First Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
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Part of the Anglo-Mysore Wars | |||||||
A map of the war theatre | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Nizam of Hyderabad (defected in 1768)
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Peshwa Faction of the Maratha Empire Nawab of the Carnatic | ||||||
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The First Anglo-Mysore War (1767–1769) was a conflict in India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company. The war was instigated in part by the machinations of Asaf Jah II, the Nizam of Hyderabad, who sought to divert the company's resources from attempts to gain control over the Northern Circars.