Save Tippu Sultan from being destroyed

I propose an at first seemingly detached PoD -- George Washington's Continental Army is defeated during or before the Saratoga Campaign.
France, thus, does not show interest in intervening in America, and their coffers are not depleted by their resulting war with the British, so they choose other places for exerting their influence over. One of these is India -- they end up lending (most probably secret) support for Tipu, and he benefits from this. The French may even end up annexing Kerala if everything goes in their favour.
This isn't unprecedented -- IOTL, the Jacobin French tried estabilishing diplomatic and military ties with Tipu.
 
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