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Was a kingdom in southern India. During this time, it came into conflict with the Marathas, the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Kingdom of Travancore and the British, which culminated in the four Anglo-Mysore Wars.
Establishment
January 1566: After the death of Aravidu Aliya Rama Raya, the last ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Wodeyars of Mysore, took advantage of the power vacuum and seized control of Srirangapatna.
January 1566: The kings who followed ruled as vassals of the Vijayanagara empire until the decline of the latter in 1565. By this time, the kingdom had expanded to thirty-three villages protected by a force of 300 soldiers. King Timmaraja II conquered some surrounding chiefdoms.
January 1566: The kings who followed ruled as vassals of the Vijayanagara empire until the decline of the latter in 1565. By this time, the kingdom had expanded to thirty-three villages protected by a force of 300 soldiers.
Chronology
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Was the military invasion of northern Kerala by the Kingdom of Mysore.
August 1766: The Mysore army conquered northern Kerala up to Kochi with relative ease. As Mysore edged closer to the outer reaches of the city of Kozhikode, the Samoothiri sent most of his relatives to safe haven in Ponnani, and from there to Travancore, and to avoid the humiliation of surrender committed self-immolation by setting fire to his palace at Mananchira (27 April). Hyder Ali absorbed Malabar district to his state.
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.
2.1.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.
2.1.1.First Anglo-Mysore War
Was a conflict in India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company.
February 1767: The war began in January 1767 when the Marathas, possibly anticipating movements by the nizam, invaded northern Mysore. They reached as far south as the Tunghabadhra River, before Haider entered into negotiations.
April 1767: In exchange for payments of 30 lakhs rupees the Marathas agreed to withdraw north of the Kistna River.
April 1767: Mir Nizam Ali Khan, the ruler of Hyderabad State, advanced as far as Bangalore, accompanied by two battalions of company troops under Colonel Joseph Smith.
June 1767: In May, Smith discovered that the Haider and the nizam were negotiating an alliance, and consequently withdrew most of his troops to the Carnatic frontier. The deal struck between the two powers called for them to join against the British. Haider was to pay 18 lakhs rupees for the invasion to end, and the nizam was to recognise Haider's son Tipu Sultan as Nawab of the Carnatic once that territory was conquered.
October 1767: Haider Ali moved on to capture Kaveripattinam after two days of siege.
March 1768: The British consequently occupied Mangalore against minimal opposition in February.
August 1768: They retook Mangalore and the other ports held by the over-extended British forces.
April 1769: The Treaty of Madras was a peace agreement signed between Mysore and the British (Lord Verelst) East India Company which brought an end to the First Anglo-Mysore War. The treaty agree to revert to the status quo ante bellum.
2.1.2.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 .
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 (205,000 km²).
January 1780: Having been betrayed by the Marathas and some local officers, Madakari Nayaka was defeated by Hyder Ali, taken prisoner and killed.
January 1783: Establishment of Sangli State, which was a vassal of the Maratha Empire.
January 1783: The British had captured Bednore (modern day Nagara) and other strongholds in the Malabar coast from Mysore in early 1783.
April 1783: The British captured Mangalore in March 1783.
December 1783: British East India Company troops entered Coimbatore against little resistance.
December 1783: Troops from Stuart's army were joined with those of Colonel William Fullarton in the Tanjore region, where he captured the fortress at Palghautcherry in November.
January 1784: Chandrasekhara Chikkaraya Chowta V was the last Chowta king who had some authority. He reigned from 1783 to 1822. Following the conquest of South Canara by the British the Chowtas lost all their power except that they received a small pension from the then government.
January 1784: Tipu brought his main army over. He recaptured Bednore.
January 1784: Husain Ali Khan died in 1783, and his young son, Ghulam Muhammad Ali, succeeded him, with his paternal uncle as regent. Within the space of a year, Hyder's successor Tipu Sultan had driven them from Banganapalle; they took refuge in Hyderabad, returning to reclaim Banganapalle in 1789.
January 1784: Mangalore was besieged and captured by Mysore forces.
March 1784: The Second Anglo-Mysore War was ended on 11 March 1784 with the signing of the Treaty of Mangalore, at which both sides agreed to restore the others' lands to the status quo ante bellum.
2.1.3.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.
2.1.3.1.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.
January 1790: Husain Ali Khan died in 1783, and his young son, Ghulam Muhammad Ali, succeeded him, with his paternal uncle as regent. Within the space of a year, Hyder's successor Tipu Sultan had driven them from Banganapalle; they took refuge in Hyderabad, returning to reclaim Banganapalle in 1789.
2.1.3.2.British attack to Mysore
Was a British military campaign of 1790 in the Kingdom of Mysore during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
July 1790: On 21 July British forces led by Medows entered Coimbatore unopposed.
September 1790: Further strong points in the district fell to the British East India Company, with Palghat and Dindigul requiring significant action to capture.
2.1.3.3.Mysore Counterattack
Was a Mysore counterattack of 1790-1791 against British invasion.
September 1790: British Captain John Floyd withdraw from Sathyamangalam.
July 1791: Cornwallis' retreat to Bangalore exposed the Coimbatore district to Tipu's forces.
November 1791: Siege of Coimbatore.
2.1.3.4.Allied advances
During the summer of 1790, a Maratha army of some 30,000 under the command of Purseram Bhow, accompanied by a detachment of British troops from Bombay invaded the Kingdom of Mysore.
October 1790: During the summer of 1790, a Maratha army of some 30,000 under the command of Purseram Bhow, accompanied by a detachment of British troops from Bombay, began marching toward Mysore. The first several Mysorean outposts surrendered in the face of the large army, and it made steady if slow progress until it reached Darwar in September.
December 1790: Battle of Calicut.
December 1790: The British East India Company captured Cannanore.
February 1791: A second army, consisting of 25,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry under the command of Hurry Punt assisted by a detachment of British soldiers from the Madras army, left Poona in January 1791, eventually reaching Kurnool without significant opposition.
March 1791: Lord Cornwallis led the British East India Company forces in the capture of Bangalore in 1791 during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
March 1791: Siege of Bangalore.
May 1791: The Nizam of Hyderabad's army, led by Mahabat Jung, advanced to Koppal, which they besieged in October 1790. Poor-quality cannons impeded the conduct of the siege, which was not successfully concluded until April 1791.
May 1791: The Maratha army then continued to advance, reaching the Tungabhadra River in early May.
May 1791: In 1791, during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, British General Cornwallis defeated Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam. The battle on 15 May forced Tipu to retreat behind the city's walls, leading to the territory falling under the control of the British East India Company.
June 1791: The British troops of Hurry Punt moved out from Kurnoo.
October 1791: The siege of Nundydroog was conducted by British East India Company forces under the command of General Charles Cornwallis in October 1791.
November 1791: In 1791, Purseram Bhow, a commander in the Maratha Empire, captured Hooly Honore and Shimoga in an attempt to recapture the Bednore district taken by Tipu Sultan's father, Hyder Ali, in a previous war.
December 1791: Siege of Savendroog.
2.1.3.5.Treaty of Seringapatam
Was the treaty that ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War. Mysore lost about one-half of its territories.
March 1792: Treaty of Seringapatam: Under its terms Mysore ceded about one-half of its territories to the other signatories. The Peshwa acquired territory up to the Tungabhadra River, the Nizam was awarded land from the Krishna to the Penner River, and the forts of Cuddapah and Gandikota on the south bank of the Penner. The East India Company received a large portion of Mysore's Malabar Coast territories between the Kingdom of Travancore and the Kali River, and the Baramahal and Dindigul districts. Mysore granted the rajah of Coorg his independence, although Coorg effectively became a company dependency.
2.1.4.Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
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.
2.1.4.1.British Invasion (Fourth Anglo-Mysore War)
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.
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3.1.Anglo-French War (1778-1783)
Was a war between France, allied to the United States, and Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
January 1781: The French retook Mahé in 1780.
Were a series of struggles between the Kingdom of Cotiote and the British East India Company. Following the war, Cotiote was annexed to the Madras Presidency.
January 1791: In 1790, the British recognized Pazhassi Raja as the head of Kottayam instead of the original Raja who had taken refuge at Travancore.
January 1571: Mysore Raja Wodeyar I's reign saw territorial expansion with the annexation of Channapatna to the north from Jaggadeva Raya.
January 1601: Foundation of the Haleri Kingdom.
January 1647: Nayakas of Chitradurga (1588-1779 CE) ruled parts of eastern Karnataka during the post-Vijayanagara period. During the rule of Hoysala Empire and Vijayanagara Empire, they served as a feudatory chiefdom.
January 1650: Jinji Fort, located in modern-day Tamil Nadu, was under the control of the Adil Shahis of Bijapur since 1649. The Adil Shahis were a dynasty of the Bijapur Sultanate, ruling over parts of present-day Karnataka and Maharashtra.
January 1651: Narasaraja Wodeyar acquired Satyamangalam (in modern northern Coimbatore district) […] His successor Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar expanded further to capture western Tamil regions of Erode and Dharmapuri.
January 1701: During the reign of Chikka Devaraja (r. 1672-1704), the Kingdom of Mysore grew to include Salem and Bangalore to the east, Hassan to the west, Chikkamagaluru and Tumkur to the north and the rest of Coimbatore to the south.
January 1701: The invasion of the Keladi Nayakas of Malnad was also dealt successfully.
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 1733: In 1732, the Zamorin of Calicut invited the chief of Palakkad to help defend against the Kingdom of Mysore. This led to Mysore forces marching into Kerala for the first time, marking the beginning of their territorial expansion in the region.
February 1733: In 1732, the Zamorin of Calicut invited Mysore forces to Kerala. The territory of Palakkad was under the rule of the Kingdom of Kozhikode. This marked the first time Mysore forces entered Kerala under the leadership of the Zamorin.
January 1736: In 1735, the Zamorin of Calicut lost his territory to the Kingdom of Mysore. The Zamorin was the title of the Hindu monarch of the Kingdom of Calicut in Kerala, India. The Kingdom of Mysore was a kingdom in southern India, known for its powerful rulers like Tipu Sultan.
February 1736: In 1736, the Zamorin of Calicut lost his territory to the Kingdom of Kozhikode. The Zamorin was the title of the monarch of the Kingdom of Calicut, while the Kingdom of Kozhikode was a powerful state in present-day Kerala, India. The Zamorin had previously lost his territory in 1735, only to have it taken again in 1736.
January 1738: The Kingdom of Mysore raided the Samoothiri's frontier outposts.
February 1738: In 1737, the Marathas raided the Zamorin of Calicut's frontier outposts. The Zamorin, also known as the Samoothiri, ruled the Kingdom of Kozhikode in present-day Kerala, India. The Marathas were a powerful warrior group from western India.
January 1742: In 1741, Governor Joseph François Dupleix arrived in India, aiming to establish a French territorial empire. Commanded by Marquis Bussy-Castelnau, Dupleix's forces gained control over the area from Hyderabad to Cape Comorin.
January 1746: In 1745, the Zamorin of Calicut, ruler of Kozhikode, clashed with the Kingdom of Mysore in three battles. The Zamorin was the title of the monarch of the Kingdom of Calicut, while the Kingdom of Mysore was ruled by the famous ruler Tipu Sultan.
February 1746: In 1745, the Zamorin of Calicut, ruler of the Kingdom of Kozhikode, led his warriors in three battles against the Mysore forces. The conflicts ultimately resulted in the territory of Zamorin of Calicut being annexed by the Kingdom of Kozhikode in 1746.
December 1754: The Governor of French India, Charles Godeheu, signed a treaty with the British on December 26, 1754, agreeing to evacuate all the territories in India conquered by his predecessor, Joseph Dupleix. The British also agreed to leave the territories of French India that they had occupied.
January 1757: In 1756 Mysore forces invaded Kozhikode for the fifth time.
February 1757: The Kingdom of Mysore leaves Kozhikode.
January 1759: Haider Ali's victory against the Marathas at Bangalore in 1758, resulting in the annexation of their territory, made him an iconic figure. In honour of his achievements, the king gave him the title "Nawab Haider Ali Khan Bahadur".
January 1764: In 1763, with its defeat to Hyder Ali, the Keladi Nayaka Kingdom was absorbed into the Kingdom of Mysore.
January 1764: By 1761, the Maratha menace had diminished and by 1763, Mysore ruler Haider Ali had captured the Keladi kingdom, defeated the rulers of Bilgi, Bednur and Gutti, invaded the Malabar in the south and conquered the Zamorin's capital Calicut with ease in 1766 and extended the Mysore kingdom up to Dharwad and Bellary in the north.
January 1764: By 1763, Haider Ali had captured the Keladi kingdom, defeated the rulers of Bilgi, Bednur and Gutti, invaded the Malabar in the south and conquered the Zamorin's capital Calicut.
January 1764: In 1763, Hyder Ali, the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, conquered Mangalore.
January 1767: By 1761, the Maratha menace had diminished and by 1763, Mysore ruler Haider Ali had captured the Keladi kingdom, defeated the rulers of Bilgi, Bednur and Gutti, invaded the Malabar in the south and conquered the Zamorin's capital Calicut with ease in 1766 and extended the Mysore kingdom up to Dharwad and Bellary in the north.
January 1777: In 1776, the territory of Sandur State was annexed to the Kingdom of Mysore under the rule of Hyder Ali and later his son Tipu Sultan. This marked a significant shift in power dynamics in the region during that period.
January 1778: In 1777, Haider Ali recovered the previously lost territories of Coorg and Malabar from the Marathas.
January 1781: From 1780 to 1788, the kingdom was occupied by neighbouring Mysore.
January 1791: In 1776 - 1790, Sandur State's territory was annexed to the Mysore Kingdom under the rule of Hyder Ali and later his son Tipu Sultan. Sandur State regained its independence in 1790.
Disestablishment
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.
Kingdom of Mysore
