The Fourth Anglo Mysore strengthened the position of British in Mysore. Discuss.
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The Fourth Anglo–Mysore War was a conflict in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore against the British East India Company and the Hyderabad Deccan in 1798–99.[1]
This was the final conflict of the four Anglo–Mysore Wars. The British captured the capital of Mysore. The ruler Tipu Sultan was killed in the battle. Britain took indirect control of Mysore, restoring the Wodeyar Dynasty to the Mysore throne (with a British commissioner to advise him on all issues). Tipu Sultan's young heir, Fateh Ali, was sent into exile. The Kingdom of Mysore became a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India and ceded Coimbatore, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada to the British.
The war, specifically the Battle of Mallavelly and the Siege of Seringapatam, with many of the key protagonists, is covered in the historical novel Sharpe's Tiger.
Fourth Mysore war was fought between East India Company under General Lord Mornington and Tipu Sultan. Fourth Mysore war was the last conflict of the Anglo-Mysore wars in South India.
Tipu Sultan was defeated so Kingdom of Mysore became princely state of the British. Many other areas were capture that includes Coimbatore, Uttara Kannada, as well as Dakshina Kannada.