Aftermath and Commemoration
- When
- 4 May 1799
- Where
- Battle site at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), including the Water Gate
- Part of
- Battle of Seringapatam
Participants received a Governor-General's medal; the Water Gate where Tipu's body was found and other battle features survive, and the looted treasury jewels entered fiction.
All members of the British-led forces who took part in the siege were awarded a medal by the Governor-General of India. Much of the battle site remains intact, including the ramparts, the Water Gate where Tipu Sultan's body was found, the area where British prisoners were held, and the site of the destroyed palace. Wilkie Collins's novel The Moonstone begins with the looting of jewels removed from Seringapatam in 1799 from Tipu's treasury.
Sources
- Siege of Seringapatam (1799) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
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