Treaty of Seringapatam

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historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of Seringapatam was a 1792 agreement that ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War, forcing Tipu Sultan to cede large territories and pay a heavy indemnity to the British and their allies.

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Treaty of Srirangapatna 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Seringapatam ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Srirangapatna
approximateIndemnityAmount 3,300,000 pounds sterling ⓘ
over 3 crore rupees ⓘ
conflictParty British East India Company ⓘ
Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
Mysuru ⓘ
surface form: Mysore
countryAtTime Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
dateSigned 1792-03-18 ⓘ
effectOnBritish expansion of British influence in South India ⓘ
effectOnMysore reduction of military power ⓘ
significant territorial loss ⓘ
endedConflict Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of 1799 ⓘ
geographicContext South India ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
hostages two sons of Tipu Sultan ⓘ
languageOfDocument English ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
negotiatedBy Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis
negotiatedWith Tipu Sultan ⓘ
placeSigned Seringapatam ⓘ
politicalContext British East India Company expansion ⓘ
precededBy Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
regionImpacted Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
relatedTo British conquest of India ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
surface form: Lord Cornwallis

Anglo-Mysore Wars ⓘ
surface form: Mysore Wars

Tipu Sultan ⓘ
requiredCessionTo British East India Company ⓘ
Kingdom of Hyderabad ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
requiredIndemnityPayer Tipu Sultan ⓘ
requiredIndemnityReceiver British East India Company ⓘ
Kingdom of Hyderabad ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
result hostages taken from Tipu Sultan’s family ⓘ
payment of indemnity by Mysore ⓘ
territorial cession by Mysore ⓘ
signatory British East India Company ⓘ
Kingdom of Hyderabad ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
signedUnderDuress true ⓘ
year 1792 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Treaty of Seringapatam → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Seringapatam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Treaty of Srirangapatna
Third Anglo-Mysore War → result → Treaty of Seringapatam ⓘ
Charles Cornwallis → signed → Treaty of Seringapatam ⓘ
Third Anglo-Mysore War → treaty → Treaty of Seringapatam ⓘ