Mysore (1789–91)

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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict = Third Anglo-Mysore War
|partof = the [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]]
|image = Anglo-Mysore War 3.png
|image_size = 300px
|caption = A map of the war theatre
|date = 1789–1792
|place = [[South India]]
|result = [[Treaty of Seringapatam]]
|territory = Mysore cedes about one-half of its territory to opponents
|combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] 
Supported by 
{{flagcountry|Kingdom of the French}}
|combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[East India Company]] 
{{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Great Britain 
{{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} [[Maratha Empire]] 
{{flagicon image|Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png}} [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] 
{{flagu|Travancore}}
|commander1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Tipu Sultan]] {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Sayed Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Reza Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Sipahdar Syad Hamid Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Martab Khan Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Buhadur Khan Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Badr ul-Zaman Khan Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Hussein Ali Khan Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Sher Khan Sahib {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} Kamaluddin<ref>Kaushik Roy, ''War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740–1849'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0FbTniNaYC&pg=PA22&dq=tipu's+navy&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3hU5T_q7DIml4gSt2KihCw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=kamaluddin&f=false p. 22]. Accessed 31 October 2015.</ref>
|commander2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[William Medows]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Charles, Earl Cornwallis]] {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} Captain [[Richard John Strachan|Sir Richard Strachan]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} [[Parshuram Bhau]] {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}} [[Hurry Punt]] {{flagicon image|Asafia flag of Hyderabad State.png}} [[Teige Wunt]] {{flagu|Travancore}} [[Dharma Raja]]
|campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Third Anglo-Mysore War}}
}}
The '''[[battle honour]]''' of '''Mysore''' commemorates the action of native units of the [[Honourable East India Company|British East India Company]] in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] of 1789–92.

[[Tipu Sultan]] attacked [[Travancore]] on 29 December 1789 and this made the Nizam of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]] and the [[Marathas]] apprehensive who entered into a "Triple Alliance" with the [[Honourable East India Company|British]]. The Third Anglo-Mysore War went on for about two years in three campaigns. [[Cornwallis]], the [[Governor General]] took command after the first campaign, captured [[Bangalore]] on 21 March 1791 but failed to capture [[Seringapatnam]] due to brilliant generalship of Tipu and the rains. Fighting was resumed later and Tipu captured [[Coimbatore]] on 3 November. Helped by an Army sent from [[Bombay]], Cornwallis occupied the hill fort of [[Nandi Hills, India|Nandy Droog]] about {{convert|50|km|mi|0}} north of Bangalore on his line of communication towards Seringapatnam where he reached on 5 February 1792.
Tipu averted a complete disaster and concluded a treaty in March surrendering half his dominions; a large portion went to the Nizam, a portion went to the Marathas, the English acquired [[Malabar (Northern Kerala)|Malabar]] and [[Coorg]] on the west coast, [[Dindigul]] and adjoining districts. on the south and the Baramahal district on the east.

The honour was awarded to 29 units of the armies of the [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]] and [[Madras Presidency]] through order 378 of 1889; only 15 units survive. It was awarded to four units of the [[Bengal Native Infantry]] in 1829; these units mutinied in 1857.<ref>Sarbans Singh, ''Battle honours of the Indian Army, 1757–1971'', University of Michigan, 1993, pp. 102–104.</ref>

The battle honour is considered [[Repugnant battle honours of the Indian Army|repugnant]].<ref>Singh, p. 287</ref>

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[[Category:Battle honours of the Indian Army]]
[[Category:Battle honours of the Madras Sappers]]
[[Category:History of the Madras Sappers]]
[[Category:History of the Corps of Engineers (Indian Army)]]

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