Scope
This timeline covers the conflict fought between Mysore and the British East India Company and its allies from 1790 to 1792.
Inclusion rule
Include events that materially changed the military course of the war, the diplomatic settlement, or the balance of power in southern India.
Why this timeline exists
This war is the most direct India-side connection for Cornwallis and one of the central conflicts for understanding Tipu Sultan and late eighteenth-century British expansion in India.
Key phases
- War triggered by regional conflict and alliance politics
- Company and allied offensives against Mysore
- Cornwallis campaigns
- Treaty settlement and territorial loss for Mysore