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Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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A chronological list of Wars and Minor Campaigns involving the British and Company armies in the East Indies.
- For actions on the North West Frontier see Chronological list of North West Frontier Campaigns.
- Battles that did not form part of a campaign may be found in Category:Battles.
Pre 1770
Year | Action |
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1686-90 | Bengal Skirmishes |
1718-56 | Maratha Skirmishes |
1744-48 | 1st Carnatic War |
1748-54 | 2nd Carnatic War |
1756-63 | 3rd Carnatic War |
1762-63 | Manila Expedition |
1766-69 | 1st Mysore War |
1770s & 1780s
Year | Action |
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1773 | Tanjore Campaign |
1774 | 1st Rohilla War |
1775-1782 | 1st Maratha War |
1778-1783 | East Indies Campaign |
1780-84 | 2nd Mysore War |
1789-92 | 3rd Mysore War |
1790s & 1800s
Year | Action |
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1794 | 2nd Rohilla War |
1795-96 | War against Dutch in Ceylon |
1795-1801 | Malacca and the Spice Islands |
1798-99 | 4th Mysore War |
1799 | 1st Polygar War |
1799-1815 | Napoleonic War |
1800 | Campaign against Dhoondia Waug |
1800-05 | 2nd Polygar War |
1801 | Egyptian Campaign |
1802 | Bullum Campaign |
1803-05 | 1st Kandyan War |
1803-05 | 2nd Maratha War |
1809 | 1st Ras al-Khaimah Expedition |
1809-11 | Mauritius Campaign |
1810s & 1820s
Year | Action |
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1810 | Spice Islands |
1810 | Bani-Bu-Ali Expedition |
1811 | Java Expedition |
1813 | Rewah Campaign |
1814-16 | Gurkha War |
1815 | 2nd Kandyan War |
1817-18 | 3rd Kandyan War (Uva Rebellion) |
1817-18 | 3rd Maratha War |
1819 | 2nd Ras al-Khaimah Expedition |
1821 | Bani-Bu-Ali Expedition |
1823-26 | 1st Burma War |
1824-29 | Kittur Rising |
1825-26 | Jat War |
1830s & 1840s
Year | Action |
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1831-32 | Nanning Expedition |
1832 | Bangalore Mutiny |
1834 | Coorg Campaign |
1839 | Kurnool Campaign |
1839-42 | 1st Afghan War |
1839-42 | 1st China War |
1841-56 | Disturbances in Berar |
1842 | Bundela Rising |
1842-43 | Sind Campaign |
1843 | Gwalior Campaign |
1844 | Kolhapur Campaign |
1845 | Truckee Campaign |
1845-46 | 1st Sikh War |
1848-49 | 2nd Sikh War |
1850s & 1860s
Year | Action |
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1850-64 | Taiping Rebellion |
1852-53 | 2nd Burma War |
1855 | Santal Rebellion |
1856-60 | 2nd China War |
1856-57 | Persian War |
1857-58 | Indian Mutiny |
1860 | Sikkim Expedition |
1864-65 | Duar War (Bhutan War) |
1868 | Abyssinian Campaign |
1870s & 1880s
Year | Action |
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1871-72 | Lushai Expedition |
1875 | Naga Hills Expedition |
1875-76 | Perak War |
1878-80 | 2nd Afghan War |
1879-80 | Naga Hills Expedition |
1882 | Egyptian Campaign |
1885 | Sudan Campaign |
1885-87 | 3rd Burma War |
1888 | Sikkim Expedition |
1889-90 | Chin Lushai Expedition |
1890s & 1900s
Year | Action |
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1891 | Manipur War |
1892-93 | Chin Hills Expedition |
1892-93 | Kachin Hills Expedition |
1895-96 | Kachin Hills Expedition |
1899-1901 | 3rd China War |
1899-1902 | Boer War |
1903-04 | Tibet Expedition |
1910s & 1920s
Year | Action |
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1911-12 | Abor Expedition |
1914-18 | First World War |
1919 | 3rd Afghan War |
1921-22 | Moplah Uprising |
1930-32 | Burma Rebellion |
1939-45 | Second World War |