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===Conflicts with Maratha Confederacy=== {{See also|Battles involving the Maratha Empire#Conflict with the Kingdom of Mysore}} [[File:Tipu Sultan seated on his throne.jpg|thumb|right|Tipu Sultan seated on his throne (1800), by [[Anna Tonelli]]]] [[File:Gardens Tipu Summer Palace Srirangapatna Jan24 A7C 08975.jpg|thumb|right|[[Daria Daulat Bagh|Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace]] at [[Srirangapatna]], Karnataka]] The [[Maratha Empire]] under its new [[Peshwa]] [[Madhavrao I]] regained most of Indian subcontinent, twice defeating Tipu's father in 1764 and then in 1767. In 1767 Maratha Peshwa Madhavrao defeated both Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan and entered Srirangapatna, the capital of Mysore. Hyder Ali accepted the authority of Madhavrao who gave him the title of Nawab of Mysore.{{sfn|Roy|2011|p=72}} Subsequently, to escape the treaty, Tipu tried to take some Maratha forts in Southern India captured by in the previous war and also stopped the tribute to Marathas which was promised by Hyder Ali.<ref name='tipu 2'>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxsa3jtHoCEC&q=tipu+48+lacs+maratha&pg=PA175|title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj|last=Naravane|first=M. S.|date=2006|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=9788131300343}}</ref> This brought Tipu in direct conflict with the Marathas, leading to [[Maratha–Mysore War]]<ref name='tipu 2'/> Conflicts between Mysore (under Tipu) and Marathas: * [[Second siege of Nargund|Siege of Nargund]] during February 1785 won by Mysore * [[Siege of Badami]] during May 1786 in which Mysore surrendered * [[Siege of Adoni]] during June 1786 won by Mysore * [[Battle of Gajendragad]], June 1786 won by Marathas * [[Battle of Savanur]] during October 1786 won by Mysore * [[Siege of Bahadur Benda]] during January 1787 won by Mysore Conflict ended with [[Gajendragarh#Treaty of Gajendragad|Treaty of Gajendragad]] in March 1787, as per which Tipu returned all the territory captured by [[Hyder Ali]] to [[Maratha Empire]].<ref name='tipu 2'/>{{sfn|Sen|1995|p=54}} Tipu would elease Kalopant and return Adoni, Kittur, and Nargund to their previous rulers. Badami would be ceded to the Marathas and Tipu would also pay an annual tribute totaling 12 lakhs for an agreed period of 4 years to the Marathas. In return, Tipu Sultan would get all the region that he had captured during the war. This included Gajendragarh and Dharwar.{{sfn|Hasan|2005|p=105}}{{sfn|Sen|1995|p=59}} The Marathas in return agreed to recognize his authority and to address Tipu sultan as "Nabob Tipu Sultan Futteh Ally Khan".{{sfn|Sen|1995|p=59}} However the Marathas ultimately reneged on the treaty and in the [[Fourth Anglo-Mysore War]] the Marathas presented their support to the British East India Company which helped the British to take over Mysore in 1799.{{sfn|Moienuddin|2000}}{{page needed|date=December 2023}}{{sfnm|Hasan|2005|1p=105|Sen|1995|2p=59}}
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