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British India

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Former colony of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent from the 17th century to 1947.

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  1. 1746 – 1763Carnatic warsCarnatic regionThe Carnatic wars were a series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century in India's coastal Carnatic region, a dependency of Hyderabad State, India. The first Carnatic wars were fought between 1740 and 1748.Source: Wikidata (country)
  2. 1780 – 1784Second Anglo-Mysore WarSouth IndiaThe Second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the conflict between Britain against the French and Dutch in the American Revolutionary War influenced Anglo-Mysorean hostilities in India.Source: Wikidata (country)
  3. 1790 – 1792Third Anglo-Mysore WarSouth IndiaThe Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–1792) was a military conflict in Southern India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company, Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Travancore and the Nizam of Hyderabad. It was the third of four Anglo-Mysore Wars.Source: Wikidata (country)
  4. 1798 – 1799Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarIndian subcontinentThe Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict in South India during which the Mysore State fought against the East India Company, Maratha Empire and the Hyderabad State (under the suzerainty of Marathas) in 1798–99.Source: Wikidata (country)
  5. 1803 – 1805Second Anglo-Maratha WarBritish IndiaSecond Anglo-Maratha War (from 1803 –1805) was a large conflict within the Maratha Empire involving the East India Company. It resulted in a major loss of territory for the Marathas, including regions around Delhi and in present-day Gujarat falling into direct Company rule.Source: Wikidata (country)
  6. 1814 – 1816Anglo-Nepalese WarKingdom of NepalThe Anglo-Nepalese War (1 November 1814 – 4 March 1816), also known as the Anglo-Gorkha War, was a major military conflict fought between the Kingdom of Nepal and the East India Company (EIC). The war was the culmination of decades of geopolitical friction as two expanding powers clashed along an ill-defined 1,500-kilometer frontier.Source: Wikidata (country)
  7. 1817 – 1818Third Anglo-Maratha WarMaharashtraThe Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an invasion of Maratha territory by East India Company troops, and although the British were outnumbered, the Maratha army was decimated.Source: Wikidata (country)
  8. 1824 – 1826First Anglo-Burmese WarMyanmarThe First Anglo-Burmese War (Burmese: ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်-မြန်မာစစ်; [pətʰəma̰ ɪ́ɰ̃ɡəleiʔ-mjəmà sɪʔ]; 5 March 1824 – 24 February 1826), also known as the First Burma War in English language accounts and First English Invasion War (Burmese: ပထမအင်္ဂလိပ်ကျူးကျော်စစ်) in Burmese language accounts, was the first of three wars fought between the British and Burmese empires in the 19th century.Source: Wikidata (country)
  9. 1839 – 1842First Anglo-Afghan WarAfghanistanThe First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the Durranis backed by the British Empire and the Sikh Empire, and the Barakzais of Kabul and Kandahar, alongside their regional allies, from 1838 to 1842. The British intervened in a succession dispute stemming from the Durrani succession struggle and backed former king Shuja Shah Durrani, whom they restored to the throne after occupying Kabul in August 1839.Source: Wikidata (country)
  10. 1839 – 1842First Opium WarPeople's Republic of ChinaThe First Opium War (Chinese: 第一次鴉片戰爭; pinyin: Dìyīcì yāpiàn zhànzhēng), also known as the Anglo-Chinese War, was a series of military engagements fought between the British Empire and Qing China between 1839 and 1842.Source: Wikidata (country)
  11. 1839Khivan campaign of 1839–1840Khanate of KhivaThe Khivan campaign of 1839–1840 was a failed Russian attempt to conquer the Khanate of Khiva. Vasily Perovsky set out from Orenburg with 5,000 men, met an unusually cold winter, lost most of his camels, and was forced to turn back after going halfway.Source: Wikidata (country)
  12. 1839Russian conquest of Central AsiaCentral AsiaIn the 16th century, the Tsardom of Russia embarked on a campaign to expand the Russian frontier to the east. This effort continued until the 19th century under the Russian Empire, when the Imperial Russian Army succeeded in conquering all of Central Asia.Source: Wikidata (country)
  13. 1841Convention of ChuenpiBritish IndiaThe Convention of Chuenpi (also "Chuenpee", pinyin: Chuān bí) was a tentative agreement between British Plenipotentiary and Superintendent of Trade in China Charles Elliot and Qing Imperial Commissioner Qishan during the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and the Qing dynasty of China.Source: Wikidata (country)
  14. 1845Battle of MudkiMoodkeeThe Battle of Mudki was fought on 18 December 1845, between the forces of the British East India Company and a part of the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh Empire. The British army were able to win the battle, despite suffering heavy casualties in the process.Source: Wikidata (country)
  15. 1845 – 1846First Anglo-Sikh WarPunjabThe First Anglo-Sikh War was fought between the Sikh Empire and the British Empire from 1845 to 1846 around the Firozpur district of Punjab. It resulted in the defeat and partial subjugation of the Sikh Empire and cession of Jammu and Kashmir as a separate princely state under British suzerainty.Source: Wikidata (country)
  16. 1848 – 1849Second Anglo-Sikh WarPunjabThe Second Anglo-Sikh War was a military conflict fought between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company, which took place from 1848 to 1849. It resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire, and the annexation of the Punjab and what subsequently became the North-West Frontier Province, by the East India Company.Source: Wikidata (country)
  17. 1852Second Anglo-Burmese WarLower BurmaThe Second Anglo-Burmese War or the Second Burma War (Burmese: ဒုတိယအင်္ဂလိပ်-မြန်မာစစ် [dṵtḭja̰ ɪ́ɰ̃ɡəleɪʔ mjəmà sɪʔ]; 5 April 1852 – 20 January 1853) was the second of the three wars fought between the Burmese Empire and British Empire during the 19th century. The war resulted in a British victory with more Burmese territory being annexed to British India.Source: Wikidata (country)
  18. 1856 – 1860Second Opium WarQing dynastyThe Second Opium War (simplified Chinese: 第二次鸦片战争; traditional Chinese: 第二次鴉片戰爭), also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or Arrow War, was fought between the United Kingdom and France against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860.Source: Wikidata (country)
  19. 1856 – 1857Anglo-Persian WarBritish IndiaThe Anglo-Persian War, also known as the Anglo-Iranian War (Persian: جنگ ایران و انگلستان, romanized: Jang-e Irân o Engelestan), was a war fought between the United Kingdom and Iran, which was ruled by the Qajar dynasty. In the war, the British opposed an attempt by Iran to press its claim on the city of Herat.Source: Wikidata (country)
  20. 1878 – 1880Second Anglo-Afghan WarEmirate of AfghanistanThe Second Anglo-Afghan War was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. The war was part of the Great Game between the British and Russian empires.Source: Wikidata (country)
  21. 1879Treaty of GandamakJalalabadThe Treaty of Gandamak officially ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The Afghan emir Mohammad Yaqub Khan ceded various frontier areas as well as Afghanistan's control of its foreign affairs to the British Raj.Source: Wikidata (country)
  22. 18971897 Assam earthquakeBritish IndiaAn earthquake occurred on 12 June, in Assam, British India at 11:06 UTC, and had an estimated moment magnitude of 8.2–8.3. It resulted in approximately 1,542 human casualties and caused catastrophic damage to infrastructures. Damage from the earthquake extended into Calcutta, where dozens of buildings were severely damaged, with some buildings partially collapsing.Source: Wikidata (country)
  23. 1916Lucknow PactBritish IndiaThe Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIML) at a joint session of both the parties held in Lucknow in December 1916. Through the pact, the two parties agreed to allow representation to religious minorities in the provincial legislatures. The Muslim League leaders agreed to join the Congress movement demanding Indian autonomy.Source: Wikidata (country)
  24. 1919Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919RawalpindiThe Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, also known as the Treaty of Rawalpindi, was a bilateral treaty which brought the Third Anglo-Afghan War to an end.This is regarded as the largest peace treaty since the Treaty of Versailles, which was enacted in the same year.Source: Wikidata (country)
  25. 1919Third Anglo-Afghan WarNorth-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)The Third Anglo-Afghan War, also known as the Third Afghan War, the British-Afghan War of 1919, and in Afghanistan as the War of Liberation, was a short war which began on 3 May and ended on 8 August 1919. The new Emir of the Emirate of Afghanistan Amanullah Khan declared the holy war of Jihad against the British in the hope to proclaim full independence, as well as to strengthen his own legitimacy.Source: Wikidata (country)
  26. 1930Salt MarchBritish IndiaThe Salt March, also known as the Salt Satyagraha, Dandi March, and the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India, led by Mahatma Gandhi. The 24-day march (padayatra) lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.Source: Wikidata (country)
  27. 1940 – 1941Operation CompassSidi BarraniOperation Compass (also Italian: Battaglia della Marmarica) was the first large British military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) during the Second World War. British metropolitan, Imperial and Commonwealth forces attacked the Italian and Libyan forces of the 10th Army (Marshal Rodolfo Graziani) in western Egypt and Cyrenaica, the eastern province of Libya, from December 1940 to February 1941.Source: Wikidata (country)
  28. 1941Anglo-Iraqi WarKingdom of IraqThe Anglo-Iraqi War was a British-led Allied military campaign during the Second World War against the Kingdom of Iraq, then ruled by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani who had seized power in the 1941 Iraqi coup d'état with assistance from Germany and Italy.Source: Wikidata (country)
  29. 1941 – 1942Japanese invasion of BurmaBritish rule in MyanmarThe Japanese invasion of Burma, referred to by the BIA in 1941 as the fourth Anglo-Burmese war or the war of Burmese Independence, was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma (present-day Myanmar) as part of the Pacific theatre of World War II. The initial invasion in 1942 resulted in the capture of Rangoon and the retreat of British, Indian, and Chinese forces.Source: Wikidata (country)
  30. 1941Operation CrusaderEgyptOperation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert campaign during World War II by the British Eighth Army (with Commonwealth, Indian and Allied contingents) against the Axis forces (German and Italian) in North Africa commanded by Generalleutnant (Lieutenant-General) Erwin Rommel.Source: Wikidata (country)
  31. 1941Syria–Lebanon campaignSyriaThe Syria–Lebanon campaign, also known as Operation Exporter, was the liberation of Syria and Lebanon from German control in June and July 1941 by British Empire forces during the Second World War.Source: Wikidata (country)
  32. 1942Quit India MovementBritish IndiaThe Quit India Movement was a political campaign launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.Source: Wikidata (country)
  33. 1944Operation U-GoBritish RajThe U Go offensive, or Operation C (Japanese: ウ号作戦, U Gō sakusen), was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur and the Naga Hills (then administered as part of Assam).Source: Wikidata (country)
  34. 1945Battle of Ramree IslandRamree IslandThe Battle of Ramree Island (Burmese: ရမ်းဗြဲကျွန်း တိုက်ပွဲ), also known as Operation Matador, took place from 14 January to 22 February 1945, in the Second World War as part of the offensive on the Southern Front in the Burma campaign and was conducted by the XV Indian Corps.Source: Wikidata (country)