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The Treaty of Madras was a peace agreement signed on 4 April 1769 between Kingdom of Mysore, Mysore and the British (Lord Harry Verelst (colonial governor), Harry Verelst) East India Company which brought an end to the First Anglo-Mysore War. Fighting had broken out in 1767 and the forces of Hyder Ali had come close to capturing Madras at one point. The Treaty contained a clause requiring the British to assist Hyder Ali if he was attacked by his neighbours. Hyder felt this agreement was broken when he didn't receive any help when Mysore went to war with the Maratha Empire, Marathas in 1771. Bad faith arising from the broken clause may have been a reason behind the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Mysore War a decade later. TERMS:- 1. Tipu sultan's capital Trichonopally and Arcot was treated as secular and neutral places.


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* Turnbull, Patrick. ''Warren Hastings''. New English Library, 1975. History of Chennai 1769 in India 1769 treaties Treaties of the Kingdom of Great Britain, Madras Treaties of the Kingdom of Mysore {{india-hist-stub