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== Summary =={{War|name=4th Mysore War |dates=1780-83 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Kingdom of Mysore |category=[[:Category:4th Mysore War |4th Mysore War]] }}{{Battlemap|war=4th Mysore War |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=101241150585833319689.00046f2443eb7d050bc60&ll=12.997867,77.012787&spn=8.428347,5.339355&t=p&z=7}}The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-99) was between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan] ruler of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_kingdom Kingdom of Mysore] and the [[Madras Presidency]] of the British [[East India Company]]. When Napoleon landed in Egypt the British decided to eliminate Mysore, the French ally in India. They laid siege to and finally stormed Seringapatam. Tipoo Sultan was killed, more territory was ceded to the British and Mysore became a princely state of British India. == External Links ==[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 4th Mysore War 1798-99]<br>[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#REDIRECT 1795 Joppen Historical Maps - India 1795] [[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Mysore War, 4th]][[Category:4th Mysore War| 4th Mysore War]][[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Mysore War, 4th]]
