What are the reasons to anglo Mysore war
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Hyder’s ambition to drive British away from Carnatic (ie present day Telangana, AP, Tamil Nada and Southern parts of Karnataka) and from India. Because they kept of interfering in the internal politics of the region which triggered Hyder Ali to wage war against them and to get rid of British.
It was only the Mysore state in entire India in contemporary times which invested significantly in improving both agricultural productivity as well as Trade. Even when Mysore was relatively a very small state in terms of territorial extent It was one of the biggest threats to British in India . That's the reason British wanted to get rid of Mysore especially Hyder.
I think these two are the major reasons for the beginning of the war between Mysore and British. Later after four devastating Anglo Mysore wars and after deaths of two ambitious rulers (Hyder and Tippu) the political powers were given back to the Wodeyars, Mysore became subordinate to British Empire and started exploiting this region as well.
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