Parshuram Bhau's Carnatic Campaign
| Parshuram Bhau's Carnatic Campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of Maratha–Mysore Wars | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Maratha Empire East India Company Nizam of Hyderabad |
 Kingdom of Mysore | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Parshuram Bhau Hari Pant John Little Charles Frederick John Sartorius Mahabat Jung |
Tipu Sultan Badr ul-Zaman Khan Sahib Reza Sahib (POW) | ||||||||
Background
The Maratha-Mysore War ended after the final conflict during Mysore's successful siege of Bahadur Benda in January 1787, and the Marathas settled for peace with the kingdom of Mysore, to which Tipu Sultan obliged with the signing of the treaty of Gajendragad in April 1787. Tipu who was desperate to focus on defending Mysore from the British agreed to pay an annual tribute of 12 lakhs per year to the Marathas, to end hostilities with them, which would allow him to focus on his rivalry with the British.[1][2] In addition to this Tipu agreed to return all territories captured by Hyder Ali from the Marathas.[3][4][5]
Tipu Sultan would release Kalopant and return Adoni, Kittur, and Nargund to their previous rulers. Badami would be ceded to the Marathas. In return, Tipu would get all the places he had captured in the war, including Gajendragarh and Dharwar. Tipu would also be addressed by the Marathas by an honorary title of "Nabob Tipu Sultan, Fateh Ali Khan".[6][7]. However the tribute from Tipu Sultan never came hence Madhavrao II ordered Parshuram Bhau to carry out a Carnatic campgain and help the British against Tipu Sultan.
Reference
- ↑ Hasan, Mohibbul (2005). History of Tipu Sultan (Reprint ed.). Delhi: Aakar Books. ISBN 9788187879572.
- ↑ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 175. ISBN 9788131300343.
- ↑ Naravane, Wing Commander (Retired) M. S. (1 January 2006). Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj. New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation. ISBN 978-81-313-0034-3.
- ↑ Anglo-Maratha relations, 1785-96
- ↑ Sailendra Nath Sen (1994). Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96, Volume 2 (Reprint ed.). Bombay: Popular Prakashan. ISBN 9788171547890.
- ↑ Hasan, Mohibbul (2005). History of Tipu Sultan. Aakar Books. ISBN 978-81-87879-57-2.
- ↑ Sen, Sailendra Nath (1994). Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7154-789-0.