Question

Analyse the causes and the results to the 2nd Anglo mysore war

Answer 1

In the first Anglo-Mysore war, Haider Ali gave a crushing defeat to the British. He signed a treaty of Madras with the British in 1769 according to which both sides would help each other in case of attack by a third party.

In 1770, Marathas attacked Mysore but the British forces did not help them. This enraged Haider Ali and he defeated the British in the battle of Pollilur. Haider Ali died in 1782 while fighting the English forces in Chitoor, but his son , Tipu Sultan continued the war. The Second Anglo-Mysore war ended in 1784 with the treaty of Mangalore