At DAG from Monday: 18th Century paintings of Tipu Sultan, Anglo-Mysore wars to go on display

Subject: History

Section: Modern India

In the 18th Century, as the Anglo-Mysore Wars played out between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore, a curious British audience was keeping track of the development miles away.

About Tipu Sultan:

Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 1 December 1751),also known as the Tiger of Mysore,
He was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India and a pioneer of rocket artillery.
He expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin.
Tipu Sultan and his father used their French-trained army in alliance with the French in their struggle with the British, and in Mysore’s struggles with other surrounding powers, against the Marathas, Sira, and rulers of Malabar, Kodagu, Bednore, Carnatic, and Travancore.
Tipu’s conflicts with his neighbours included the Maratha–Mysore War which ended with the signing of the Treaty of Gajendragad.

Wars and Battles

Tipu Sultan fought many battles and wars against the British East India Company, Marathas, rulers of Travancore, Carnatic, Malabar, Bednore, Kodagu.
Tipu fought against the Marathas between 1775 and 1779.
Tipu had signed a Peace treaty with the British in 1784.
The British attacked Tipu Sultan, when the ruler of Travancore was attacked by the army of Tipu Sultan. The ruler of Travancore was the ally of the British.
In 1792, Tipu signed the Treaty of Seringapatam (now known as Srirangapatna) and he lost half of his dominion to the British.
Battle of Pollilur or Battle of Perambakam, took place on 10 September 1780 at Pollilur near Conjeevaram, the city of Kanchipuram in present-day Tamil Nadu state, India, as part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
Tipu defeated Lt. Colonel William Baillie of the British East India Company in the Battle of Pollilur.

Role in Anglo-Mysore Wars:

British saw Haidar and Tipu as ambitious, arrogant and dangerous – rulers who had to be controlled and crushed.
Four wars were fought with Mysore (1767-69, 1780-84, 1790-92 and 1799).
- 1767-69: Treaty of Madras.
- 1780-84: Treaty of Mangalore.
- 1790-92: Treaty of Seringapatam.
- 1799: Subsidiary Alliance.
Only in the last – the Battle of Seringapatam – did the Company ultimately win a victory. Tipu Sultan was killed defending his capital Seringapatam.
Mysore was placed under the former ruling dynasty of the Wodeyars and a subsidiary alliance was imposed on the state.

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