Kingdom of Coorg

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Was a Kingdom that ruled over Coorg between 1600 A.D and 1834 A.D. Coorg became a protectorate of British India on 26 October 1790.

Establishment

January 1601: Foundation of the Haleri Kingdom.

Chronology

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1. Anglo-Indian Wars

Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.

1.1.Anglo-Mysore Wars

Were a series of four wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century between the Sultanate of Mysore on the one hand, and the British East India Company, Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Travancore, and the Kingdom of Hyderabad on the other. The fourth war resulted in the dismantlement of Mysore to the benefit of the East India Company, which took control of much of the Indian subcontinent.

1.1.1.Second Anglo-Mysore War

Was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784.

January 1780: By 1779, Mysore ruler Haider Ali had captured parts of modern Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the south, extending the Kingdom's area to about 80,000 mi2 .

1.1.2.Third Anglo-Mysore War

Was a conflict in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company, the Kingdom of Travancore, the Maratha Empire, and the Nizam of Hyderabad. It was the third of four Anglo-Mysore Wars.

1.1.2.1.Mysore retreat from Travancore

Was the retreat of the Kingdom of Mysore from Travancore, caused by the monsoon rains, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

January 1789: The Rajah of Coorg was restored by the British.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1701: Despite this expansion, the kingdom, which now accounted for a fair share of land in the southern Indian heartland, extending from the Western Ghats to the western boundaries of the Coromandel plain, remained landlocked without direct coastal access. Chikka Devaraja's attempts to remedy this brought Mysore into conflict with the Nayaka chiefs of Ikkeri and the kings (Rajas) of Kodagu (modern Coorg); who between them controlled the Kanara coast (coastal areas of modern Karnataka) and the intervening hill region respectively. The conflict brought mixed results with Mysore annexing Periyapatna but suffering a reversal at Palupare.

January 1781: From 1780 to 1788, the kingdom was occupied by neighbouring Mysore.

October 1790: Coorg became a protectorate of British India.