British East India Company (Military Occupation)

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Establishment

• March 1768: The British consequently occupied Mangalore against minimal opposition in February.
• August 1768: They retook Mangalore and the other ports held by the over-extended British forces.

Chronology

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1. Anglo-Indian Wars

Were a series of wars fought by the British East India Company in the Indian Subcontinent that resulted in the British conquest and colonial rule of the region.

1.1. Anglo-Mysore Wars

Were a series of four wars fought during the last three decades of the 18th century between the Sultanate of Mysore on the one hand, and the British East India Company, Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Travancore, and the Kingdom of Hyderabad on the other. The fourth war resulted in the dismantlement of Mysore to the benefit of the East India Company, which took control of much of the Indian subcontinent.

1.1.1. First Anglo-Mysore War

Was a conflict in India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company.

• March 1768: The British consequently occupied Mangalore against minimal opposition in February.
• August 1768: They retook Mangalore and the other ports held by the over-extended British forces.

1.1.2. Second Anglo-Mysore War

Was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784.

• January 1783: The British had captured Bednore (modern day Nagara) and other strongholds in the Malabar coast from Mysore in early 1783.
• April 1783: The British captured Mangalore in March 1783.
• January 1784: Tipu brought his main army over. He recaptured Bednore.
• January 1784: Mangalore was besieged and captured by Mysore forces.
• March 1784: The Second Anglo-Mysore War was ended on 11 March 1784 with the signing of the Treaty of Mangalore, at which both sides agreed to restore the others' lands to the status quo ante bellum.

1.1.3. Third Anglo-Mysore War

Was a conflict in South India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company, the Kingdom of Travancore, the Maratha Empire, and the Nizam of Hyderabad. It was the third of four Anglo-Mysore Wars.

1.1.3.1. British attack to Mysore

Was a British military campaign of 1790 in the Kingdom of Mysore during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.

1.1.3.2. Mysore Counterattack

Was a Mysore counterattack of 1790-1791 against British invasion.

1.1.3.3. Allied advances

During the summer of 1790, a Maratha army of some 30,000 under the command of Purseram Bhow, accompanied by a detachment of British troops from Bombay invaded the Kingdom of Mysore.

1.1.3.4. Treaty of Seringapatam

Was the treaty that ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War. Mysore lost about one-half of its territories.

1.1.4. Fourth Anglo-Mysore War

Was the fourth and final Anglo-Mysore war. After the war, the Kingdom of Mysore became a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India.

1.1.4.1. British Invasion (Fourth Anglo-Mysore War)

Was a British military operation in the Kingdom of Mysore during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

1.1.4.2. Partition of Mysore

After the loss of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was occupied and partitioned. The remnant territories became a princely state of British India.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1784: Chandrasekhara Chikkaraya Chowta V was the last Chowta king who had some authority. He reigned from 1783 to 1822. Following the conquest of South Canara by the British the Chowtas lost all their power except that they received a small pension from the then government.
• January 1791: The British seized Cannanore.

Disestablishment

• May 1799: In the Battle of Seringapatam, the British broke through the defending walls. Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, rushing to the breach, was shot and killed.
• June 1799: Britain took indirect control of Mysore, restoring the Wodeyar Dynasty to the Mysore throne.