2nd Mysore War
| 2nd Mysore War | |
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| 1780-83 | |
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| East India Company | Kingdom of Mysore |
| Result: British signed humiliating treaty | |
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Summary
The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-83) was between Hyder Ali ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore allied with the French and the Madras Presidency of the British East India Company. Following the failure of negotiations to resolve grievances against the British, Hyder Ali opened hostilities by laying waste the countryside around Vellore and Madras. The Treaty of Mangalore was signed on 11 March 1784 restoring the situation to that before the war. It was considered a humiliation by the British.
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
William Baillie (?-1782)
David Baird (1757-1829)
Eyre Coote (1726-1783)
Edward Hughes (1720-1794)
Hyder Ali (1717 or 22-1782)
Norman MacLeod (1754-1801)
Hector Munro (1726-1805)
Joseph Smith (1733?-1790)
Pierre Andre de Suffrein (1726-1788)
Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)
External Links
War Chronology Google Books
Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars Wikipedia
2nd Mysore War 1780-84 Wikipedia
Joppen Historical Maps - Hyder's Dominions 1780 www.columbia.edu
Map to illustrate the 4 Mysore Wars www.columbia.edu
Captain Carpenter and his operations around Rajahmundroog, 1783 from Nick Balmer’s Griffins and Sepoys
Historical Books Online
- History of the Madras Army Vol II - The Invasion of the Carnatic by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)
- Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the retired list of the Indian army by Major David Price 1839 Google Books (service from 1780) page 64, 1782
- "Diary of Samuel Hickson 1777-1785" in Bengal Past and Present, Volume 49 ,Part 1 1935 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, commencing computer page 12. The author fought in campaigns against Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan (Note the website details for this volume record the language as bengali). Refer Online books-Digital Library of India for more details about this site.