# Anglo-Mysore Wars — WHE Definition Discussion

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**Created:** [November 29, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/anglo-mysore-wars-whe-definition-discussion/8049 "2022-11-29T17:00:01Z")\
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The Four Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767-1799) were fought between the British East India Company (EIC) and the state of Mysore. Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, the "Tiger of Mysore", were relentless foes to British expansion in southern India but were eventually subdued by the triple alliance of the EIC, the Maratha Confederacy, and the Nizam of Hyderabad.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Anglo-Mysore\_Wars/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Anglo-Mysore_Wars/)._

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