Question

3. Trace the course of British wars with Mysore.
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Answer 1

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FIRST WAR [1766-1769] = HYDER ALI strengthened his army by including the French soldier into his service. He extended his territories by conquering many areas in South India.The rapid rise of Hyder Ali naturally excited the jealousy of the Marathas, the Nizam of Hyderabad and the English. They joined together and formed a triple alliance and declared a war on Hyder Ali.But under the leadership of the English General Smith,Hyder Ali was defeated at Changam and Thurivannamalai in 1767.Tipu Sultan son of Hyderli advances towards Chennai. So the English were forced to enter into the Treaty of Madras in 1769,the provision of which were;1] Territories conquered during the war were restored toeach other.2] The English agreed to help Hyder Ali in case of attack by his enemies,the Nizam and the Marathas..

SECOND WAR [1780-1784] = Mysore was attacked by the Marathas in 1771.As the per treaty of Madras, the English did not help Hyder Ali.So Hyder Ali got angry. Mahe,a French possession in the dominion of Hyder Ali was attacked by the Enlish,Hyder Ali declared war on the English in 1780.He defeated the English force in the Carnatic.However,under Sir Eyre Coote,defeated Hyder Ali at Porto Nova in 1781.Hyder Ali died of cancer in 1782.But his son Tipu Sultan continued the war with the English for 2 more years. The war came to an end with an agreement signed in 1784,called the Treaty of Mangalore..

THIRD WAR[1790-1792] = The English started improving their relationship with the Nizam and Marathas.Tipu,on the other hand,improved his resources.He got the French help. Heattacked Travancore in 1789 which was a friendly state of the English.So,Cornwallis declared a war on Tipu in 1790.Both the troops and had victories and defeats alternately.The war came to an end in 1792.Tipu signed the Treaty of Srirangapatnam with the English

FOUR WAR[1799] = The Treaty of Srirangapatnam failed to bring peace between Tipu and the English.Tipu refused to accept the subsidiary alliance of Lord Wellesley.Lord Wellesley is the Governor General of Bengal who succeeded Cornwallis was determine to extend the influence of the company of India.Wellesley came to know all about Tipu activities,he declared war at once against hin in 1799.Tipu fought bravely but died in the battle.Wellesley himself besieged Srirangapatnam..