The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792) was primarily caused by the expanding ambitions of the British East India Company and the aggressive policies of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore. Tensions escalated as Tipu sought to ally with France and other regional powers against British expansion, threatening British interests in India. The Company aimed to curb Tipu's influence and secure control over southern India, leading to military confrontation. Ultimately, the war resulted in Tipu's defeat and the significant reduction of Mysore's territory and power.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War happened in 1798.
Second Anglo-Mysore War happened in 1779.
First Anglo-Mysore War happened in 1769.
Third Anglo-Mysore War happened in 1792.
Mysore's competition with the English East India Company for control over trade along the malabar coast caused the First Maratha War.
Tipu Sultan
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War happened in 1780.
This was the final conflict of the four Anglo-Mysore Wars. The British took indirect control of Mysore, restoring the 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, Uttara Kannada, and Dakshina Kannada to the British. The war, specifically the Battle of Mallevey and the Siege of Seringapatam, with many of the key protagonists, is covered in the historical novel Sharpe's Tiger.
Treaty of madras in the year 1769
The Flanders Campaign in the French Revolutionary War (1793-1794). The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in India (1798-1799). The Second Anglo-Maratha War in India (1803-1805). The Peninsular War on the Iberian Peninsular (1807-1814). The Waterloo Campaign in present day Belgium (1815).
The Mysore Wars, fought between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore in the late 18th century, resulted in the eventual defeat of Mysore and the establishment of British dominance in southern India. The conflict culminated in the fall of Mysore's ruler, Tipu Sultan, after the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War in 1799. Following his death, the British dismantled the kingdom and redistributed its territories, significantly expanding British control in India. The wars also marked a crucial step in the broader process of British colonial expansion throughout the subcontinent.
Tipu Sultan, Ruler of Mysore, India used rockets for the first time during the Battle of Pollilur (1780), during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.