Seringapatam

[ suh-ring-guh-puh-tam ]

noun

1. a town in S Karnataka, in S India, former capital of Mysore state: taken by the British 1799.

Seringapatam

/ səˌrɪŋɡəpəˈtæm /

noun

1. a small town in S India, in Karnataka on Seringapatam Island in the Cauvery River: capital of Mysore from 1610 to 1799, when it was besieged and captured by the British. Pop: 23 448 (2001)

Example Sentences

Extra troops were deployed to the games after security provider G4S admitted it was short of staff At Seringapatam their forces were 50,000 strong, the size of a big European army of the time.

From BBC

I shall retain full sovereignty of Seringapatam, for the company as being a tower of strength from which we may at any time shake Hindostan to its centre, if any combination should ever be formed against our interests.

From BBC

In the south between the 1760s and 1799 the company fought four wars with the Muslim rulers of Mysore who were French allies, ending in the siege of the island fortress of Seringapatam in 1799 in which Sultan Tipu was killed.

From BBC

Tipu was finally defeated after the siege of Seringapatam in 1799 and soldiers from the East India Company went, open-mouthed, into his palace and took what they wanted.

From The Guardian

The animals are among the more striking items listed in a detailed and hitherto unknown record of the spoils seized by the East India Company following the final defeat of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam.

From The Guardian