Year |
Name of Conflict |
Allies |
Opponent(s) |
Outcome |
1856 |
Second Opium War |
United Kingdom India France |
China |
Victory Treaties of Tientsin. |
1864 |
Bhutan War |
India |
Bhutan |
Victory Bhutanese territorial cessions to India. |
1878 |
Second Anglo-Afghan War |
United Kingdom India |
Afghanistan |
Victory Treaty of Gandamak, British objectives attained. |
1881 |
Mahdist War |
United Kingdom India Egypt Ethiopia |
Mahdist Sudan |
Victory Sudan became an Anglo-Egyptian condominium. |
1882 |
Anglo-Egyptian War |
United Kingdom India Tewfik Pasha |
Ahmed Orabi |
Victory Ahmed Orabiexiled, British occupation of Egypt. |
1885 |
Third Anglo-Burmese War |
India |
Burmese Empire |
Victory The province of Burma became part of the British Raj. |
1888 |
Sikkim Expedition |
India |
Tibet |
Victory Tibetan forces expelled from Sikkim. |
1891 |
Hunza-Nagar Campaign |
India |
Hunza Nagar |
Victory The British gained control of Hunza and Nagar. |
1897 |
Tirah Campaign |
India |
Afridis Orakzais Chamkanis |
Victory Negotiations for peace were then begun with the Afridis. |
1899 |
Boxer Rebellion |
Empire of Japan Russia United Kingdom India France United States Germany Austria-Hungary Italy |
Yihetuan Movement China |
Victory The rebellion was suppressed. Signing of the Boxer Protocol. Provisions for foreign troops to be stationed in Beijing. |
1897 |
First Mohmand Campaign |
India |
Mohmands |
Victory Punitive expeditionsuccessful. |
1899 |
Second Boer War |
United Kingdom British Cape Colony Natal Colony Rhodesia Australia India Canada New Zealand British Ceylon |
Orange Free State South African Republic |
Victory Treaty of Vereeniging, British sovereignty over The Orange Free State and the Transvaal. |
1903 |
British expedition to Tibet |
India |
Tibet |
Victory Treaty enforced, return to status quo. |
1914 |
World War I |
France United Kingdom South Africa Australia Canada India Newfoundland New Zealand Russian Empire Italy United States Serbia Japan Belgium Greece Romania Portugal Brazil |
Germany DSWA DOA Kamerun DNG Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria South African Republic |
Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarianempires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations. |
1919 |
Turkish War of Independence |
Greece Pontic Rebels France French West Africa Armenia United Kingdom India Georgia |
Ankara Government Kuva-yi Milliye |
Defeat[1] Overthrow of the Ottoman Sultanate. Treaty of Lausanne. Establishment of the Republic of Turkey. |
1919 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
United Kingdom India |
Afghanistan |
No clear victor Treaty of Rawalpindi, Afghan independence recognized. |
1919 |
First Waziristan Campaign |
India |
Waziristan |
Victory Suppression of insurrection by independent Wazir tribes. |
1920 |
Iraqi revolt |
United Kingdom India |
Iraqi rebels |
Victory Faisal I of Iraqinstalled as the King of Iraq. |
1925 |
Pink's War |
India |
Mahsud tribesmen |
Victory Tribal leaders accept terms. |
1935 |
Second Mohmand Campaign |
India |
Mohmands |
Victory Jirgaand peace. |
1936 |
Second Waziristan Campaign |
India |
Waziri tribesmen |
Victory Suppression of insurrection by independent Wazir tribes. |
1939 |
World War II |
Soviet Union United States Commonwealth of the Philippines United Kingdom India Republic of China South Africa Australia Canada New Zealand France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia |
Germany Vichy France Italy Japan Manchukuo Mengjiang Wang Jingwei regime Azad Hind Thailand Empire of Vietnam State of Burma Hungary Romania Bulgaria |
Victory Collapse of the German Reich Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union assuperpowers Beginning of the Cold War |
1945 |
Indonesian National Revolution |
Netherlands United Kingdom India |
Indonesia |
Withdrawal Indian withdrawal after independence in 1947. The Netherlands recognises Indonesian independence. |
1945 |
Operation Masterdom |
United Kingdom India France Japan |
Viet Minh |
Withdrawal Start of the First Indochina War, lasting until the Geneva Conference of 1954. |