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The Kingdom of Mysore is said to have been established in 1399. From 1399 to 1565 it was a vassall of Vijayanagar.
In the early 18th century, Mysore was an ally (formally a vassall) of the Mughal Empire in their struggles against
the Marathas. In 1761 Haidar Ali established himself as the ruler of Mysore, turning the kingdom into a sultanate.
Haider Ali and his son Tippo Sultan fought a series of wars with the E.I.C.
(1766-1769, 1780-1784, 1789-1792, 1798-1799) culminating in the taking of Seringapatnam by the British,
the deposition of the ruling dynasty and its replacement by a Hindu dynasty.
Mysore remained a princely state under indirect rule, allocated to Madras Presidency.
In 1947 Mysore joined the Indian Union and became Mysore State in 1950. In 1956 territory from
Hyderabad and from
Madras were annexed into Mysore State; in 1973 Mysore State was renamed Karnataka. Alternative spellings : Mysore, Mysoor, Maissur |
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Article Kingdom of Mysore, from Wikipedia |
Historical |
B. Heyne, Statistical Fragments on the Mysore,
pp.25-91, in : B. Heyne, Tracts, Historical and Statistical, on India, 1814, GB E. Bell, The Rajah and Principality of Mysore; with a letter to Lord Stanley (1865), posted on Internet Archive E. Thurston, The Madras Presidency, with Mysore, Coorg and the associated states (1913), posted on Internet Archive R.K. Narayan, Mysore (1944), posted on Internet Archive |
Links |
Category : Kingdom of Mysore, from Wikipedia |
Organizations |
Timelines |
Accounts of History | General |
Article Kingdom of Mysore, from Wikipedia Mysore History, from mysore.net |
Specific Periods |
Articles : Origin of the Kingdom of Mysore,
Princely State of Mysore, from Wikipedia F. Robson, The Life of Hyder Ally: with an Account of his Usurpation of the Kingdom of Mysore, 1786, GB J.Fr. Michaud, Histoire des progres et de la chute de l'empire de Mysore: sous les regnes d'Hyder Ali et Tippoo Saib, 1809, in French, GB M.D.L.T., The history of Hyder Shah, alias Hyder Ali Kan Bahadur, 1848, GB |
Administration, Politics |
Article : Administration of the Kingdom of Mysore,
from Wikipedia Ch.F. Greville, British India analyzed: The provincial and revenue establishments of Tippoo Sultaun and of the Mahomedan and British Conquerors in Hindostan, pt.1, 1795, pt.2, 1795, pt.3, 1795, GB M. Wilks, Report on the interior administration, resources, and expenditure of the Government of Mysoor, under the System Prescribed by the Orders of the Government General in Council, dated 4th September 1799, 1805, GB V.N. Mandlik, Adoption versus annexation : with remarks on the Mysore question (1866), posted on Internet Archive E. Bell, The mysore reversion: "an exceptional case" , 1866, GB J. Sutherland, Sketches of the relations subsisting between the British Government in India and the Different Native States, 1837, GB ; numerous entries on Mysore |
Military |
Article : Anglo-Mysore Wars, from Wikipedia M. Taylor, Tippoo Sultaun : a tale of the Mysore War (1840), vol.1, vol.2, vol.3, posted on Internet Archive Col. Evans, Operations in Mysore, pp.223-225 in pt.1 of The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, 1832, GB |
Economy & Finances |
Article : Economy of the Kingdom of Mysore,
from Wikipedia R.H. Elliot, Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore (1898), posted on Internet Archive R.H. Elliot, The experiences of a planter in the jungles of Mysore (1871), posted on Internet Archive W. Digby, The famine campaign in Southern India, Madras and Bombay Presidencies and Province of Mysore, 1876-1878 (1878), vol.1, posted on Internet Archive |
Social History |
Article : Society in the Kingdom of Mysore,
from Wikipedia |
Ethnography |
Religion |
Local History |
Article : Mysore : History, from Wikipedia Article : Srirangapatna : History (Seringapatam), from Wikipedia Article : History of Bangalore, from Wikipedia Article : History of Mangalore, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
History, from University of Mysore |
Cultural History |
Article : Kannada Literature in the Kingdom of Mysore,
Musicians in the Kingdom of Mysore,
from Wikipedia |
Others |
E. Bell, Remarks on the Mysore blue-book, 1866, GB |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SOURCES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
World Statesmen : Mahisur (Mysore);
Rulers : Mahisur (Mysore) Worldwide Guide for Women in Leadership : Indian Substates : T, scroll down for Mysore Mysore, from Indian Princely States, by H. Soszynski Category : Kings of Mysore, from Wikipedia Mysore (Mayssur), p.50 in 1799 pt.1, p.51 in 1800 pt.1, p.52 in 1801 pt.1, p.52 in 1802 pt.1, pp.48-49 in 1803 pt.1, of Genealogisches Reichs- und Staats-Handbuch, in German, GB |
Population Figures |
India : historical demographical data of the administrative divisions, from
Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht; has population data for Mysore |
Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Image Databanks |
Archival Deposits |
Search National Archives (UK) Search Janus Search ARCHIEVEN.NL Search New Zealand Electronic Text Centre |
Constitutions, Laws |
Treaties |
Mysore, pp.119-169 in vol.5 of
A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries, 1864, GB Treaty with the Rajah of Mysore, 8 July 1799, pp.175-180 in British and foreign state papers 1816-1817 1838, GB |
Government Reports |
Report on the Administration of Mysore 1864, GB Report on Public Instruction, 1867/68-1880/81, GB Report on Revenue Administration, 1866-67, GB |
Document Collections |
Copies and Extracts of Advices to and from India, Relative to the Cause,
Progress and Successful Termination of the War with the Late Tippoo Sultan, Chief of Mysore, 1800, GB |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
General |
Article Maissur, from Meyers Konversationslexikon,
1885-1892 edition, in German Article Mysore (State), from EB 1911 |
Religious |
Catholic Encyclopedia, articles Diocese of Mysore |
Economic |
Mysore Country, pp.129-130 in vol.1 of P. Kelly,
The Universal Cambist, and Commercial Instructor, 1811, GB |
Geographical |
B.L. Rice, Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government (1897) vol.1,
vol.2, posted on Internet Archive Mysore, in R. Brookes, The General Gazetteer or Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1812, GB ; unpaginated Province of Mysore, pp.194-205 in C. Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All the Parts of the World, 1822, GB Mysore State, from Imperial Gazetteer of India vol.18, posted by DSAL |
Historical |
Der Staat Mysore im südlichen Deccan, pp.251-278 in vol.5 of J.G. Eichhorn,
Geschichte der drey letzten Jahrhunderte,
1806, in German, GB |
Parliamentary Debates | foreign |
Hansard (British Parliament) |
Tour Guides, Travelogues |
F. Hamilton, A journey from Madras through
the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, 1807, GB |
Institutions | Archives |
Musea |
Monuments |
Libraries |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag of Mysore, from FOTW |
Coins, Banknotes |
Coin Catalog of Mysore, from Numismaticon Tippoo Sultan of Mysore, pp.699-726 in vol.2 of W. Marsden, Numismata orientalia illustrata, 1825, GB |
PRINTED REFERENCE |
Bibliographies | general |
RHS Bibliography UK National Archive Online Library ISBN Database |
on Mysore |
C. Stewart, A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental Library of the late Tippoo
Sultan of Mysore, 1809, GB |
Historic Library Catalogues |
Online Libraries | general |
Internet Archives Gutenberg Library Online e-corpus International Boundary Studies Gallica |
on India |
Digital Library of India |
Online Journals |
General Accounts |
Specific Topics |
Historical Atlasses |
C. Collin Davies, An Historical Atlas of the Indian Peninsula, Oxford : UP, 2nd edition, 1959 [G] Historical and Cultural Maps, National Atlas of India Vol.8, published by National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation, Calcutta 1983, edited by G.K . Dutt, S.K. Biswas [G] J.E. Schwartzberg, A Historical Atlas of South Asia, Chicago : UP 1978 [G] |
Yearbook Entries |
Article : India and Dependencies : Mysore, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1928 pp.168-169, 1937 pp.185-186 (data of 1935-1937) [G] Article Mysore, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1913 pp. 620-621 (on events of 1912) [G] |