PROJECT

on

THE MYSORE WAR

Submitted to

MAHARASHTRA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY,

AURANGABAD

Submitted by

NAMAN KUMAR

B.A.LL.B (Hons.) Semester-II

Roll No. 2022/BALLB/80

MODERN INDIAN

HISTORY

Under the guidance of

Ms. DEEKSHA INGLE

Assistant Professor of History

Maharashtra National Law University ,Aurangabad

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 DECLARATION
I hereby declare that my Project Report titled‘THE MYSORE WAR’is a report of the project
submitted to Maharashtra National Law University , Aurangabad.The project assigned to me
during the course of the second semester, has been successfully completed and is a sincere
attempt to complete the project. This project has not been submitted or published elsewhere
within the territory of India.

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INDEX
Sr.no. Title Pg.no.
1 INTRODUCTION 4
2 FIRST MYSORE WAR 6
3 SECOND MYSORE WAR 8
4 THIRD MYSORE WAR 10
5 FOURTH MYSORE WAR 12
6 CONCLUSION 14

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 INTRODUCTION

The Kingdom of Mysore (1399–1947 AD) was a kingdom of Southern India, traditionally believed
to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. The kingdom, which was
ruled by the Wodeyar family, initially served as a vassal state of the Vijayanagara Empire. With the
decline of the Vijayanagara Empire (circa 1565), the kingdom became independent. The 17th
century saw a steady expansion of its territory and, under Narasaraja Wodeyar I and Chikka Devaraja
Wodeyar, the kingdom annexed large expanses of what is now southern Karnataka and parts of
Tamil Nadu to become a powerful state in the southern Deccan1.

The kingdom reached the height of its military power and dominion in the latter half of the 18th
century under Haider Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, who deposed the Wodeyars to take control of the
kingdom. During this time, it came into conflict with the Marathas, the British and the Nizam of
Golconda which culminated in the four Anglo-Mysore wars. Success in the first two Anglo- Mysore
wars was followed by defeat in the third and fourth. Following Tipu's death in the fourth war of 1799,
large parts of the kingdom were annexed by British which signaled the end of a period of Mysorean
hegemony over southern Deccan. The British, however, restored the Wodeyars to the throne by way
of a subsidiary alliance and a diminished Mysore was now transformed into a Princely state. The
Wodeyars continued to rule the state until Indian independence in 1947, when Mysore acceded to
the Union of India.
The State of Mysore rose to prominence in the policies of South India under the leadership of Haider
Ali. Haider Ali was born at Budikot in the state of Mysore in 1721. His father entered into the military
service of the hindu ruler of Mysore, received the rank of Faujdar and the jagir of Budikot. He died
in 1728 when Haider Ali was only seven years of age. His family suffered very much till Haider Ali
gota job in the army. At that time, the king was Krishna Raj but the de facto power of the state was
in the hands of his minister, Nanj Raj. The Karnataka wars helped in the rise of Haider Ali. When
Nasir Jang, Nizam of Hyderabad, was murdered, a part of his treasure, per chance, fell into the hands
of Haider Ali. He increased the number of his soldiers and trained them on the model of the French
army. He gradually received higher ranks and accompanied Nanj Raj to attack Trichinopoly. There
he, per chance, could capture a few cannons of the British. In 1755, he was appointed the Faujdar of
Dindigul. During the next five years, he enhanced his power and prestige at the court enormously
and, finally, succeeded in capturing power of the state from the hands of Nanj Raj. In 1761, he
became the de facto ruler of Mysore though the Hindu ruler remained as the nominal sovereign who
was simply shown to his subjects once a year. The wars of successions in Karnataka and Hyderabad,
the conflict of the English and the French in the South and the defeat of the Marathas in the third
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battle of Panipat provided him opportunity for extending and consolidating the territory of Mysore.
He gradually conquered the neighbouring territories like Bednur and Kanara and forced the chiefs
of the important forts like those of Ballapur, Raidurg, Chittaldurg to accept his suzerainty. Thus,
Haider Ali succeeded in making Mysore a string state in the South and himself becoming its master.
It certainly provoked the jealousy of the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was defeated by
Peshwas Madhav Rao in 1764, forced to sign a treaty in 1765, surrendered him a part of his territory
and also agreed to pay rupees twenty eight lakhs per annum. The Nizam, however, did not act alone
but preferred to act in league with the English which resulted in the First Anglo Mysore war 2.

Even as a princely state, Mysore came to be counted among the more modern and urbanized regions
of India. This period (1799–1947) also saw Mysore emerge as one of the important centers of art
and culture in India. The Mysore kings were not only accomplished exponents of the fine arts and
men of letters, they were enthusiastic patrons as well and their legacies continue to influence music
and art even today.
The Mysore Wars, fought between 1767 and 1799 were the first and gravest threats to British
dominions, after they had established their supremacy in India during the Carnatic Wars. It was war
between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company. There were several reasons
why they were especially difficult and dangerous for Britain. First, Hyder Ali and his son Tippoo
Sultan were exceedingly determined and energetic in their opposition to Britain. Other native armies
that Britain faced were often poorly generalled and poorly equipped, but such was not the case in
the Mysore Wars. Hyder Ali and his son were long time allies of the French, employed foreign
officers in his armies, and were sophisticated in the used of European weapons. They were clever
diplomats as well as generals, and turned several of Britain's allies against her. Second, the East India
Company did not have effective leadership for many years from the time Clive left India to the arrival
of Warren Hastings in 1773, and the Madras presidency, which was responsible for the wars, was
poorly administered. The Company had experience in extracting revenue, and in fighting battles, but
did not have an over-arching vision to guide their policies, and was not equipped to deal with the
demands of properly governing the territories which they had acquired. In short, the Company was
poorly administered during this period, and its activities were highly controversial even at the time.
It was in fact, only during the Mysore wars, that British fully realized that maintaining the status quo
was not an option, and they would either have to fight for their empire in India, and govern it
properly, or lose it altogether.

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THE1 MYSORE WAR

The First Anglo-Mysore War (1766-1769) was a war in India between the Kingdom of Mysore and
the British East India Company.
Hyder Ali, ruler of Mysore, had begun to occupy the serious attention of the British government in
Calcutta. In 1766 the British entered into an agreement with the Nizam of Hyderbad to equip him
with troops to be used against the common threat.

Shortly after this alliance been formed when a secret arrangement was made between the two Indian
powers, and Colonel Smith's small force was met with a united army of 50 000 men and 100 guns.
Superior British training and military discipline, however, prevailed, first in the battle of Chengam
(September 3, 1767), and again still more remarkably in that of Tiruvannamalai (Trinornalai).

Following the loss of his recently built fleet and forts on the western coast, Hyder Ali now offered
overtures for peace; on the rejection of these, bringing all his resources and strategy into play, he forced
Colonel Smith to raise the siege of Bangalore, and brought his army within 5 miles of Madras.

The result was the treaty of April 1769, providing for the mutual restitution of all conquests, and for
mutual aid and alliance in defensive war.
This war was followed by the Mysore-Maratha war from 1769 to 1772 which saw Mysore cede some
territory to the Marathas. The British did not assist Mysore in this war, in what Hyder Ali considered
a violation of the agreement between himself and the British. He blamed Mysore's losses on the
British and his grievances played some role in the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Mysore War.

In 1765, the Nizam of Hyderabad sought the help of the English in Madras against Haider Ali which
was agreed to in return for the surrender of Northern Sarkars to them. The Marathas also joined this
alliance in 1766.
The war started when the Marathas attacked Mysore in 1766. Haider Ali purchased peace with the
Marathas on payment of rupees thirty five lakhs to them. Half of the amount was paid immediately
and for the rest, the district of Kolar was handed over to them as security. The Marathas, then,
returned. Next, the Nizam attacked Mysore with the help of an English force under Joseph Smith.
But the attack did not quite succeed. In September 1767, the Nizam left the side of the English and
joined hands with Haider Ali. Smith could not face their combined forces and retreated to
Trichinopoly where Colonel Wood joined him.
The Nizam and Haider Ali failed to gain any success in the battle near Trichinopoly and, in
December 1767, Haider Ali was defeated at another place.

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The English planned to attack Hyderabad which broke up spirits of the Nizam. He left the side of
Haider Ali and entered into a treaty with the English in March 1768 on the following terms:

• (a) The Nizam agreed to the terms of the previous treaty signed with the English.

• (b) The Nizam regarded Haider Ali as an usurper and refused to acknowledge
his

right to rule Mysore.

(c) The Nizam granted the right of Diwani of Mysore to the English.

(d) The Nizam agreed to help the English and the Nawab of Karnataka to punish Haider Ali.
This treaty made the English and Haider Ali permanent enemies of each other because of the grant
of Diwani of Mysore to the English by the Nizam once it was conquered. The treaty also left Haider
Ali without any ally. He, however, did not lose courage. He defeated an English force sent by the
English from Bombay and captured Manglore. In March 1769, he attacked Madras and forced the
English to sign a treaty on 4 April 1769. Its terms were as follows:-

• (a) Both the parties returned the conquered territories of each other.

• (b) Haider Ali gave the district of Karur to the Nawab of Karnataka.

• (c) Both parties promised to help each other in case of any foreign attack on them.

Thus, ended the first Anglo-Mysore War. But, it was no peace between the two for maintaining
friendly relations with each other but a temporary truce between two enemies.

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THE2 MYSORE WAR

The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-1784) was a conflict in India between the Kingdom of Great
Britain and the Kingdom of Mysore. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the
Franco-British conflict raging on account of the American Revolutionary War helped spark Anglo-
Mysorean hostilities in India. Haidar Ali was ruler of Mysore (though he did not have the title of
king). Stung by a British breach of faith during an earlier war against the Marathas, Haidar Ali
committed himself wholeheartedly to the French alliance and to revenge against the British. On the
French declaration of war against Britain in 1778, the British (then firmly entrenched in Madras)
resolved to drive the French out of India. The British captured Mahé on the Malabar coast in 1779,
and annexed certain lands belonging to a dependent of Haidar's4. Haidar 'Ali sprung at the
opportunity to strike back, and succeeded in making himself master of all that the Marathas had taken
from him. With an empire extended to the Krishna River, he descended through the passes of the
Ghats amid burning villages, reaching Conjeeveram, only 45 miles (72 km) from Madras, unopposed.
Not till the smoke was seen from St Thomas' Mount, where Sir Hector Munro commanded some
5200 troops, was any movement made; then, however, the British general sought to effect a junction
with a smaller body under Colonel Baillie recalled from Guntur. The incapacity of these officers,
notwithstanding the splendid courage of their men, resulted in the total destruction of Baillie's force
of 2800 (September 10, 1780)5.

A great victory Tipu Sultan, the eldest son of Hyder Ali, had taken great interest in the Mysore-
Maratha war of 1769-72. After the death of Peshwa Madhava Rao in 1772, he was sent to the northern
part of Mysore to recover the territories which the Marathas had occupied. By the time of Second
Mysore war he had gained great experience both of warfare and diplomacy. In September 1780 he
inflicted crushing defeat on Colonel Baillie near Polilur. This was the first and the most serious blow
the British had suffered in India. The whole detachment was either cut or taken prisoners. Of the 86
European officers 36 were killed, and 3820 were taken prisoners of whom 508 were Europeans. The
British had lost the flower of their army. Baillie himself was taken prisoner. This defeat caused so
much consternation in Madras that half of its Black Town was deserted. Sir Hector Munnro, the hero
of Buxar, who had defeated three rulers of India (Mughal Emperor Shah Alam, Oudh Nawab Shuja-
ud-daula and the Bengal Nawab Mir Qasim) in a single battle, would not face Tipu. He ran for his
life to Madras throwing all his cannons in the tank of Conjeevaram. Tipu inflicted a serious defeat on
Colonel Braithwaite at Annagudi near Tanjore on 18 Feb 1782. This army consisted of 100 Europeans
300 cavalry, 1400 sepoys and 10 field pieces. Tipu seized all the guns and took the entire detachment

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prisoners. The total force, of a few hundred Europeans, was the standard size of the colonial armies
that had caused havoc in India before Haider and Tipu. In December 1781 Tipu had successfully
seized Chittur from British hands. Thus Tipu had gained sufficient military experience by the time
Haider died in December 17826. The humbling of the British The Second Mysore war came to an
end by the Treaty of Mangalore. It is an important document in the history of India. It was the last
occasion when an Indian power dictated terms to the British, who were made to play the role of
humble supplicants for peace. Warren Hastings called it a humiliating pacification, and appealed to
the king and Parliament to punish the Madras Government for "the faith and honor of the British
nation have been equally violated." The British would not reconcile to this humiliation, and worked
hard from that day, March 11, 1784, to subvert Tipu's power. The Treaty redounds great credit to the
diplomatic skill of Tipu. He had honorably concluded a long- drawn war. He frustrated the Maratha
designs to seize his northern possession.

The great advantage was the psychological impact of his victory with the British, the mode of
conclusion was highly satisfactory to him. The march of the Commissioner all the way from Madras
to Mangalore seeking peace made Munnro remark that such indignities were throughout poured upon
the British" that limited efforts seemed necessary to repudiate the Treaty at the earliest time." Such
public opinion in the country highly gratified Tipu who felt it was his great triumph over the British.
That was the only bright spot in his contest with the British, the only proud event which had humbled
a mighty power. Warren Hastings sent from Bengal Sir Eyre Coote, who, though repulsed at
Chidambaram, defeated Haidar three times in succession in the battles of Porto Novo, Pollilur and
Sholingarh, while Tipu was forced to raise the siege of Wandiwash, and Vellore was provisioned.
Tipu defeated Brathwaite on the banks of the Coleroon in February 1782. On the arrival of Lord
Macartney as governor of Madras, the British fleet captured Negapatam, and forced Hyder Ali to
confess that he could never ruin a power which had command of the sea.

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THE 3 MYSOREWAR

The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792) was a war in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore
and the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was the third of four Anglo- Mysore Wars The third contest
between the English and the Mysore took place when Cornwallis came to India as the Governor-
General of the Company.
Tipu was determined enemy of the English. He was trying to seek alliance of foreign powers against
the English and for that purpose had sent his ambassadors to France and Turkey. Cornwallis,
therefore, was convicted of the necessity of subduing Tipu and described the war against him as a
“cruel necessity”.
Cornwallis also tried to find allies from among the native rulers. He made a settlement with the
Nizam of Hyderabad concerning the district of Guntur. Tipu was not consulted while making this
agreement which convinced him that the English were preparing for a war against him.

Tipu had grievances against the Raja (king) of Travancore who was a dependant ally of the English.
He had provided shelter to many enemy chiefs of Tipu who used to attack the territories of Tipu in
Malabar. He had purchased two ports from the Dutch which were regarded by Tipu well within his
territory. He had raised a protective wall which, as Tipu claimed, had crossed his boundary. Tipu
desired to settle his conflicts with him the good offices of the English but when he received no reply
from him, he attacked his kingdom in December 1789.

Cornwallis took all precautions before declaring war against Tipu. He entered into negotiations
both with the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad. The Marathas entered into a treaty with the
English on 1st June 1790 and the Nizam on 4th July 1790. Both agreed to help the English against
Tipu. It was also agreed that the conquered territory would be divided between the three allies.
Though the burden of the war fell mostly on the shoulders of the English, yet they were assured that
Tipu would be left alone in fighting against them. The English, then, declared war against Tipu in
1790. Tipu fought the war alone which continued for two years. The first attack of the English under
General Medows failed.
Therefore, in December 1790, Cornwallis himself took the command of the army. He proceeded
towards Banglore via Vellore and Ambur and captured it in March 1791. In May, the English reached
Arikera which was nearly nine miles away from the capital of Mysore, Srirangapatam. Tipu,
however, fought bravely and the English retreated during the rainy season. In November 1791, Tipu
succeeded in Coimbatore. But, his power was exhausted. Cornwallis captured all hill forts.

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Tipu felt need for negotiations with English9. Cornwallis agreed and the Treaty of Srirangapatam was
concluded in March 1792. Its terms were:-

1. Tipu surrendered half the territory of his kingdom to the allies. A part of it was given to the Nizam
of Hyderabad. The Marathas extended their boundary up to the river Tungabhadra. The English
obtained Malabar and sovereignty over the Raja of Coorg.

2. Tipu agreed to pay more that 3,000,000 pounds to the English as war indemnity.

3. Tipu also surrendered his two sons to the English as hostages.

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THE4 MYSORE WAR

The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–1799) was a war in South India between the Kingdom of
Mysore and the British East India Company under General Harris. He had taken over as Governor-
General of the Company after Lord Charles Cornwallis. Tipu did not forget his defeat and
humiliation at the hands of the English in the 3rs Mysore War. He prepared himself to restore his
lost power and prestige. He further fortified his capital, increased the number of his infantry and
cavalry and improved their training, suppressed the rebellious chiefs and encouraged agriculture. In
1796, the titular Hindu Raja of Mysore died and Tipu refused to place his minor son even nominally
on the throne and declared himself as Sultan. He sought alliance with foreign powers against the
English. Tipu desired to take revenge from English.

Lord Wellesley, who came to India as governor-general of the company in 1798 was equally
anxious to finish Tipu forever. He was determined to eliminate the influence if the French from the
courts of native rulers including that of Mysore. E was an imperialist. He opened negotiations with
the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Marathas. The Nizam entered into a treaty with the English in
September 1798. Wellesley assured the Peshwa that he would give him half of the territory captured
from Tipu after the war. He declared war against Tipu in 179910.

One English army under General Harris and Arthur Wellesley marched from Vellore and attacked
Mysore in March 1799. Another army under General Stuart attacked Mysore from the West. Stuart
defeated Tipu at Sedaseer and Harris defeated him at Malvelly. Tipu took shelter in Srirangapatam
and the English besieged it and captured it on 4th May 1799. Tipu died fighting and his son
surrendered himself to the English. The 4th Mysore war destroyed the state of Mysore which was
strengthened and taken over by Haider Ali thirty three years back.
The state of Mysore was finished by the English. It was grand success to Wellesley and he was
rewarded the title of Marquess by the English government. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798–
1799) was a war in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company
under General Harris. He had taken over as Governor-General of the Company after Lord Charles
Cornwallis. Napoleon's landing in Egypt in 1798 was intended to threaten India, and Mysore was a
key to that next step, as the ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, was a staunch ally of France. Although
Horatio Nelson crushed Napoleon's ambitions at the Battle of the Nile, three armies - one from
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Bombay, and two British (one of which contained a division that was commanded by Colonel Arthur
Wellesley the future 1st Duke of Wellington) - nevertheless marched into Mysore in 1799 and
besieged the capital, Srirangapatnam after some engagements with the Tipu's armies. On May 4,
the armies broke through the defending walls and Tipu Sultan, rushing to the breach, was shot and
killed. Tipu was betrayed in this war by one of his commanders, Mir Sadiq, a traitor who was bought
by the British. He sent the army to collect wages at the height of the battle thus giving the British a
chance to enter through the hole made through bombardment of the wall. It is also known that he
spread water in the basement where the ammunition was stored, making the ammunition unusable.
One notable military advance championed by Tipu Sultan was the use of mass attacks with rocket
brigades in the army. The effect of these weapons on the British during the Third and Fourth Mysore
Wars was sufficiently impressive to inspire William Congreve to invent Congreve rockets 11. This
was the last of the four Anglo- Mysore Wars. The British took indirect control of Mysore, restoring
the Hindu Wodeyar dynasty to the Mysore throne (with a British commissioner to advise him on all
issues). Tipu's young heir, Fateh Ali, was sent into exile. The Kingdom of Mysore became a princely
state of British India, and ceded Coimbatore, North Kanara, and South Kanara to the British.

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 CONCLUSION

The Anglo-Mysore wars were four wars conducted by British forces against Hyder Ali (1722–
1782) and his son Tipu Sultan (1749–1799), the rulers of the kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka),
in southern India, during 1767–1769, 1780–1784, 1790– 1792, and March–May 1799. The final
conflict ended with the death of Tipu Sultan during his defense of Seringapatam, Tipu's capital.

Mysore was a rich agricultural territory with many superbly built hill forts, and it was a prize that
the British East India Company saw as holding the key to a large conquest of southern India and to
blocking French aspirations in the region. The wars began when Hyder Ali was fighting the
Marathas to the north, and the British lent support to the Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad, who then
invaded Mysore territory with a British detachment. Hyder got the Marathas on his side, won over
the Nizam, and then vented his fury on the British, who were based in Madras and outlying towns.
Hyder reached the walls of Madras City, where he dictated a treaty to the panic-stricken residents.
His exasperation with the British flared anew in the Second Anglo-Mysore War, caused by the
British failure to honor the treaty and render him assistance in his renewed struggle with the
Marathas. Again Hyder marched on Madras, this time hoping to get assistance from the French
based in Pondicherry. It failed to materialize. During this war Hyder Ali died of cancer, but his son
Tipu Sultan took up the crusade against the British, who made peace with him in 1784 (the Treaty
of Mangalore).

The next war began because the British in Madras wrote to the nizam of Hyderabad that they
would help him regain territories lost to Tipu's forces. Anticipating further hostilities, Tipu attacked
Travancore and thereabouts in 1789 –1790. The British then entered into league with the Nizam
and also with the peshwa, the chief minister of the Marathas. In 1790 the British moved into
southern Mysore, but Tipu denied them any clear victories. Lord Charles Cornwallis (1738–1805),
the governor-general of India, then assumed command himself. He captured Bangalore and moved
toward Seringapatam, just outside Mysore City. Now Tipu's scorched earth policy brought famine
into the British camp and obliged Cornwallis to retreat. He had more success in a subsequent
campaign, and in 1792 besieged Seringapatam. This led to Tipu's submission, and another treaty
was concluded in March. Tipu was obliged to surrender two of his sons as hostages, pay a massive
indemnity, and cede up half of his dominions, which were then incorporated into the British East
India Company territories as the "Ceded Districts". Tipu also was forced to cede territory to the
Marathas and the Nizam.
The Fourth Mysore War, a three-month engagement, was caused by Tipu's refusal

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to accept an alliance with the British. The new governor-general, Lord Richard Wellesley
(1760–1842), suspected Tipu's intentions because following the previous treaty Tipu had
tried to form alliances with France, Istanbul, and the shah of Afghanistan, hoping to drive
the British out of India altogether. Three armies, one led by Arthur Wellesley (1769–
1852), the future Duke of Wellington, converged on Seringapatam and with two fierce
attacks brought the war to an end. Tipu's dead body was found, sword in hand, among
those of his soldiers at a north gate, on 4 May 1799. The nizam was given some of the
captured territory, but much of it was restored as the Kingdom of Mysore under
Krishnaraja, the maharaja of Mysore, and remained with Mysore until 1947. The alliance
with the British was finally signed.

Thus it is seen that the State of Mysore which flourished under the power and control of
Haider Ali and his son Tipu Sultan war totally ruined by the English. The four Anglo-
Mysore wars brought an end to the prosperous state of Mysore. Both Tipu Sultan as well
as Haider Ali failed to save Mysore from the successive attacks of the English army and in
the end it was captured by the English.

By doing this project I came to know a lot of facts about the Southern state, Mysore, and
the heroes of the four Mysore Wars, i.e., Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan. It was a wonderful
experience in doing this project. It also shows how the princely states of India were
ruined one by one through foreign invasion

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