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Rule of Mysore
Tipu becomes ruler of Mysore after the death of his father, Haidar Ali.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mysore in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Tipu becomes ruler of Mysore after the death of his father, Haidar Ali.
Tipu succeeds Haidar Ali as ruler of Mysore during the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War opens as British and allied armies advance into Tipu Sultan's kingdom.
As chief engineer of Mysore, M. Visvesvaraya helps advance the Krishna Raja Sagara dam and associated irrigation engineering.
Provenance
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