 See, we all know that the British led to the fall of many empires and today in this video We are going to see one such fall of a big dynasty Yes, if you want to know what it is about do watch this video continuously Let us learn about the Anglo-Maisur wars Anglo-Maisur wars are the longest military confrontations in the history of India They were fought for control over Maesur territories and it was fought between the British and the rulers of Maesur Now coming to the wars the first Anglo-Maisur war was fought between 1767 and 1769 See in this war know the Nizam of Hyderabad, the Marathas and the English allied together against Hyderaly They waged war against each other for more than a year without any conclusion But when Hyderaly sneaked into enemy territory it triggered chaos This forced the British to end the war with the Treaty of Madras on 4th April 1769 Okay, and now comes the second Anglo-Maisur war. This was fought between 1780 and 1784 The main causes of this war were British not following the Treaty of Madras and Marathas attacking Maesur in the year 1771. Okay, and due to this know Hyderaly sought the help of French for guns and ammunition He started importing French war materials through Mahi in Malabar coast British attempted to capture Mahi also, but that was not successful Finally Hyderaly formed an alliance with Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad They plotted against the British and attacked the Karnathic They also defeated the English army colonel Bailey in 1781 But the Marathas and the Nizam ditched Hyderaly after diplomatic efforts by Sir Iyercote Meanwhile, Hyderaly died in 1782 and his son Tipu Sultan carried the war for one more year Since there was no positive outcome both sides opted for peace and concluded the war with the Treaty of Mangalore in March 1784 So for the first Anglo-Maisur war the Treaty was the Treaty of Madras and for the second it is Treaty of Mangalore Okay, and then comes the third Anglo-Maisur war. It was fought between 1790 and 1792 the war began in 1790 When Tipu attacked Trevenkour since it was the only source of pepper for the East India company The British sided with the Trevenkour and attacked Mysore Then in 1791 Lord Cornwallis marched to Serangipatnam In this war also the Nizam and the Marathas supported the British See Tipu offered serious opposition, but he was eventually defeated in the year 1792 After the war the Treaty of Serangipatnam was signed in the year 1792 Then comes the final 4th Anglo-Maisur war It was fought between 1798 and 1799 See in 1798 no, Lord Wellesley came to India as the new Ghana general And Tipu's relation with the French were seen as a threat by him So in order to overpower Tipu Lord Wellesley forced him into submission through the subsidiary alliance But it was not enough for Wellesley So the final war began on 17th April 1799 and ended on 4th May 1799 Note that the war ended with the fall and capture of Serangipatnam and the death of Tipu Sultan See it took 32 years to subjugate Mysore As I said earlier it was one of the longest military confrontations And after the Anglo-Maisur wars the threat of French revival in the Deccan was also permanently eliminated The British chose a boy from Udaya dynasty as the Maharaja of Mysore And the Udaya dynasty ruled the state of Mysore until 1947 And know that they also joined the union of India So finally in this video what did we see? We saw about the fall of Serangipatnam Yes, we saw about the 4 Anglo-Maisur wars And if you want to know more such UPSC related topics Do watch our Hindu newspaper analysis regularly It will be really helpful to clear all three stages of your UPSC examination