Dharma Raja
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Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma, often referred to as Rama Varma I or Dharma Raja, was the Maharajah of Travancore from 1758 until his death in 1798. He succeeded his uncle Marthanda Varma, who is credit
Dharma Raja old painting
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Tippu Sultan, 1792
Third Anglo-Mysore War
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The Third Anglo-Mysore War was a military conflict in Southern India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company, Maratha Empire, Kingdom of Travancore and the Nizam of Hyderabad. It wa
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…Travancore and Malabar to his own kingdom, to avoid war with the British. But war did occur, in which Travancore provided its forces to the British. The Third Anglo-Mysore War led by the Governor-General Cornwallis in person eventually led to the defeat of Tipu Sultan at his capital Seringapatnam in 1792. Tipu Sultan surrendered…
An anonymous portrait of Tipu Sultan, made during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.
Cornwallis's army marching towards Malwakul
The Death of Colonel Moorehouse, Madrass Artillery, at the Storming of the Pettah Gate of Bangalore, 7 March 1791
Political cartoon by James Gillray, making fun of Lord Cornwallis after his 1791 retreat from Seringapatam