Seringapatam

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Seringapatam is a historic town in southern India that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Mysore and the site of major Anglo-Mysore Wars involving Tipu Sultan and the British.

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Seringapatam canonical 5
Seringapatnam 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city
historic town
architecturalStylePresent Dravidian temple architecture
Indo-Islamic architecture
associatedWithRuler Hyder Ali
Tipu Sultan
associatedWithTreaty Treaty of Seringapatam (1792)
capturedBy British East India Company
British forces under General Harris
linked to: British forces
country India
currentAdministrativeStatus town in Mandya district
dateOfEvent 1799 (fall of Seringapatam)
distanceFromMysore approximately 15 km
governedBy Wadiyar dynasty (after 1799)
hasAlternativeName Srirangapatna
hasAlternativeSpelling Seringapatnam
linked to: Seringapatam
hasHeritageStatus important heritage site in Karnataka
hasHistoricalPeriodOfImportance 18th century
hasNotableBurialSite tomb of Hyder Ali
tomb of Tipu Sultan
hasReligiousSite Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna
hasStructure Daria Daulat Bagh
Gumbaz at Seringapatam
linked to: tomb of Tipu Sultan

Seringapatam Fort
hasTourismType historical tourism
religious tourism
languageSpoken English
Kannada
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Karnataka
southern India
linked to: South India
locatedInDistrict Mandya district
locatedOnRiver Kaveri River
linked to: Kaveri
namedAfter Ranganathaswamy Temple
nearCity Mysore
linked to: Mysuru
partOfRegion Old Mysore region
linked to: southern Karnataka
resultOf1799Siege death of Tipu Sultan
end of Kingdom of Mysore as independent power
siteOfBattle Siege of Seringapatam (1792)
Siege of Seringapatam (1799)
siteOfWar Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Third Anglo-Mysore War
wasCapitalDuringReignOf Hyder Ali
Tipu Sultan
wasCapitalOf Kingdom of Mysore
wasFortifiedBy Hyder Ali
Tipu Sultan
wasStrategicFor control of southern India

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Treaty of Seringapatam placeSigned Seringapatam
Battle of Arakere foughtNear Seringapatam
Battle of Malavelly relatedTo Seringapatam
Seringapatam hasAlternativeSpelling Seringapatnam
linked to: Seringapatam