Editing British Empire (section)

=== Continued conquest in India ===
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The East India Company fought a series of [[Anglo-Mysore Wars|Anglo-Mysore wars]] in [[South India|Southern India]] with the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Sultanate of Mysore]] under [[Hyder Ali]] and then [[Tipu Sultan]]. Defeats in the [[First Anglo-Mysore War|First Anglo-Mysore war]] and stalemate in the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War|Second]] were followed by victories in the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War|Third]] and the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War|Fourth]].<ref name="Naravane3">{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M. S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&pg=PA172 |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=978-8-1313-0034-3 |location=New Delhi |pages=172–181}}</ref> Following Tipu Sultan's death in the fourth war in the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)]], the kingdom became a protectorate of the company.<ref name="Naravane3"/>

The East India Company fought three Anglo-Maratha Wars with the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Confederacy]]. The [[First Anglo-Maratha War]] ended in 1782 with a restoration of the pre-war ''status quo''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Battle of Wadgaon |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/battle-of-Wadgaon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623110244/https://www.britannica.com/topic/battle-of-Wadgaon |archive-date=23 June 2022 |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref> The [[Second Anglo-Maratha War|Second]] and [[Third Anglo-Maratha War|Third Anglo-Maratha]] wars resulted in British victories.<ref>{{Harvnb|Hunter|1907|p=203}}; {{Harvnb|Capper|1997|p=28}}.</ref> After the surrender of Peshwa [[Baji Rao II|Bajirao II]] in 1818, the East India Company acquired control of a large majority of the [[Indian subcontinent]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Trivedi|Allen|2000|p=30}}; {{Harvnb|Nayar|2008|p=64}}.</ref>