or at least their neutrality, in the event of conflict with Mysore.

Also, Pitt's "India Act" came into force in 1784, which made East India Company subordinated to the British crown, making the Company's power insignificant and marking the rise of direct British imperial control in India. Thus, unlike the earlier wars, where Tipu and his father confronted the Company, Tipu would now be fighting, in effect, against the British Empire.

Events leading to war

In 1788, the company

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