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प्रश्न
Answer the following question:
What were the results of the First Anglo-Mysore War?
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उत्तर
The Marathas, the Nizam and the British marched towards Mysore. But Hyder won over the Marathas and the Nizam. The British were isolated. Haider won after some setbacks. He forced the British to sign a peace treaty in 1769, according to which both Haider and the British agreed to help each other in case of an attack by a third power.
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| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Subsidiary Alliance | (a) Ruler of the Sikh kingdom |
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| 3. Ranjit Singh | (c) Ruler of Mysore |
| 4. The doctrine of Lapse | (d) Lord Wellesley |
| 5. English East India Company | (e) Lord Dalhousie |
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