Second Anglo-Mysore War

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18th-century conflict war

The Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780–1784) was a major conflict in southern India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company, notable for Tipu Sultan’s rise and ending inconclusively with the Treaty of Mangalore.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent British East India Company ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
Hyderabad State ⓘ
surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad
cause British support for the Marathas against Mysore ⓘ
disputes over control of the Carnatic ⓘ
characterizedBy use of rockets by Mysore forces ⓘ
conflictBetween British East India Company ⓘ
Hyder Ali ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
Tipu Sultan ⓘ
endDate 1784 ⓘ
endedBy Treaty of Mangalore ⓘ
followedBy Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
follows First Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
historicalRegion Madras Presidency ⓘ
involved French Navy ⓘ
French military advisers ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
location Carnatic region of India ⓘ
surface form: Carnatic region

Mysuru ⓘ
surface form: Mysore

South India ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Cuddalore (1783) ⓘ
Battle of Pollilur (1780) ⓘ
Battle of Pollilur (1780) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Pollilur (1781)

Battle of Porto Novo (1781) ⓘ
Battle of Sholinghur (1781) ⓘ
Battle of Tanjore ⓘ
Siege of Arcot (1780) ⓘ
Siege of Mangalore (1783–1784) ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
relatedTo American Revolutionary War ⓘ
result status quo ante bellum ⓘ
significance checked British expansion in South India temporarily ⓘ
marked the rise of Tipu Sultan as ruler of Mysore ⓘ
significantCommander Hyder Ali ⓘ
Lord Macartney ⓘ
Sir Eyre Coote ⓘ
Tipu Sultan ⓘ
startDate 1780 ⓘ
treatyDate 1784 ⓘ
treatyName Treaty of Mangalore ⓘ
treatySignatory British East India Company ⓘ
Tipu Sultan ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Warren Hastings → conflict → Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
First Anglo-Mysore War → followedBy → Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
British East India Company → involvedInWar → Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Mysore War → precededBy → Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ