page_title: Siege of Seringapatam (1799)
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Siege of Seringapatam (1799) / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Seringapatam (1803)
context_page_description: The Siege of Seringapatam was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British, with the allied Nizam of Hyderabad and Maratha, achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel. Tipu Sultan, Mysore's ruler, was killed in the action. The British restored the Wodeyar dynasty to the throne after the victory, but retained indirect control of the kingdom. The leader of the British troops was Major General David Baird.
context_section_description: All members of the British-led forces who took part in the siege were awarded a medal by the Governor-General of India.
  Two cannon captured by the British during the battle are displayed at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, now standing in front of the officers' mess.
  Much of the site of the battle is still intact including the ramparts, the Water Gate, the place where the Tipu Sultan's body was found, the area where the British prisoners were held and the site of the destroyed palace.
  Around 80 men of the Swiss ‘de Meuron Regiment’, who fell during the siege, and their family members are buried in the Garrison Cemetery, Seringapatam.
caption: Seringapatam, by James Welsh, 1803.
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