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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2016 — General Studies · Question 47 of 200

Q47
History of IndiaAdvent of Europeans & British Expansion
Tipu's final defeat came at the hands of
  1. a.Lord Wellesley.
  2. b.Lord Cornwallis.
  3. c.Lord Dalhousie.
  4. d.John Shore.

Answer: (A) Lord Wellesley.

Tipu Sultan's final defeat and death occurred on 4 May 1799 in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War during the Siege of Seringapatam, under the command of Governor-General Lord Wellesley. Cornwallis defeated Tipu in the Third Anglo-Mysore War (1792) but did not kill him.

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