List of wars involving Bangladesh

This is a list of battles and wars that involved and occurred in Bangladesh, and Bengal ( that includes both Indian State of West Bengal and Bangladesh ) throughout different periods in history. Most of the battles and wars occurred when the modern area of Bengal was under different empires, especially the Mughal Empire and the British Empire, and the Bengalis served in both the Mughal and the British militaries. Since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, it has its own military.

Pala Empire (750–1200)

The Pala Empire is famous for the conquest of Kannuj held by Dharmapala by fighting a war Gujara Prahi

Sena dynasty (1070–1230)

The Sena dynasty was a Hindu dynasty.

Bengal Sultanate (1338–1576)

Bengal became independent from the Delhi Sultanate in 1338, and remained independent till 1576 (except for brief Mughal and Afghan occupations in the 1540s). During this period, the Bengal Sultanate had its own military, and took part in various wars and armed conflicts.

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Bengali expedition in Nepal (1349–1350) Location: Nepal	Bengal	Nepal	Victory[1] Bengali withdrawal after gaining spoils of war
First Delhite invasion of Bengal (1353–1354) Location: Bengal	Bengal	Delhi Empire	Victory[2] Delhite invasion of Bengal repelled
Second Delhite invasion of Bengal (1358–1360) Location: Bengal	Bengal	Delhi Empire	Victory[3] Delhite invasion of Bengal repelled
Bengal Sultanate–Jaunpur Sultanate War (1415-1420) Location: Bengal	Bengal Timurid Empire Ming China	Jaunpur Sultanate	Victory[4] [5] Raja Ganesha was later removed from power. His son Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah later took the throne and converted to Islam.
Bengal Sultanate–Kamata Kingdom War (1498) Location: Assam	Bengal	Kamata Kingdom	Victory[6] Overthrow of the Khen dynasty Kamata ruled by Bengal in the early 16th century
Bengali conquest of Chittagong (1512–1516) Location: Chittagong	Bengal	Arakan	Victory[7] Chittagong annexed into Bengal[7] Arakan became a vassal of Bengal[7]
Mughal invasion of Bengal (1572–1576) Location: Bengal	Bengal	Mughal Empire	Defeat Mughal annexation of Bengal Start of the anti-Mughal insurgency in Bengal

Bengal Subah (1576–1717)

In 1576, the Mughal Empire conquered Bengal and turned it into a province of the empire. The Mughal rule continued until 1717, when Mughal Subadar (provincial governor) Murshid Quli Khan declared the independence of Bengal. During this period, Bengalis served in the Mughal military, and took part in manh wars undertaken by the Mughals.

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Conquest of Chittagong (1665–1666)	Bengal Netherlands Portugal	Arakan	Victory Re-annexation of Chittagong into Bengal

Nawab of Bengal (1717–1765)

In 1717, Murshid Quli Khan, who was the provincial governor of the Mughal province of Bengal, taking advantage of the weakness of the declining Mughal Empire, declared the independence of Bengal and established himself as the Nawab of Bengal. Bengal remained independent until 1764, when the British annexed the region. During this period, Bengal had its own military, and Bengalis served in it.

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Maratha invasions of Bengal (1741–1751)	Bengal	Maratha	Military victory Political defeat De facto Maratha occupation of Orissa, but de jure it remained a part of Bengal
First Anglo–Bengal War (1756–1757)	Bengal	United Kingdom British East India Company	Defeat Treaty of Alinagar (Kolkata)
Second Anglo–Bengal War (1757)	Bengal  France French East India Company	United Kingdom British East India Company	Defeat Significant expansion of British influence over Bengal
Third Anglo–Bengal War (1763–1764)	Bengal Oudh Mughal Empire	United Kingdom British East India Company	Defeat British annexation of Bengal

Bengal Presidency (1765–1947)

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Indian War of Independence (1857–1859)	Indian Sepoys (including Begali sepoys) Mughal Empire Maratha Empire Gwalior Jhansi Oudh Many other factions	British Empire East India Company Kingdom of Nepal Ajaigarh Alwar Bharathpur Bhopal Bijawar Bikaner Bundi Hyderabad Jaipur Jaora Jodhpur Kapurthala Kashmir Kendujhar Nabha Patiala Rampur Rewa Sirmur Sirohi Udaipur Mysore Travancore	Defeat Direct British annexation of company controlled parts of Indian Subcontinent and rise of British Raj.

East Bengal (1947–1955)

In 1947, East Bengal became a province of the newly established state of Pakistan, and retained this name till 1955. During this period, Bengalis served in the Pakistani military and took part in various conflicts involving Pakistan.

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1947–1949)	Pakistan East Bengal	India	Ceasefire Division of Kashmir between Pakistan and India UN Ceasefire Line of 1949 (later becomes Line of Control after the Simla Agreement of 1972)

East Pakistan (1955–1971)

East Bengal was renamed East Pakistan in 1955, and it became one of the two units of Pakistan under the Pakistani policy of 'One Unit'. East Pakistan remained a part of Pakistan till 1971. During this period, Bengalis continued to serve in the Pakistani military and took part in the wars in which Pakistan participated during this period.

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1965)	Pakistan East Pakistan	India	Ceasefire Tashkent Declaration

Provisional Government of Bangladesh (1971–1972)

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Bangladeshi War of Independence (1971) Location: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bay of Bengal A Mukti Bahini 3.7 inch howitzer used during the war	Bangladesh  India (26 March - 16 December 1971)	Pakistan	Victory Independence of Bangladesh

Bangladesh (1972–present)

Conflict	Bangladesh and allied forces	Opposition forces	Results
Communist insurgency in Bangladesh (1972–1975) Location: Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Communist insurgents Gonobahini Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party	Victory Crushing of the insurgency Establishment of military rule in Bangladesh
Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict (1977–1997) Location: Chittagong Hill Tracts Shanti Bahini militants in 1994	Bangladesh	Tribal insurgents Shanti Bahini Supported by:  India (alleged)[8][9]  Myanmar (alleged)[10][9]	Victory Signing of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord[11] Preservation of the territorial integrity of Bangladesh
Gulf War (Operation Moru-prantar) (1991) Location: Iraq and Kuwait	Bangladesh  United States  Kuwait  France  Saudi Arabia  United Kingdom and other states:  Syria[12]  Morocco  Oman  Pakistan  Canada  United Arab Emirates  Qatar  Thailand  Italy  Australia  Netherlands  Niger  Philippines  Sweden  Argentina  Senegal  Spain  Bahrain  Belgium  Poland  South Korea  Singapore  Norway Czechoslovakia  Greece  Denmark[13]  New Zealand  Hungary	Iraq	Victory Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait
Operation Clean and Beautiful Nation (1991) Location: Bangladesh–Myanmar border and Northern Rakhine State	Bangladesh(border skirmish) Rohingya Solidarity Organisation	Myanmar	Victory Burmese tactical failure Failure to disarm and expel RSO insurgents
Bangladesh–India Border Conflict (2001) Location: Bangladesh–India border	Bangladesh	India	No Territorial Changes Return to status quo ante bellum[14] Bangladesh-India relations strained
Bangladesh Rifles Revolt (2009) Location: Dhaka 14.5 mm ZPU-4 of Bangladesh Army positioned over Satmasjid Road, near Dhanmondi 8A road, pointing towards Pilkhana	Bangladesh	Mutineers from Bangladesh Rifles	Victory Crushing of the revolt[15]
Bangladesh–Arakan Army Conflict (2015) Location: Bangladesh–Myanmar border	Bangladesh	Arakan Army	Victory Expulsion of the Arakan Army from Bangladeshi territory[16]

See also

• History of Bengal
• Military history of Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Armed Forces

References

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16. "Army, BGB launch joint operation in Bandarban after firing by 'Arakan Army'". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

External links

• Bangladesh Official Army website
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsN0aRn0Wh0