HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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The capital of Tipu Sultan, where he died while fighting the Fourth Anglo-Mysore war in 1799, was
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Bangalore
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Mysore
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Seringapatam
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Hellebid or Halebid
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Tipu Sultan attacked the English army with iron cased rocket brigades. However Tipu sultan’s troops were outnumbered and British secured victory at the battle of Seringapatam, which was the capital at the time of the battle in 1799.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Srirangapatnam. Tipu Sultan built this palace in 1784 and ruled Mysore from Srirangapatnam.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 4 May 1799 the British stormed the island fortress at Seringapatam and Tipu Sultan was killed. Legend has it that he was killed at the spot shown in this photograph, but in actual fact it was 182 m to the east of this spot, marked by a small enclosure.
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