Photograph of an obelisk set on top of circular stone steps.

The obelisk monument was erected under the jurisdiction of the British in 1907 to mark the Siege of Srirangapatna in 1799 led by General G Harris. Prince Edward of Wales visited Srirangapatna in January 1922 when he stayed in Mysore as part of his tour of the East.

On October 26 1921, Edward, Prince of Wales left Portsmouth to begin a tour of the Indian Subcontinent and Japan that covered 41,000 miles, lasting 8 months. Prince Edward spent four months in India, travelling from Bombay to Calcutta and then from Madras to Karachi. As the British Empire's Ambassador, the Prince visited India on behalf of his father King George V, to thank the nation for the essential role it had played during the First World War. Moreover, the visit was intended to strengthen links between Britain and its Empire at a time of increasing calls for Indian independence.