The Four Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799) were fought between the British East India Company (EIC) and the state of Mysore. Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, the "Tiger of Mysore", were relentless foes to British expansion in southern India but were eventually subdued by the triple alliance of the EIC, the Maratha Confederacy, and the Nizam of Hyderabad.
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1761Haidar Ali usurps the throne of the Kingdom of Mysore.
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1767 - 1769First Anglo-Mysore War.
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1767 - 1799The four Anglo-Mysore Wars see the East India Company expand its territories in India.
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Aug 1767Haidar Ali, ruler of the kingdom of Mysore, declares war on the East India Company.
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Sep 1767The East India Company defeats Mysore and the Nizam of Hyderabad at the battle of Trinamalai.
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1780 - 1784Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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Sep 1780The Kingdom of Mysore defeats the East India Company at the battle of Pollilur.
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Jul 1781The East India Company defeats the Kingdom of Mysore at the battle of Porto Novo (Parangipettai).
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1782 - 1799Reign of Tipu Sultan (aka Tipoo Sahib), ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore.
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Dec 1789The Kingdom of Mysore attacks the Kingdom of Travancore in southern India.
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1790 - 1792Third Anglo-Mysore War.
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Jan 1792The Treaty of Seringapatam ends the Third Anglo-Mysore War and obliges Mysore to give up half its territory to the East India Company.
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1799Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.
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7 Apr 1799An East India Company army begins a one-month siege of Seringapatam, capital of the Kingdom of Mysore.
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3 May 1799The East India Company wins the Anglo-Mysore Wars by capturing Seringapatam. Tipu Sultan of Mysore is killed and the kingdom becomes a British protectorate.
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1831The East India Company takes over the Kingdom of Mysore.
