New Granadine War of Independence (1848-52)
British Raj Wars
Zaman Shah Durrani's invasion of India (1800-1)
-Fourth Battle of Panipat (1801)
-ends with Anglo-Maharashtrian-Hyderabadi alliance turning him back
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1800-3)
-Siege of Seringapatam (1803)
First Anglo-Hyderabadi War (1804-7)
-kicked off by British attempt to kick off Captain Raymond going awry
First Anglo-Nepalese War (1813-16)
First Anglo-Burmese War (1825-9)
-Fall of Chittagong (1826)
-Invasion of eastern Bengal (1826-8)
-with threat of invasion at Calcutta forcing troops to be called in there
-army advances into eastern Bengal, successfully taking Dhaka
-in British Raj chaos following British Wars > Popular Revolution (1827-9) means Burma advances yet further
-Fall of Calcutta (1828)
-rest of Bengali administration falls apart in short succession
-British essentially concede loss of Bengal
-and nawabate becomes puppet under Burmese authority
Popular Revolution disarray (1827-35)
-crisis in Britain devolves onto white soldiers, who mutiny against their commanders
-after their commanders try to declare loyalty to Guelphs
-causes spread of mutinies to brown sepoys
-who are long pissy about defeats at hands of Burmese
-a number of princes grab British land, effectively declare independence
-Bengal
-Titumir, a Wahhabi peasant rebel, rebels against British authorities and this intensifies
-with Burma winning war smashingly, it forms a quasi-state
-however, as it increases, its Wahhabi nature brings it into conflict with Hindu peasants and it destroys several Hindu temples
-gets crushed in 1830s as its rigid Wahhabi rules lose support from peasants
-additionally Jungle Mahals establish independence in this era
-under Ganga Narayan
-lasts quite a while
-Bihar
-the various zamindars establish independence
-this guy
becomes leading maharaja of Bihar
-and engages in program of empire-building over Bihar
-crowns himself Nawab of Bihar
-Northern Circars
-mass mutiny of officers
-establish a quasi-state
-however, gets crushed by sea and by officers moving from Hyderabad
-Oudh
-sees massive disarray among soldiers and all
-causes the Nawab to grab land from nearby areas in name of security
-Mysore
-Fateh Hyder escapes Calcutta when being shuffled out upon his fall
-making his way down to Mysore, declared king by rebelling troops
-indeed, the whole Wodeyar dynasty overthrown
-the new state successfully deflects a Maharashtrian invasion
-Maharashtra
-kicks out British regiment
-sends army to take over territories in Ceded and Conquered Territories
-takes Aligarh
-but broadly dominated by Scindia, Holkar
-in the end, confirms alliance with British
-with broad claims ensured by treaty
-rebellions in Gwalior, Indore, latter falls out of British rule for a while and stirs up trouble
-loses Nepal hold
-Tanjore restored, Carnatic gets back some land
-in the end, there's a bad decline in British rule
-but retained
-also there are rebellions in Bengal, particularly its east, that get crushed
-with some of them Wahhabi-influenced
Fifth Anglo-Mysore War (1837-40)
-renewed Mysore enacts period of modernity
-alliance with the French restored
-having reestablished order, both British and Maharashtrians agree to actions against it
-war is a brutal affair but ends up with Mysore totally crushed
Anglo-Nagpuri War (1841-3)
-Nagpur refuses to recognize authority of Peshwa and maintains independence from British
-both British and Maharashtrians decide they need to subjugate it
-ensuing war leads to it crushed hard
-Nagpur formally bends the knee to Maharashtra and Orissa divided between British and Maharashtrians
Second Anglo-Burmese War (1847-9)
-Burma had gigantic war with Siam in alliance with Vietnam (1833-9), ends up with Siam defeated with much difficulty (and independence of Lao states)
-British officers in Orissa quite intent on redeeming the loss of Bengal
-intentionally they decide to storm the border which causes a war
-war goes quite well for British
-but with British forces mired in war with Spain, Burma launches a war to secure new recognition of its NE India claims
-but Burma hammered hard, loses Bengal and for good measure Arakan
-does get to keep NE India but suddenly it's in a much more fragile position
First Anglo-Bihari War (1853-4)
-a jagirdar of a swathe of Bihar declares independence
-British officers sponsor this
-results in war with Bihar
-defeats its Nawab, forces him to accept the presence of a British garrison
-in years that follows, British seek to expand influence up the Ganges again
Second Anglo-Bihari War (1854-5)
-Bihar attempts to get rid of its British garrison
-though it does for a bit British troops make quick work of it
Second Anglo-Nepalese War (1859-62)
-annexation of the Terai
-brought under British overlordship
Second Anglo-Hyderabadi War (1865-7)
-Hyderabad defeated and made a princely state
Punjabi Revolution (1883-90)
-Patiala Rebellion (1883)
-Pahari insurgency (1883-9)
Hindustani War of Independence (1936-9)
-Fifth Battle of Panipat (1938)
-colossal battle which sees Delhi fall to Hindustani forces
Andhra Revolution (1937-1941)
-Joint Anglo-Maharashtrian Expedition (1943)