WI: Robert Clive vs Tipu Sultan

WI: Robert Clive vs Tipu Sultan

  • Clive wins

    Votes: 4 25.0%
  • Tipu Sultan wins

    Votes: 11 68.8%
  • Tie

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • Total voters
    16
WI: Robert Clive vs Tipu Sultan
This scenario implies that Robert Clive did not die in 1774 and instead went on to command forces during the Second-Mysore War, maybe after he finished winning the American Revolutionary war;), and fought the Tipu Sultan. Clive would be a good match for an opponent like the Tipu Sultan who has one of the most modernized forces in India. The Sultan has French supplied cannons, flintlock muskets, Mysorean light cavalry forces and 20 brigades worth of rocket units. The match could be something like the Battle of Pollilur (1780) refought with Clive in command.

Who do you think would win?
Source
Commanders by R.G. Grant
 

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If there was a ranking system behind the most powerful native armies in India, the Kingdom of Mysore would be behind the Marathas, that being said, I'm probably putting my money on the fact that it may be a close-run thing here if they engaged in one battle, but long term, I'd see Mysore ceasing to exist altogether, rather than accepting itself as a pro-British Princely state.
 
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