(d) The Battle of Buxar was fought on October, 1764 between the forces under the command of Hector Munro and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1763. In 1814, Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, British Governor-General of India, declared war on the Gurkhas of Nepal. The fourth Mysore war was fought between Tipu Sultan and East India Company under Governor General Lord Wellesley. Lord Hastings, the Governor-General of India from 1813–23, was keen on destroying the Maratha spirit of resistance and nationalism. The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1818) came about because of conflict between the British and the Pindaris.