The First Anglo-Mysore War 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
The flag of the Sultanate of Mysore.
Krishnagiri fort was besieged in the First Anglo-Mysore War in 1768, and finally surrendered to the British, who held it briefly
Asaf Jah II opposed the East India Company in 1766, and initially allied himself with Haider Ali during the First Anglo-Mysore War, particularly during the Battle of Chengam, but later abandoned Mysore's cause in 1768.
The Battle of Tiruvannamalai is one of the two successful battles fought by the Madras Army in the Carnatic along with the Battle of Chengam. It was fought on 25 September 1767 between the allied forc
Image of Hyder Ali
The Annamalaiyar Temple in Tiruvannamalai, around which the history of the city revolves