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### Governor-General Lord Wellesley and Tipu Sultan Governor-General Lord Wellesley proposed that Tipu Sultan should accept the subsidiary alliance. Tipu Sultan outrightly rejected this proposal, which led to the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Tipu Sultan died in 1799, defending his capital Seringapatam...

### Governor-General Lord Wellesley and Tipu Sultan Governor-General Lord Wellesley proposed that Tipu Sultan should accept the subsidiary alliance. Tipu Sultan outrightly rejected this proposal, which led to the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Tipu Sultan died in 1799, defending his capital Seringapatam. ### Research There are many legends about Tipu Sultan, the mighty ruler of Mysore. With the help of the internet, find at least one legend about the great king. Narrate the legend to your classmates. After Tipu Sultan’s death, the British annexed his kingdom. They placed Mysore under Wodeyars, the former ruling dynasty, and imposed a subsidiary alliance on the state. ### Marathas After their defeat in the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761, the Marathas became weak. There emerged different seats of Maratha power under different dynasties such as: * Gaikwads * Holkars * Bhonsles * Sindhias They were held together into a confederacy under the Peshwa (Principal Minister) based in Pune. After the 1770s, the power struggle among the Maratha chiefs intensified. Taking advantage of their disunity, the British interfered in their internal affairs. This led to the three Anglo-Maratha wars between 1775 and 1819.