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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 49

SSC CGL - 12th June 2019 - Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q49

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Tipu Sultan and British East India Company signed the Treaty of Mangalore in the year _______.

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 1784.

Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company signed the Treaty of Mangalore in the year 1784.  

  • Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Mysore Kingdom.      
  • The Second Anglo-Mysore War took place from 1780-84 between the British East India Company and the Mysore Kingdom.
  • The Treaty of Mangalore was signed between Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company on 11 March 1784. It was signed in Mangalore and brought an end to the Second Anglo-Mysore War.