Anglo-Mysore War (1767-1769)
•Hyder Ali-son of a Faujdar of the
Mysore Army.
started his career as an ordinary
soldier.
•Soon, He became the commander in
chief of the Army
•In 1766, When the ruler of Mysore
died, he proclaimed himself as the
ruler of Mysore
Causes
HyderAli maintained a good relation with
the French. He strengthen his army by
inducting French soldiers which angered
the British.
The Neighbouringpower of Marathas and
the Nizamof Hyderabad wanted to check
Hyder`sexpansion.
Hyderdisliked the British troops stationed
at Vellore. British did not like the
protection given to ChandaSahib in
carnaticwars.
The British, the Nizam, and Marathas
made a trippleallaianceagainst Hyder. In
HyderAli NizamAli Khan
Events
With the British Force and Nissam
Forces under Col.Smith, the Nizam
entered into Mysore in Aug-1767.
Hyder abled to win over the Nizam
and Maraths on his side.
British were left alone.
The british were defeated by Hyder
and Tipu.
Tipu plundered the region near
Madras.
The English sued for peace.
Result
Treaty of Madras was signed in 1769.
The English and the French agreed to
restore the places conquered by them
and to return the war prisoners.
Both agreed to help each other in
times of war.
Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-
1784)
According to the treaty concluded b/w Hyder
and English, both would help each other while
attacking any external force. English did not
follow while Marathas attacked Mysore in 1771.
So Hyder got angry.
Hyder and french were good friends at Mahe
and supported each other. When English
attacked Mahe in 1780, Hyder declared war on
the English. In 1780, Hyder conquered the
entire Carnatic region and defeated the English.
Events
The English bribed the Nizam and kept
away from helping Hyder.
Warran Hastings sent G.Eyre Coote to
defeat Hyder at Portonova
(Parangipettai), Thiruvannamalai and
Sholingur (near Kanchi).
Meanwhile Hyder died of Cancer in 1782.
but his son Tippu continued the wars with
the British for 2 more yrs.
When both sides were tired of war, they
signed a treaty.
Results
The Treaty of Mangalore was concluded
on May 11, 1784.
All the captured placed were restored.
TippuSultan
A linguistic
Mysore Tiger
Shows condolence to French Revolution
Missile technology first introduced in
India
Fithul Mujahiddin-Tippu`s book,
description of rockets.
It is better to be a lion for a day than a
sheep all your life-TIPPU
Third Anglo-Mysore war (1790-1792)
A mutual distrust developed b/w Eng &
Tippu
English made alliance with Nizam &
Marathas
Tippu got a support of French at Mahe
In 1789, He attacked Travancore (Dharma
Raja), an ally of British, Cornwallis
Causes……
Events
Tippu defeated the British forces under
General Meadows in 1790.
Cornwallis himself took the command of
the English forces and captured
Bangalore.
The Marathas joined with the English and
destroyed Mysore territory.
In 1792, Carnwallis besieged
Srirangapattinam, the capital of Tippu.
Tippu sued for peace.
Carnwallis(1786-1795)
He signed the Srirangapattinam treaty
with Tippu in 1792.
1793-Permanent Land Revenue System
Father of Indian Civil Service-Surendra
Nath Banerji was the first Indian-1863.
Indian Police Service came into
existence.
Indian Civil and Criminal Courts
introduced.
Revenue and Justice were separated.
Result
The Treaty of Srirangapattinam was signed
in 1792.
Tippu had to offer half of his kingdom to the
British especially Malabar.
He had to pay a huge war indemnity of 3½
Cr which was shared b/w B, M & N.
His 2 sons were surrended as hostages to
the British.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore war
(1799)
Tippu could not digest the humiliation-III AM
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He wanted to take revenge on the English
He refused to accept the Subsidiary Aliance
which the English tried to force on him.
Tippu secretly tried to get help from
Kabul,Arabia and the French.
When Wellesley came to know all these, he
declared war on Tippu in 1799.
Causes
Events
3 combined army were sent against
Tippu.
Army from Bombay came under
G.Stuart, Madras under Harris and
Arthur Wellesley where Tippu had to
defeat.
Wellesley besieged Srirangapattinam in
1799.
Result
With the end of Tippu, English
conquered his most dangerous
enemies.
The English annexed Mysore,
Coimbatore.
Central part of Mysore was restored to
a hindu ruler prince Krishna.
Lord Wellasley(Mornington)-1798-
1805
Akbar of British India.
1798-Subsidary Alliance. (Hyderabad first)
Partially implimented-divide and rule policy
1799-sensorship of press act.
IV-Mysore war time Governor
1802-Human infanticide banned
Madras province formed
Tiger of Bengal pronounced by himself
1800-Fort William College-Kolkatta
Arthur Wellasley1799-IV Mysore war, 1805-
Palazhi Raja, 1815-Waterloo war with Napolean