✦ History

Anglo-Mysore wars

1767 – 1799

Result British victory

Four wars in which Mysore under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan fought the East India Company and its allies, the Marathas, Travancore and Hyderabad, in south India.

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Battles 4

1767 – 1769
First Anglo-Mysore War Mysorean victory; Treaty of Madras Nizam Ali Khan, Hyder Ali, Joseph Smith
1780 – 1784
Second Anglo-Mysore War Status quo ante bellum South India Eyre Coote, Hyder Ali, Hector Munro, 8th Laird of Novar
1790 – March 18, 1792
Third Anglo-Mysore War British victory South India Charles Cornwallis, Robert Abercromby of Airthrey, Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet
1798 – 1799
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War British victory Indian subcontinent Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, Baji Rao II

Key commanders

Kingdom of Great Britain 2

Eyre Coote military commander Hector Munro, 8th Laird of Novar military commander

Kingdom of Mysore 2

Hyder Ali military commander Nizam Ali Khan military commander

East India Company 8

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington belligerent leader Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet belligerent leader Baji Rao II military commander Nizam Ali Khan belligerent leader George Harris, 1st Baron Harris military commander James Stuart military commander Joseph Smith military commander Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah military commander

Great Britain 4

Charles Cornwallis belligerent leader Robert Abercromby of Airthrey military commander Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet military commander William Medows military commander