First Anglo-Mysore War

First Anglo-Mysore War
	Part of the Anglo-Mysore Wars
	; A map of the war theatre
Date	1767-1769
Location	South India
Result	Mysore victory
Belligerents
Mysore Arakkal Kingdom; Nizam of Hyderabad (defected in 1768) Nawab of Savanur; Nawab of Banganapalle; Holkar Faction of the Maratha Empire;	East India Company; Peshwa Faction of the Maratha Empire; Nawab of the Carnatic
Commanders and leaders
Hyder Ali; Latif Ali Beg; Makdum Ali; Tipu Sultan; Reza Sahib; Husain Ali Khan Bahadur; Asaf Jah II (defected in 1768); Tukoji Rao Holkar;	Joseph Smith; John Wood; Colonel Brooks; Madhavrao I; Janardhan Rao; Wallajah;

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.

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