Third Anglo-Mysore War

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The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789-1792) was a war in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the English East India Company. It was the third of four Anglo-Mysore Wars.

Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore and an ally of France, invaded the nearby state of Travancore in 1789, which was a British ally. The resultant war lasted three years and resulted in a resounding defeat for Mysore. France, embroiled in the French Revolution and thwarted by British Naval power, was unable to provide as much assistance as Tipu had expected.

One notable military advance championed by Tipu Sultan was the use of mass attacks with rocket brigades, called kushoons, in the army. These weapons sufficiently impressed the British during the Third and Fourth Mysore Wars to inspire William Congreve to invent Congreve rockets.

The war resulted in a sharp curtailment of Mysore's borders to the advantage of the Marathas, the Nizam of Hyderabad, and the Madras Presidency. The districts of Malabar, Salem, Bellary, and Anantapur were ceded to Madras Presidency. The war ended after the 1792 siege of Seringapatam and the signing of the Treaty of Seringapatnam according to which Tipu had to surrender half of his kingdom to the british company and send his two sons to them as the hostages of war.^[1]

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Preceded by: Second Anglo-Mysore War

Anglo-Mysore Wars

Succeeded by: Fourth Anglo-Mysore War