael) 1644 Location: Bay of Bengal32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaDefeat Capture of Bengali vessel and renamed as St.Michael2nd Pipli (Danish rescue mission to Pipli) (Mid 1640s) Location: Pipli, Bengal32x32px Bengal Netherlands 22px Dutch East India CompanyDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaDefeat Danish comrades set freeWellen Kathryn https://www.kitlv.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Mughal.pdf The Danish East India Company's War against the Mughal Empire, 1642-1698 Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies 2015 454–4552nd Balasore (Battle of Balasore) (1647) Location: Balasore (Bengal Subah)32x32pxBengalDenmark-Norway Danish India ---------------------------- 22x22px British East India Company (Supported by Netherlands 22px Dutch East India Company)Inconclusive Danes seized one of the Moorish ships with eight elephants at the harbour English tried to convince the Danes Bengalis seized 3-4 English boats and 6-8 smaller vessels in the river English rescued by DutchConquest of Chittagong (1665–1666) Location: Chittagong32x32px Bengal Netherlands 22px Dutch East India Company 25x25px Portuguese EmpireArakanVictory Re-annexation of Chittagong into Bengal.Hoogly (Attack in Hooghly) (1671) Location: Hugli-Chuchura, Bengal32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaDefeat Danes succeeded in blowing up the Bengali shipsInvasion of Assam (1662) Location: Assam32x32px BengalAhom kingdomVictory Ahom Capital, Garhgaon is taken over.Attack at Simalugarh (c. 1662 CE) Location: Assam32x32px BengalAhom kingdomVictoryNag Sajal https://books.google.com/books?id=kEa8EAAAQBAJ The Mughals and the North-East: Encounter and Assimilation in Medieval India 2023-07-17 Taylor & Francis 978-1-000-90525-0 456 en The Ahoms had to flee.Dano-Mughal Treaty (1698) (End of the Dano-Bengal/Mughal War)32x32px BengalDenmark-Norway Danish IndiaStalemate Peace treaty signed ending the 56-year-long Dano-Mughal War. De-Facto Independence under the Nawabs of Bengal List of Battles (After Independance) ConflictBengal and allied forcesOpposition forcesResultsConquest of Tripura (1729) Location: Tripura 32x32pxNawabs of Bengal Jagat Manikya (Manikya Dynasty)Dharma Manikya (Manikya dynasty)Victoryhttps://ia902904.us.archive.org/26/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.502192/2015.502192.Bengal-Nawabs.pdf Bengal Nawābs, Containing Āzād-āl-Husaini's Naubahār-i-Murshid Quli Khāni, Karam ʻAli's Muzaffarnamah, and Yusuf ʻAli's Āhwāl-i-Mahābat Jang Asiatic Society 1952 4–9 Jadunath Sarkar Bengali backed Jagat Manikya invades and successfully defeats Tripura (Dharma Manikya) in Udaipur Jagat Manikya rules as a vassal of the Nawabs of BengalAnnexation of Bihar (1733) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalBihar SubahVictory Annexation of the Bihar Subah into the territory of the Nawabs of Bengal.Chatterjee Kumkum https://books.google.com/books?id=VuP7EAAAQBAJ&q=merchants+politics+bihar Merchants, Politics and Society in Early Modern India: Bihar: 1733-1820 1996 BRILL 9789004644748 13–16Subduing of the Banjara (c.1733 - c.1740) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalBanjarasVictoryThakur Upendra Thakur 1958 Alivardi and the Afghans of Tirhut https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145227 Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 21 376–392 44145227Subduing of the Bettiah Raj (c.1733 - c.1740) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalBettiah RajVictory Raja Dhrub Singh fled from BhettiahSubduing of the Tekari Raj (c.1733 - c.1740) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalTekari RajVictoryMuzaffarnama, Trans by Sarkar in Bengal Past Present, vol. LXVI, 1946-47. pp. 68-69 Mustafa Khan of the Tekari raj employed as a General of Alivardi KhanMuzaffarnama, 70Subduing of the Chakwars tribe (c.1733 - c.1740) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalBettiah RajVictory Chakwars pay an annual tributeFirst Battle of Giria (1740) Location: Giria, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of Bengal Nasiri Dynasty32x32px Nawabs of Bengal Afshar DynastyDynasty Change Alivardi Khan takes the throne marking the end of the Nasiri Dynasty of Murshid Quli Khan.Battle of Phulwarion (1741) Location: Phulbari, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalGoverner of Orissa Rustam JangVictory Alivardi Khan defeated Rustam Jang, deputy governor of Orissa and a relative of Sarfaraz KhanShah Mohammad Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 2012 Islam Sirajul Sirajul Islam Second Alivardi Khan Jamal Ahmed A. http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Alivardi_KhanFirst Battle of Katwa (1742) Location: Katwa, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory The entire Maratha Army was evacuated out of Bengal The Maratha commander Bhaskar Pant was killed.Jacques, Tony http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 Dictionary of Battles and Sieges Greenwood Press 2006 978-0-313-33536-5 516 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 2015-06-26 deadFirst Battle of Midnapur (1742) Location: Midnapur, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory The Bengal forces defeated the Maratha forces and they were driven from Orissa beyond the Chilka lake.Haque Mohammed Anwarul https://books.google.com/books?id=Co8eAAAAMAAJ Muslim Administration in Orissa, 1568-1751 A.D. 1980 Punthi Pustak 212 enBattle of Birbhum (1743) Location: Birbhum, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory The Maratha forces evacuated out of BengalIvermee Robert https://books.google.com/books?id=6eMJEAAAQBAJ Hooghly: The Global History of a River 2020 Oxford University Press 978-1-78738-325-8 56 enSecond Battle of Katwa (1745) Location: Katwa, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory Raghuji Bhonsle was defeated by the Bengali army of Alivardi Khan.Jacques, Tony http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 Dictionary of Battles and Sieges Greenwood Press 2007 978-0-313-33536-5 516 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 2015-06-26 deadBattle at Bhagalpur (1745) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictoryMishra Shree Govind https://books.google.com/books?id=Ks4BAAAAMAAJ History of Bihar, 1740-1772 1970 Munshiram Manoharlal 978-81-215-0382-2 46 en-Bhagalpur on the stream of Champanala , a battle was fought between the Nawab and Raghuji . Raghuji was defeated .1st Afghan Insurrection (1745) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalAfghans of Bihar Mustafa KhanVictory Retreat of Afghan troops Mustafa regroups and forms a stronger army and attacking Patna Zainuddin shot Mustafa Khan killing him instantaneously, thus crushing the Afghan army.2nd Afghan Insurrection (1746) Location: Bihar32x32px Nawabs of BengalAfghans of BiharVictory Afghans along with their 6000 men retired to Dharbhanga (Tirhut).Second Battle of Midnapur (1746) Location: Midnapur, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory Mir Jafar won a decisive battle against Mir Habib.Ramesh Majumdar The History of Bengal vol 2 University of Dacca 1948 Dhaka 464Battle of Burdwan (1747) Location: Burdwan, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory Alivardi Khan heavily repulsed and defeated the Marathas.Jacques, Tony http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 Dictionary of Battles and Sieges 30 November 2006 Greenwood Press 978-0-313-33536-5 175 When Marathas under Janoji Bhonsle invaded Orissa, Governor Mir Ja’far retreated before being reinforced to check the Marathas at Burdwan, northwest of Calcutta. Mughal Nawab Ali Vardi Khan dismissed Mir Ja’far and, with a much larger force, heavily defeated Janoji at Burdwan. However, four more years of war finally persuaded the Emperor to cede Orissa to the Marathas (January 1747). 2015-03-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 2015-06-26 deadBattle of Rani Sarai (1748) Location, Bihar, Bengal Subah (Part of the third Afghan Insurrection And Maratha invasions of Bengal)32x32px Nawabs of Bengal Maratha Confederacy Afghans of BiharVictory Alivardi Khan defeated the allied Afghan and Maratha forces.Rāẏa Bhabānī Caraṇa https://books.google.com/books?id=FgUeAAAAMAAJ Orissa Under the Mughals: From Akbar to Alivardi : a Fascinating Study of the Socio-economic and Cultural History of Orissa 1981 Punthi Pustak 80 enThird Battle of Midnapur (1749) Location: Midnapur, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictoryRay Bhabani Charan https://books.google.com/books?id=37A9AAAAMAAJ Orissa Under Marathas, 1751-1803 1960 Kitab Mahal 16–20 enBattle of Cuttack (1749) Location: Cuttack, Bengal Subah32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictoryRay Bhabani Charan https://books.google.com/books?id=37A9AAAAMAAJ Orissa Under Marathas, 1751-1803 1960 Kitab Mahal 16–20 enSeige of Barabati Fort (1749) Location:Barabati fort32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory Orissa recovered Fort surrendered to the NawabFourth Battle of Midnapur (1750) Location: Midnapur, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyVictory Mir Habib retreats into the Jungle.4th Afghan Insurrection (1750) Location: Bihar, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalAfghans of BiharVictoryShah Mohammad Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Asiatic Society of Bangladesh 2012 Islam Sirajul Sirajul Islam Second Alivardi Khan Jamal Ahmed A. http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Alivardi_Khan Alivardi subdued the revolt of the Afghans who were trying to separate Bihar from his administration.End of Maratha invasions of Bengal (1751) Location: Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalMaratha ConfederacyStalemate Military Victory, Political Defeat Peace treaty signed ending the Maratha invasions of Bengal.Battle of Kandarpi Ghat (1753) Location: Kandarpi Ghat, Mithila32x32px Nawabs of Bengal25x25px Khandwala dynastyDefeat Maharaja Narendra Singh clashed against forces of the Nawabs of Bengal led by Bhikhari Mahtha, an official of Alivardi Khan and emerged victorious.Chaudhary Radha Krishna https://archive.org/stream/HistoryOfMuslimRuleInTirhut/History%20of%20Muslim%20Rule%20in%20Tirhut_djvu.txt History of Muslim Rule in Tirhut (1206-1756 AD) Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series office 1970 1st LXXII Varanasi 184–186 enBattle of Manihari (1756) Location: Manihari, Bengal Subah32x32px Nawabs of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daulah32x32px Nawab of Bengal Shaukat JangVictory Siraj-ud-Daulah's rebellious cousin, Shakuat Jang is killedSengupta Nitish Land of Two Rivers A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib Penguin Books India 2011 9780143416784 17Seige of Calcutta (First Anglo-Bengal War) (1756–1757) Location: Kolkata, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of BengalUnited Kingdom 22px 22x22px British East India CompanyVictory Treaty of Alinagar (Kolkata)Battle of Makwanpur (1763) (1763) Location: Nepal32x32px Nawabs of BengalNepalDefeat Defeat and retreat of Mir QasimBattle of Plassey (Second Anglo-Bengal War) (1757) Location: Palashi, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of Bengal 22x22px|French East India Company French East India Company 22x22px British East India CompanyDefeat Significant expansion of British influence over Bengal1st Battle of Patna (1763) Location: Patna, Bengal Subah32x32px Nawabs of Bengal 22x22px British East India Company 32x32px Mir Jafar (defected to the British) 32x32px Jagat SethVictoryJaques Tony Dictionary of Battles and Sieges [3 Volumes] 2006-11-30 Greenwood 978-0-313-33536-5 Westport, Conn 780 ocm68786744 British driven out of Patna2nd Battle of Giria (1763) Location: Giria, Bengal32x32px Nawabs of Bengal 22x22px British East India CompanyDefeat Nawab Mir Jafar installed on the throne.Third Anglo–Bengal War (Bengal War) (1763–1764) Location: Buxar, Bengal Subah 32x32px Nawabs of Bengal Mughal Empire Oudh 22x22px British East India Company Kashi KingdomDefeat British annexation of Bengal References