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Mysore Wars: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1799 • 1790 - 1792 • 1780 - 1784 • 1767 - 1769
Location India • Karnataka • Srirangapatna
Participants East India Company • Hyderabad • Mysuru • United Kingdom

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Mysore Wars: storming of Seringapatam
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Key People

Tiger of Mysore
Tipu Sultan
sultan of Mysore
Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess
Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley
British statesman
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis
British general and statesman
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Hyder Ali
emperor of India
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Sir Eyre Coote
British soldier

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