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|presidency= [[Madras]]
|image=Imgp1813.jpg|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=12.414,76.704&spn=0.1,0.1&q=12.414,76.704 12° 24′ 5012.4″ N, 76° 42′ 14418346°N 76.4″ E695989°E]
|altitude= 679 m (2,228 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seringapatam Srirangapatna]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka Karnataka]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India]
|transport= [[Mysore State Railway]]
}}
'''Seringapatam''' was a town in the State of [[Mysore]] and the town (now Srirangapatna) is an important place of pilgrimage. It was the capital of [[Hyder Ali ]] and his son, Tippoo [[Tipu Sultan]], and also the location of the last and decisive battle in 1799 between Tippoo Tipu and the British.
== History ==
[[Siege of Seringapatam 1792]]<br>[[Battle of Seringapatam 1799]]
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name:Srirangapatnam, Srirangapattana<br>
Variants: Seringapatam, Srirangapatna, Srirangapattang<br>
==Cemeteries==
Garrison Cemetery (see external links below)
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seringapatam Srirangapatna] Wikipedia
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/seringapatampas00mallgoog/page/n3/mode/2up ''Seringapatam Past And Present''] by Colonel G.B. Malleson 1876. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/handbook-seringapatam/page/n9/mode/2up ''A Hand Book for the use of Visitors to Seringapatam''] by Subbaraya Moodeliar V.C., Station Master S M R Archive.org. Mirror from [https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_00000005B932 British Library Digital]
**[https://archive.org/details/handbook-seringapatam/page/67/mode/2up "Appendix Y. List of Tombs and Monuments"] page 67. 213 cemetery records.
*[https://archive.org/details/SeringapatamConstanceParsons1931 ''Seringapatam''] [A Guide Book] by Constance E Parsons 1931 Archive.org
===Cemeteries===http*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrison_Cemetery,_Seringapatam Garrison Cemetery, Seringapatam "Srirangapatna"] Wikipedia*[https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol1Cotton/List%20Of%20Inscriptions%20On%20Tombs%20Or%20Monuments%20Madras%20Vol%201%20%28Cotton%29#page/n205/mode/2up Inscriptions from Garrison Cemetery , Seringapatam] from ''WikipediaList of Inscriptions on Tombs and Monuments in Madras Vol 1''by J J Cotton Archive.org 1945 revised edition.
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