Siege of Seringapatam (1799)

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Siege of Seringapatam
Part of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
The Last Effort and Fall of Tipu Sultan by Henry Singleton
Date 5 April – 4 May 1799 Location Srirangapatam, Kingdom of Mysore 12°25′26.3″N 76°41′25.04″E / 12.423972°N 76.6902889°E / 12.423972; 76.6902889 Result British victory Fall of Mysore Sultanate
Belligerents
East India Company Hyderabad	Mysore
Commanders and leaders
George Harris Nizam Ali Khan David Baird Arthur Wellesley	Tipu Sultan † Diwan Purnaiah Abdul Ghaffar Sahib † Mir Golam Hussain Mohomed Hulleen
Strength
50,000	20,000 soldiers 10,000 volunteers
Casualties and losses
1,400 killed and wounded	6,000 to 10,000 killed

The siege of Seringapatam (5 April – 4 May 1799) was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British, with the allied Nizam Ali Khan, 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad and Marathas, achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel. The leader of the British troops was Major General David Baird, among the lesser known allies were the Portuguese in Goa and Damaon.^[1] Tipu Sultan, the de facto ruler after the death of his father, who had usurped the throne of Mysore, was killed in the action.^[2] The British restored the Wodeyar dynasty back to power after the victory through a treaty of subsidiary alliance and Krishnaraja Wodeyar III was crowned the King of Mysore. However, they retained indirect control (British paramountcy) of the kingdom's external affairs.