⚔ Wars & battles

Every battle and conquest on YugMap: who fought, where and what it led to. Click a dot or a name for the full story.

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All Battle Conquest / annexation 15 shown

Larger dots are major battles. ♻ marks a battlefield fought over more than once.

16th century CE · 5

1510 Portuguese capture Goa Conquest / annexation · Goa · Portuguese Estado da Índia → Goa became the capital of the Portuguese Estado da Índia until 1961. 1535 Humayun takes Mandu and Champaner Conquest / annexation · Champaner · Mughal Empire 1558 Portuguese occupy Malé Conquest / annexation · Malé · Portuguese Malé 1573 Akbar conquers Gujarat Conquest / annexation · Ahmedabad · Mughal Empire 1586 Mughals annex Kashmir ♻ Conquest / annexation · Srinagar · Mughal Empire

17th century CE · 4

1601 Asirgarh falls to Akbar Conquest / annexation · Asirgarh · Mughal Empire 1656 Dutch take Colombo from the Portuguese ♻ Conquest / annexation · Colombo · Dutch Ceylon → Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka ended by 1658. 1686 Mughals annex Bijapur Conquest / annexation · Bijapur · Mughal Empire → The Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur ended. 1687 Mughals annex Golconda Conquest / annexation · Golconda · Mughal Empire → The Qutb Shahi dynasty of Golconda ended.

18th century CE · 2

1768 Prithvi Narayan Shah conquers Kathmandu Conquest / annexation · Kathmandu · Kingdom of Nepal — expansion era → Kathmandu became the capital of a unified Nepal. 1796 British take coastal Ceylon from the Dutch ♻ Conquest / annexation · Colombo · British Ceylon → Coastal Sri Lanka passed to Britain, confirmed by the Treaty of Amiens.

19th century CE · 4

1803 British capture Delhi ♻ Conquest / annexation · Delhi · British East India Company → The Mughal emperor came under British protection. 1843 Annexation of Sindh Conquest / annexation · Hyderabad (Sindh) · British East India Company → Sindh was annexed after the Battle of Miani. 1849 Punjab annexed ♻ Conquest / annexation · Lahore · British East India Company → The Sikh Empire ended and Maharaja Duleep Singh was pensioned off. 1856 Awadh annexed Conquest / annexation · Lucknow · British East India Company → Wajid Ali Shah was deposed on the charge of misgovernance.