4 May in Hindu history
4 May 17674 May 17995 April – 4 May 1799
Tyagaraja born at Tiruvarur
Tyagaraja, the saint-composer of Carnatic music, is born at Tiruvarur. His kritis to Shri Rama, including the Pancharatna, are sung at his samadhi at Thiruvaiyaru every January.
Srirangapatna falls; Tipu Sultan killed
The Company storms Srirangapatna and Tipu dies at the breach. The British restore the five-year-old Krishnaraja Wodeyar III to a reduced Mysore under their protection.
Siege of Srirangapatna (1799)
The fall of Srirangapatna ended the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and Tipu Sultan’s rule, and put a five-year-old Wodeyar prince back on the throne of Mysore under Company protection.