page_title: Treaty of Seringapatam
section_title: Terms
hierarchical_section_title: Treaty of Seringapatam / Terms
context_page_description: The Treaty of Seringapatam, signed 18 March 1792, ended the Third Anglo-Mysore War. Its signatories included Lord Cornwallis on behalf of the British East India Company, representatives of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Empire, and Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore.
context_section_description: Under the terms of the treaty, Mysore ceded about one-half of its territories to the other signatories.  The Peshwa acquired territory up to the Tungabhadra River, the Nizam was awarded land from the Krishna to the Penner River, and the forts of Cuddapah and Gandikota on the south bank of the Penner.  The East India Company received a large portion of Mysore's Malabar Coast territories between the Kingdom of Travancore and the Kali River, and the Baramahal and Dindigul districts.  Mysore granted the rajah of Coorg his independence, although Coorg effectively became a company dependency.
  Tipu Sultan, unable to pay an indemnity of 330 lakhs of rupees, was required to surrender two of his three sons as hostages of war.
caption: General Lord Cornwallis receiving Tipoo Sultan's sons as hostages, by Robert Home, c. 1793
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