Mysore Wars — Landmark Events

Landmark Events

Treaty of Madras

1769

This treaty, concluding the First Anglo-Mysore War, was a significant diplomatic victory for Hyder Ali and a rare humiliation for the British East India Company. It established a…

Treaty of Mangalore

1784

Concluding the Second Anglo-Mysore War, this treaty was negotiated by Tipu Sultan after his father's death. It largely restored the 'status quo ante bellum', meaning both sides…

Treaty of Seringapatam

1792

This treaty, ending the Third Anglo-Mysore War, was a catastrophic defeat for Tipu Sultan and a monumental victory for the British and their allies. Tipu was forced to cede half…

Fall of Seringapatam & Death of Tipu Sultan

1799

The final siege of Seringapatam and Tipu Sultan's death marked the definitive end of Mysore's independence and the most formidable indigenous challenge to British power in South…