what were the causes of conflict between Tipu Sultan and East India Company-( give the answer in points)
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IT is extremely regrettable that the commemoration of Tipu Sultan’s great fight against the British through his birth anniversary celebration has been made a divisive issue by the BJP and other communal elements in Karnataka and outside. Tipu Sultan has always been treated in our own national movement as a hero and martyr for his resistance against British aggression. Moreover, his role as a moderniser, in bringing in modern industrial technology, establishing a state trading company and instituting Mysore’s silk industry stands out as a unique achievement for his time. Much has already been written on his support of Hindu seers and shrines and his large-scale employment of Hindus up to highest offices, to show that there is no truth in picturing him as a persecutor of Hindus. We, therefore, support the commemoration in its treatment of Tipu Sultan as a national hero and a ruler who did much for the prosperity of that state, and appeal to all concerned not to be led away by the denunciatory propaganda against him that goes back directly to the interested writings of his British enemies.
We strongly condemn the threats to noted playwright Girish Karnad for voicing his opinion on the role of Tipu Sultan.
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Tipu remained an implacable enemy of the British East India Company, sparking conflict with his attack on British-allied Travancore in 1789. In the Third Anglo-Mysore War, he was forced into the Treaty of Seringapatam, losing a number of previously conquered territories, including Malabar and Mangalore.