Mysore under Tipu Sultan

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Mysore under Tipu Sultan was a powerful late-18th-century South Indian kingdom noted for its military resistance to British expansion, administrative and economic reforms, and early use of rocketry in warfare.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Indian kingdom ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
administrativeReform centralized revenue administration ⓘ
state control of key commodities ⓘ
ally French East India Company ⓘ
French Republic ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sultanate of Mysore under Tipu Sultan ⓘ
capital Srirangapatna ⓘ
causeOfEnd defeat in Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
conflict Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ
currency Mysore rupee ⓘ
economicPolicy encouragement of trade with foreign powers ⓘ
promotion of agriculture ⓘ
promotion of sericulture ⓘ
state monopolies on trade in certain goods ⓘ
endTime 1799 ⓘ
event Siege of Srirangapatna (1799) ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasMilitaryBranch rocket corps ⓘ
headOfState Tipu Sultan ⓘ
historicalEra late 18th century ⓘ
innovation Mysorean rockets ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms ⓘ
early military rocketry ⓘ
economic reforms ⓘ
military resistance to British expansion ⓘ
languageUsed Kannada ⓘ
Marathi ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
locatedIn South India ⓘ
majorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
militaryTechnology iron-cased rockets ⓘ
rocket artillery ⓘ
notableRuler Tipu Sultan ⓘ
opponent British East India Company ⓘ
Kingdom of Travancore ⓘ
linked to: Travancore

Maratha Empire ⓘ
Nizam of Hyderabad ⓘ
predecessorState Mysore under Hyder Ali ⓘ
linked to: Hyder Ali
religionOfState Islam ⓘ
ruler Tipu Sultan ⓘ
startTime 1782 ⓘ
successorState Princely State of Mysore under British influence ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Mysore
territoryIncludes Malabar Coast ⓘ
parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
parts of present-day Karnataka ⓘ
parts of present-day Kerala ⓘ
parts of present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Third Anglo-Mysore War → belligerentSide → Mysore under Tipu Sultan ⓘ
Mysore under Tipu Sultan → alsoKnownAs → Sultanate of Mysore under Tipu Sultan ⓘ
linked to: Mysore under Tipu Sultan
Battle of Malavelly → belligerentAlliance → Kingdom of Mysore under Tipu Sultan ⓘ
linked to: Mysore under Tipu Sultan
Treaty of 1799 → required → Mysore to accept British control over external relations ⓘ
linked to: Mysore under Tipu Sultan
Fatima Begum → associatedWith → Tipu Sultan’s court ⓘ
linked to: Mysore under Tipu Sultan