Question

Who were the formidable oppenents of the British in southern and western part of India ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Tipu Sultan

Explanation:  

Tipu Sultan: Tipu Sultan: East India Company's Most Formidable Opponent.No one in the 18th century made the hearts of the English ‘lions’ quake with fear as much as Tipu Sultan, known as the Tiger of Mysore. So safe and just was his reign, his court poets tell us: “the deer of the forest make their pillow of the lion and tiger, and their mattress of the leopard and panther.”

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Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

hyder Ali and tippu Sultan of Mysore along with peshwas of Marathas were the only impediments in the path of expansion for the british. the others were Sikhs in the north western region. Ranjit Singh who emerged in the later part of nineteenth century was a formidable opponent to the british.