Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

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Was the fourth and final Anglo-Mysore war. After the war, the Kingdom of Mysore became a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India.

Chronology

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1. British Invasion (Fourth Anglo-Mysore War)

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Was a British military operation in the Kingdom of Mysore during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

November 1798: Three armies of the British East India Company marched into Mysore in 1799 and besieged the capital, Srirangapatnam, after some engagements with Tipu.

May 1799: In the Battle of Seringapatam, the British broke through the defending walls. Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, rushing to the breach, was shot and killed.

2. Partition of Mysore

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After the loss of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was occupied and partitioned. The remnant territories became a princely state of British India.

June 1799: After the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, several Mysore territories were ceded to neighbour states.

June 1799: Britain took indirect control of Mysore, restoring the Wodeyar Dynasty to the Mysore throne.

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