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Why is travancore and thanjavore behind the second anglo mysore war?

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The Mysorean invasion of Kerala (1766 –1792) was the military invasion of Malabar(northern Kerala), including the territories of the Zamorin of Calicut, by the Muslim de factoruler of the Kingdom of Mysore Hyder Ali. After completing the occupation, Kingdom of Cochin, situated south of Malabar, was made a tributary state of Mysore. The major reason for the occupation of Malabar was the desire to have access to the Indian Ocean ports. The Mysore invasion provided the English East India Company more chances to tighten their grip on the ancient feudal principalities of Malabar and converting Travancore, over whom Mysore Sultans attacked after Cochin, to a mere protected ally[1]

By the 18th century, all the petty kingdoms of Kerala had been absorbed or subordinated by three big states of Travancore, Calicut (ruled by Zamorins) and Cochin. Kingdom of Mysore, nominally ruled by the Wodeyarfamily, rose to prominence in India after the decline of the Viajayanagara Empire and again after Mughal empire. In 1761, Hyder Ali seized control of all of the reins of power in Mysore by overthrowing a powerful minister and became the "de facto" head of Mysore Kingdom. He turned his attention towards expansion which included the capture of the Kingdoms of Bednur (Ikkeri or Keladi[2]), Sunda, Sera, and Canara. In 1766, he descended into Malabar and occupied the Kingdoms of Chirakkal (former Kolathunad), Kottayam, Kadathanad, Calicut, Valluvanadand Palghat and King of Cochin accepted his suzerainty and paid him tribute annually for from 1766[citation needed] till 1790. Faruqabad, near Calicut, was the local capital of the Mysore-ruled Kerala

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