The state of Mysore in southern India centred on the island fortress of Srirangapatna, Tipu's capital.
Mysore was profitable and well organised, with good trade routes and a European style army. In effect, everything the British feared.
Inevitably this led to conflict between the British and the rulers of Mysore, resulting in four wars (1767-69, 1780-84, 1790-92, 1799).
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