America's gain was India's loss

Sometime it is surprising to see how two relatively distinct things are linked by a common thread. I am talking about Lord Cornwallis. He was the British commander during the crucial period of American war of independence. His army marched north through North Carolina and into Virginia, where the forces of Washington and the French fleet compelled his surrender at Yorktown in October 1781 [Link].

The defeat at Yorktown did not destroy Cornwallis’s career, however. In 1786, he was appointed governor-general of India, . To prove his competency , he had vowed to control the most powerful Indian king that time, Tiger of Mysore, Tipu sultan. His forces along with the help of Nawab of Hyderabad defeated Tipu In 1792. In fact, his victory over Tipu Sultan had paved the way to the empire building process of lord Wellesley.