Question

The treaty of Mangalore was signed between Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company in the year ______.
1. 1792
2. 1784
3. 1782
4. 1779

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1784

The correct answer is 1784.

• 11 March 1784
  • ​The Treaty of Mangalore was signed between Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company on 11 March 1784.
  • It was signed in Mangalore and brought an end to the Second Anglo-Mysore War.​

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• Haider Ali
  • He was born in an obscure family started his career as a horseman in the Mysore army under the ministers of king Chikka Krishnaraja Wodeyar.
  • He was uneducated but intellectual and diplomatically & militarily skilled.
  • He became the de facto ruler of Mysore in 1761 and introduced western methods of training into his army with the help of the French army.
  • With his excellent military skills, he took over the Nizami army and the Marathas and captured Dod Ballapur, Sera, Bednur, and Hoskote in 1761- 63 and brought to submission the troublesome Poligars of South India (Tamil Nadu).