History

Most battles are decided on the field. The battle of Plassey was decided weeks before any soldier raised a weapon — in a series of secret meetings, bribed promises, and a betrayal that the…

Most people, when they think about how the British ended up ruling India, jump straight to Robert Clive and the Battle of Plassey. Fair enough, that one gets taught in every history class.…

The Third Battle of Panipat was a significant historical event that took place on January 14, 1761, between the Maratha Confederacy and the invading army of the Durrani Empire. The battle…

If you ask most people how the British ended up ruling India, they will point to the Battle of Plassey in 1757. That battle gets all the attention, but it was really the battle of…

Most people who studied Indian history in school remember Tipu Sultan and his long fight against the British, but far fewer people know about his father Hyder Ali and the war that set the…

Ask most people about the East India Company and they picture a slow, steady takeover of India. Sign a treaty here, plant a garrison there. The Second Anglo-Mysore War doesn't fit that…

The Third Anglo-Mysore War was a significant conflict in South India that took place between 1790 and 1792. The war was fought between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of…

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was a military conflict that took place in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company and the Deccan in 1798-99. This was the…

The Dasarajna or the Battle of the Ten Kings is a prominent recorded occasion implied in different psalms of the Rig Veda

Nanda Empire - The conquest of the Nanda Empire is a war in Indian history where very little is known, when it comes to the fundamental reason