How did hyderali come to power?
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Superb question. Hyder Ali’s period was a crucial one in the history of Deccan. There were too many things happening and Hyder Ali took advantage of all these things and took control of the Mysore Kingdom. Decades of ineffective and weak rulers had greatly weakened the Mysore Kingdom. The empire was totally lost and bereft of a strong and an able leader. Frequent bickering and fights between the members of the Wodeyar royal family only further alienated people. Nevertheless, from around 1704, when the kingdom passed on to "Muteking" (Mukarasu) Kanthirava Narasaraja II, the survival and expansion of the kingdom was achieved by playing a delicate game of alliance, negotiation, subordination on occasion, and annexation of territory in all directions.
Historians say that Mysore was formally a tributary of the Mughal Empire at this time. By the 1720s, with the Mughal empire in decline, further complications arose with the Mughal residents at both Arcot and Sira claiming tribute from the Mysore Kingdom. The years that followed saw Krishnaraja Wodeyar I tread cautiously on the matter while keeping the Kodagu chiefs and the Marathas at bay. He was followed by Chamaraja Wodeyar VII during whose reign power fell into the hands of prime minister (Dalwai or Dalavoy) Nanjarajiah (or Nanjaraja) and chief minister (Sarvadhikari) Devarajiah (or Devaraja), the influential brothers from Kalale town near Nanjangud who would rule for the next three decades with the Wodeyars relegated to being the titular heads.