Question

What are the causes and consequences of the Anglo Mysore Wars of 1767-1799?

Answer 1

points The Anglo Mysore Wars War fought between 1766 to 1799. The cause behind the Anglo Mysore Wars is because When Hyder Ali tried to expand his kingdom, he defeated the forces of the East India Company and besieged Madras in 1769. The British agreed to help Hyder Ali in case of an attack from the marathas but when the marathas attacked Mysore in 1771, the British failed to come to Hyder Ali's help. This angered Hyder Ali and he swore never to trust the British again. He died in 1782 leaving his son Tipu Sultan to carry on the fight with the British In the third Anglo Mysore war Lord Cornwallis, governor general at that time enter into an alliance With marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad

Answer 2

The British East India Company, seeking an overland connection between its holdings at Madras and Bengal, sought to gain access to the Northern Circars, a series of coastal territories held by the French until 1758, when they were ousted with British military support. They had applied to the nizam, offering to pay rent well above that he was currently receiving from the nawab of Arcot; the nizam rejected their offers.[4] Lord Robert Clive next applied to Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, who in August 1765 issued a decree granting the company rights to that territory......
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..Hyder Ali, apparently emboldened by the agreement with the British, engaged in war with the Marathas in 1770, and requested British support when the Marathas penetrated Mysorean territory.[40] The British refused to assist him, even though they were also drawn into conflict with the Marathas in the 1770s. Hyder's battles did not fully end until 1779, when the Marathas negotiated an alliance with him and the nizam for united action against the British. This led to the beginning of the Second Anglo-Mysore War in 1780.[41] This conflict devastated much of the Carnatic, and also failed to decisively resolve differences between Mysore and the British. Resolution occurred in 1799 with the defeat and killing of Hyder's son Tipu, and the restoration of the Wodeyars as British clients.
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