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== Summary =={{War|name=2nd Mysore War |dates=1780-83 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Kingdom of Mysore |category=[[:Category:2nd Mysore War |2nd Mysore War ]] }}{{Battlemap|war=2nd Mysore War |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=p&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00046bc2d9fd3d0acb344&z=7}}The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-83) was between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder_Ali 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. 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.== External Links ==[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA23&dq=Mysore&as_brr=3&hl=en#REDIRECT PPA23,M1 War Chronology] Google Books<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History <br>[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>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#hyder1780 Joppen Historical Maps - Hyder's Dominions 1780] www.columbia.edu<br>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#mysore1784 Map to illustrate the 4 Mysore Wars] www.columbia.edu [[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Mysore War, 2nd ]][[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Mysore War, 2nd]]
