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{{War|name=2nd Mysore War |dates=1780-83 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |result= British signed humiliating treaty|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore] |category=[[:Category:2nd Mysore War |2nd Mysore War ]] }}
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== Summary ==
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The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-83) was between [[Hyder Ali]] ruler of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_kingdom 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War#Treaty_of_Mangalore 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.
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== Biographies ==
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Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/22/mode/1up William Baillie (?-1782)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/22/mode/1up David Baird (1757-1829)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/70/mode/1up/ John Campbell (1754-1801)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/86/mode/1up/ Barry Close (1756-1813)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/93/mode/1up Eyre Coote (1726-1783)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/209/mode/1up Edward Hughes (1720-1794)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/212/mode/2up Hyder Ali (1717 or 22-1782)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/265/mode/1up Norman MacLeod (1754-1801)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/307/mode/1up/ Hector Munro (1726-1805)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/1up Joseph Smith (1733?-1790)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/409/mode/1up Pierre Andre de Suffrein (1726-1788)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/424/mode/2up Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)]<br>
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/426/mode/1up/search/Torriano John Samuel Torriano (1750-1825)]<br>
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==Related articles ==
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For further details of events during this period see the following articles
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{|
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|[[Siege of Tellicherry]]
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| 30 Dec 1779-18 Jan 1782
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|-
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|[[Battle of Pollilore 1780|Battle of Pollilore]]
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|10 September 1780
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|-
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|[[Surrender of Arcot 1780|Surrender of Arcot]]
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|31 Oct 1780
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|-
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|[[Battle of Porto Novo]]
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|1 July 1781
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|-
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|[[Battle of Pollilore 1781|Battle of Pollilore]]
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|27 August 1781
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|-
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|[[Battle of Sholingur]]
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|27 September 1781
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|-
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|[[Loss of Cuddalore]]
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|4 April 1782
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|-
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|[[Battle of Arnee]]
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|2- 8 June 1782
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|-
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|[[Capture and Defence of Onore]]
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|5 Jan 1783-28 Mar 1784
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|-
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|[[Capture of Annantpore]]
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|12 February 1783
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|-
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|[[Battle of Bednore]]
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|28 April 1783
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|-
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|[[Siege of Mangalore]]
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|18 May 1783-30 Jan 1784
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|-
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|[[Battle of Cuddalore 1783|Battle of Cuddalore]]
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|20 June 1783
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|-
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|[[Capture of Cannanore]]
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|14 December 1783
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|}
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== FIBIS resources==
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*"Searching for Gopal Drooge and the Murder of Captain William Richardson" by  Tim Willasey- Wilsey  ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)''  pages 16-25.  For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
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:Gopal Drooge is identified as the modern Kabbal Durga. The murders took place in September 1783 when thirteen officers from the [[Bombay Army]], including Captain Richardson of the [[3rd Bombay Sepoys]] and four officers from the British Army  were killed on the orders of Tipu Sultan.
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==Recommended reading==
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*''When the Tiger Fought the Thistle – The Tragedy of Colonel William Baillie of the Madras Army''  by Alan Tritton 2013. Review by  Peter Bailey in  ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'', page 55. For access, see [[FIBIS Journals]]
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== External links ==
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA23&dq=Mysore&as_brr=3&hl=en#PPA23,M1 War Chronology] Google Books<br>
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[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History <br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War 1780-84] Wikipedia<br>
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[http://sepoysgriffins.blogspot.com/2010/04/captains-carpenter-and-his-operations.html Captain  Carpenter and his operations around Rajahmundroog, 1783] from Nick Balmer’s Griffins and Sepoys
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====Maps====
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*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#hyder1780 Joppen Historical Maps - Hyder's Dominions 1780] www.columbia.edu<br>
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*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#mysore1784 Map to illustrate the 4 Mysore Wars] www.columbia.edu<br>
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*[https://militarymaps.rct.uk/other-18th19th-century-conflicts/second-mysore-war-1780-84 Maps: Second Mysore War (1780-84)]. George III's collection of military maps,  Royal Collection Trust.
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====Historical books online====
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''History of the Madras Army Vol II'' - The Invasion of the Carnatic] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''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) [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA64 page 64], 1782
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*[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.289849/2015.289849.Bengal-Past#page/n11/mode/2up "Diary of Samuel Hickson 1777-1785"] in ''Bengal Past and Present, Volume 49, Part 1 1935'', pages 5-54  Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.  The author fought in campaigns against Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan.
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerv035381mbp#page/n117/mode/2up,  ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2, Part 4: Historical, Modern Period''] c 1930. The Second Mysore War commences page 2515, ( digital page 117)
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*[https://archive.org/details/aviewenglishint00statgoog/page/n10/mode/2up ''A View of the English Interests in India: And an Account of the Military Operations in the Southern Parts of the Peninsula, during the Campaigns of 1782, 1783 and 1784''] by William Fullarton, late Commander of the Southern Army on the Coast of Coromandel 1787 Archive.org.
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*[https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_journal-and-plan-of-the-_stuart-james_1787/mode/2up ''Journal and plan of the movements of the main army in the Carnatic, under Major General James Stuart, from the 13th to the 16th February 1783; the dismantling of Vandewash and Carangooly; with the council of war and correspondence relative to that measure''] by James Stuart 1787 Archive.org.
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/remarksonmostimp00moodiala#page/n3/mode/2up ''Remarks on the most important military operations of the English forces, on the western side of the peninsula of Hindoostan; in 1783, and 1784, in which, the conduct of the army under the command of Brigadier General Mathews, is vindicated, from the illiberal misrepresentations, contained in a late Narrative, signed John Charles Sheen, and published by order of the Court of Directors of the East India Company. In a series of letters to a friend in England. To which are annexed two original letters, from Gen. Mathews to Lord Macartney, and Sir Eyre Coote''] by John Moodie 1788 Archive.org
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Eg8NAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''A Narrative Of The Military Operations on the Coromandel Coast Against the Combined Forces of the French, Dutch and Hyder Ally Cawn, from the Year 1780 to the Peace in 1784'' ...]  by Innes Munro, Captain in the late 73rd or Lord Macleod’s Regiment of Highlanders 1789  Google Books. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278503 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection]
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*[http://www.google.com/books?id=-d0KAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA169 "Memoir of Colonel Thomas Deane Pearse of the Bengal Artillery, Part 2"] ''The British Indian Military Repository'' Volume 1, page 169 1822. Google Books. Colonel Pearse made  preparation for the march from Bengal to Madras in 1780, commencing page 169. For other Parts of the Memoir, see [[Bengal Artillery]]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=NqFJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA433 "East India Intelligence from Bombay" [relating to 1782/83<nowiki>]</nowiki>] ''The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 53, for the year 1783'', page 433 Google Books
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=vlYDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA560  "Letter from Bombay dated 27 June 1783"] ''The London Magazine Volume 1 July-December 1783'', page 560. Originally in the ''London Gazette'' Tuesday 25 November 1783.
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=8SdFAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA44 Page 44] ‪''An account of the diseases of India, as they appeared in the English Fleet, and in the naval hospital at Madras in 1782 and 1783‬: ‪with observations on ulcers, and the hospital sores of that country etc. to which is prefixed, a view of the diseases on an expedition, and passage of a fleet and armament to India, in 1781‬'' by Charles Curtis, formerly of the Medea Frigate 1807 Google Books. The author was onboard the Isis which was in the fleet under Sir Edward Hughes in 1782, and subsequently on the Seahorse
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Latest revision as of 12:52, 17 August 2023

2nd Mysore War
1780-83
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location:
Combatants:
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)
John Campbell (1754-1801)
Barry Close (1756-1813)
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)
John Samuel Torriano (1750-1825)

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Siege of Tellicherry 30 Dec 1779-18 Jan 1782
Battle of Pollilore 10 September 1780
Surrender of Arcot 31 Oct 1780
Battle of Porto Novo 1 July 1781
Battle of Pollilore 27 August 1781
Battle of Sholingur 27 September 1781
Loss of Cuddalore 4 April 1782
Battle of Arnee 2- 8 June 1782
Capture and Defence of Onore 5 Jan 1783-28 Mar 1784
Capture of Annantpore 12 February 1783
Battle of Bednore 28 April 1783
Siege of Mangalore 18 May 1783-30 Jan 1784
Battle of Cuddalore 20 June 1783
Capture of Cannanore 14 December 1783

FIBIS resources

  • "Searching for Gopal Drooge and the Murder of Captain William Richardson" by Tim Willasey- Wilsey FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014) pages 16-25. For access, see FIBIS Journals
Gopal Drooge is identified as the modern Kabbal Durga. The murders took place in September 1783 when thirteen officers from the Bombay Army, including Captain Richardson of the 3rd Bombay Sepoys and four officers from the British Army were killed on the orders of Tipu Sultan.

Recommended reading

  • When the Tiger Fought the Thistle – The Tragedy of Colonel William Baillie of the Madras Army by Alan Tritton 2013. Review by Peter Bailey in FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014), page 55. For access, see FIBIS Journals

External links

War Chronology Google Books
Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars Wikipedia
2nd Mysore War 1780-84 Wikipedia
Captain Carpenter and his operations around Rajahmundroog, 1783 from Nick Balmer’s Griffins and Sepoys

Maps

Historical books online

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