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Treaty of srirangapatna was The Treaty of Seringapatam (also called Srirangapatinam) , signed 19 March 1792, ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War. Its signatories included Lord Cornwallis on behalf of the British East India Company, representatives of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Mahratta Empire, and Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore. The war broke out in late 1789 when Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, attacked Travancore, an ally of the British East India Company. After a little over two years of fighting, forces of the company led by Lord Charles, 2nd Earl Cornwallis, along with allied forces from the Maratha Empire and Hyderabad, laid siege in February 1792 to Mysore's capital, Seringapatam (also called Srirangapatinam). Rather than attempting to storm the works at great cost to all sides, Cornwallis entered into negotiations with Tipu to end the conflict. The resulting treaty was signed on 19 March.

Cornwallis had hoped to use the treaty as a wide-ranging peace settlement that would, in addition to reducing or removing the threat of Mysore, prevent conflict between Hyderabad and the Marathas. The Marathas had, however, resisted inclusion of such language.

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1st Marquess Charles Cornwallis Governor General 1786 - 1805, he introduced a series of land resince ms (the Cornwallis code) to secure administrative control of India since the East India Company.

Tipu Sultan was killed in the storming of his stronghold at the Battle of Seringapatam by the British in May 1799. He was known as the 'Tiger of Mythusre'.

The Third Anglo-Mysore War marked a milestone in the history of Lakshadweep. The war commenced between the years 1789-1792 in South India. The bone of contention between the two parties namely the Tipu Sultan's kingdom of Mysore and the British was the princely state of Travancore.

Tipu Sultan, an ally of the French Government had invaded Travancore, a part of the British empire in India in the year 1789. This lead to a tumultous battle that lasted for three grueling years and led to a horrifying defeat for Mysore. Tipu Sultan, who had depended heavily on the French aid was disappointed when the French could not provide sufficient assistance owing to the ongoing French Revolution.

The resounding defeat of Tipu Sultan's Mysore in the Third Anglo Mysore War in Lakshwadeep had a great impact on the history and polity of India. Several princely states that were under the domicile of Mysore province were estranged from it and attached to other neighboring territories.

The Marathas, the Madras Presidency and the Nizam of Hyderabad considerably profited from Mysore's substantial loss. Salem, Bellary, Malabar, and Anantapur were handed over to the Madras Presidency. The Aminidivi archipelago of islands, on of Lakshadweep's core inhabited islets comprising of Amini, Chetlat, Kadmatm Kiltan and Bitra islets were under Tipu Sultan's control came under the immediate British Rule following the Third Anglo Mysore War. They were thereby attached to the South Canara District to augment their territorial expanse.

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By 1792, with aid from the Marathas who attacked from the north-west and the Nizam who moved in from the north-east, the British under Lord Cornwallis successfully besieged Srirangapatna, resulting in Tipu's defeat and the Treaty of Srirangapatna.

Treaty means:formal agreement between nations.

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