modern India · Mysore

Battle of Pollilur

Tipu Sultan’s forces inflicted a major defeat on a Company detachment during the Second Anglo-Mysore War, demonstrating Mysore’s effective use of rockets and cavalry.

UPSC relevance

High relevance for the Second Anglo-Mysore War, Tipu Sultan, and Mysorean military technology.

The visual decisiveness bar on the explorer is an editorial study aid, not a troop-strength or casualty estimate.