The Anglo–Mysore Wars were a series of four wars fought in India over the three

decades of the 18th century between the British East India Company and the
Kingdom of Mysore.

The fourth war ended with a result in the overthrow of the house of Hyder Ali and
Tipu Sultan and the dismantlement of Mysore to the benefit of the British East India
Company, which won and took control of much of India.

1. First Anglo-Mysore War (1767-1769)

In 1767 Mysore was a powerful state under Hyder Ali.

In 1769, the first Anglo-Mysore war was fought in which Haider Ali defeated the
British and Treaty of Madras was signed between them.

Haider Ali occupied almost the whole of Carnatic.

2. Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-1784)

Warren Hastings attacked French port Mahe, which was in Haider Ali’s territory.

Haider Ali led a joint front with Nizam and Marathas and captured Arcot (Capital of
Carnatic State).

In July 1781, Haider Ali was defeated at Porto Novo by Eyre Coote and saved Madras.

In December 1782, after the death of Haider Ali the war was carried on by his son
Tipu Sultan.

Treaty of Manglore was signed by Tipu Sultan in March 1784 which ended the
second Anglo-Mysore war.

Map Illustrations above shows the territories involved in first and second Anglo-
Mysore war.

3. Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792)

Third war was fought between Tipu Sultan and British East Indian Company begain in
1789 and ended in Tipu’s defeated in 1792. In this war , Marathas and Nizam aided
the British and Cornwallis captured Banglore.

The war ended by signing of Treaty of Seringapatna, between Tipu Sultan and Lord
Cornwallis. In this treaty, Tipu ceded half of his territories and two of his son’s as
hostage of war.
Map illuatrations above shows the territories involved in the Third Anglo-Mysore War

4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1799)

In Fourth war 1799, the British army led by Lord Wellesley attacked and defeated
Tipu Sultan in a brief but fierce war. He met a heroic death on 4th May 1799 while
defending his capital Seringapatnam.

Map illustration above shows the territories involved in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore
War

✣ . At age 15, he accompanied his father against the

British in the First Mysore War in 1766.
✣ The Second Anglo–Mysore War was a conflict
between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India
Company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a
key French ally in India, and the conflict between Britain
against the French and Dutch in the American
Revolutionary War sparked Anglo–Mysorean hostilities in
India.
The Third Anglo–Mysore War (1790–1792) was a conflict in South
India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the East India Company
and its allies, including the Maratha Empire and the Nizam of
Hyderabad. It was the third of four Anglo–Mysore Wars.

✣ Following were the results of the Third Anglo-Mysore

War: At the conclusion of the War in 1792, the Treaty of
Seringapatnam was signed between Tipu Sultan and the English
East India Company.
✣ Tipu Sultan was forced to cede half his kingdom to the trio
of the British, the Marathas and the Nizam.
✣ The Fourth Anglo–Mysore War was a conflict in South India
between the Kingdom of Mysore against the British East India
Company and the Hyderabad Deccan in 1798–99. This was the
final conflict of the four Anglo–Mysore Wars. The British captured
the capital of Mysore. The ruler Tipu Sultan was killed in the battle.