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Notes on the war with Tipu Sultan and related papers.
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- Notes on the war with Tipu Sultan and related papers.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1755-1792
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(1) pp. 1-563, Notes taken from the Correspondence relative to the War with Tipu Sultan 1789-92, arranged in Sections as follows:-- (2) pp. 1-94, Origin of the War ascribed to the attack made by Tipu on 29th Dec. 1789 on the Raja of Travancore, an ally of the British. (3) pp. 97-151, Origin of the War and operations on the Western side of India. (4) pp. 153-201, Operations of the Grand Army under Lord Cornwallis. (5) pp. 205-7, Capitulation of Lieut. Chalmers at Coimbatoor. (6) pp. 209-12, Operations under Major Cuppage October 1791 to January 1792. (7) pp. 213-27, The Malabar Princes 1789 to 1791. (8) pp. 229-35, The Travancore Lines (erected 1764), the attack on which began the War. (9) pp. 237-50, Tipu's attacks on the Dutch and Danes. (10) pp. 253-63, The Raja of Cochin, from 1755. (11) pp. 265-72, Malabar, from Hyder's invasion in 1766. (12) pp. 273-335, Operations of the Marathas under Purseram Bow (Siege of Darwar) and Hurry Punt, Possibility of the Peshwa taking an active part. (13) pp. 337-478, Operations of the Nizam's forces and of the Madras Detachment, Siege of Kopaul, Taje Wunt's Detachment, Detachment under Azim-ul-Omrah and Secunder Jah, Successes of Tipu's son Hyder Sahib. (14) pp. 481-547, Affairs of the Raja of Travancore 1788-89, Major John Bannerman. (15) pp. 549-63, Negotiations between Tipu and the British December 1789 to 6th March 1792.
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