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Tipu Sultan disallowed local made from trading with the company |
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Answer» tion:When the company saw a threat to its political or economic interests, it RESORTED to direct military confrontation, as happened in MYSORE and many other kingdoms.Mysore had become powerful under rulers like HAIDER Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, and it controlled the profitable trade of the Malabar coast where the Company PURCHASED pepper and cardamom.Tipu Sultan, in 1785, stopped the export of sandalwood, pepper, and cardamom through the ports of his KINGDOM, and disallowed local merchants from trading with the Company. This angered the company very much.The Company lost four wars to Mysore, but in the last one, the Battle of Seringapatam, the company won and Tipu |
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