Maratha–Mysore wars
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| Conflict between Marathas and Mysore | |||||
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Maratha Confederacy |
 Kingdom of Mysore | ||||
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Hyder Ali (WIA) Tipu Sultan Ismail khan † Mir Reza † Ali Jami Khan † M.Hughel (WIA) Mirza Ali Khan  Sipahsalar Sayyid Abdul Ghaffar Sahib | ||||
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The Maratha–Mysore wars were a conflict in the 18th century
Situation in the 18th century
The 18th century saw a steady decline of the once-dominant power on the whole subcontinent – the
Mysore wars with the British
Mysore was a relatively small kingdom at the beginning of the 1700s. However, able rulers such as Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan transformed the kingdom and westernized the army & it soon turned into a military threat both to the British and the Marathas.[3] Upon Hyder Ali’s death in 1782, Mysore covered 80,000 sq. miles and had a population of approximately 6 million.[4]
Starting from 1767, the Kingdom of Mysore overall had four major military confrontations with the British (1767–69; 1780–84; 1790–92; and 1799).[5]
Around 1761, the commander in chief of the state of Mysore, Hyder Ali proclaimed himself absolute ruler of the Kingdom and started military campaigns to expand the territory of the state. In 1766, the British East India Company joined forces with the
Maratha–Mysore wars
After the Second Anglo-Mysore War, Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore, sought to keep offensive moves by the Marathas at bay. The Maratha had established a military alliance with the ruler of Hyderabad with a common purpose of recovering territories both sides had lost to Mysore during previous conflicts. Much of the desired territory was subject to marches, counter-marches, and sieges of fortified points. The Marathas also attempted to draw the British East India Company into the pending conflict, but a neutrality policy implemented by the new governor-general, Lord Charles Cornwallis made its participation impossible. While the Maratha would later aid the British in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the final conflict between Mysore and the Maratha by themselves happened in January 1787 in the Siege of Bahadur Benda, where Mysore successfully captured Bahadur Fort from the Marathas.
Major conflicts
- Siege of Channapatna(1759)
- Battle of Rutehalli Fort (1764)[7]
- Battle of Jadi Hanwati (1764)
- Siege of Sira (1767)
- Siege of Madgiri (1767)[8]
- Battle of Ooscota (1768)
- Battle of Moti Talab(1771)[9][10]
- Battle of Chinkurli (1771)[11]
- Capture of Kabbaldurga(1776)
- Battle of Saunshi (1777)[12]
- Siege of Nargund, 1778
- Siege of Nargund, February 1785
- Siege of Kanchangarh,1786
- Siege of Badami, May 1786
- Siege of Adoni, June 1786
- Battle of Gajendragad, June 1786
- Battle of Savanur, 10 October 1786
- Siege of Bahadur Benda, January 1787
Outcome and aftermath
The Maratha-Mysore War ended after the final conflict during Mysore's successful siege of Bahadur Benda in January 1787, and the Marathas settled for peace with the kingdom of Mysore, to which Tipu Sultan obliged with the signing of the treaty of Gajendragad in April 1787. Tipu who was desperate to focus on defending Mysore from the British agreed to pay an annual tribute of 12 lakhs per year to the Marathas, to end hostilities with them, which allowed him to focus on his rivalry with the British.[13][14] In addition to this Tipu agreed to return all territories captured by Hyder Ali from the Marathas.[15][16][17]
Tipu Sultan would release Kalopant and return Adoni, Kittur, and Nargund to their previous rulers. Badami would be ceded to the Marathas. Tipu would also pay an annual tribute of 12 lakhs per year to the Marathas. In return, Tipu would get all the places he had captured in the war, including Gajendragarh and Dharwar. Tipu would also be addressed by the Marathas by an honorary title of "Nabob Tipu Sultan, Fateh Ali Khan".[18][19] However the Marathas ultimately betrayed Tipu and in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War the Marathas presented their support to the British East India Company and the British went on to take over Mysore in 1799.[20] However sometimes after Tipu's death the Marathas themselves would get involved in conflicts with the British who defeated the Marathas by 1819 in the Anglo-Maratha War leading to the annexation of their territories by the British.[21]
Bibliography
- Duff, James Grant. A history of the Mahrattas, Volume 2
- Kumar, Raj. Essays on modern India
- Sen, Sailendra Nath. Anglo-Maratha relations, 1785-96
References
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- ^ Chopra et al. (2003), pp. 79–80; Kamath (2001), pp. 233–234
- ISBN 978-1-136-79087-4.
- ^ Roy Kaushik, "War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849"; 2011; Routledge; p. 74
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/event/Mysore-Wars
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/event/Mysore-Wars
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- ISBN 9781932705546
- ^ Banerjee Anil Chandra (1943). Peshwa Madhav Rao I.
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- ^ Anglo-Maratha relations, 1785-96
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- OCLC 48995204.
- ^ Cannon, Richard (1849). Historical Record of the 67th Foot. London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker.
