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The British got Malabar from Tippu Sultan in 1792. But Malabar was a province that was plagued by refraction, unrest and insurgency as early as 1766—when Hyder Ali occupied whole of Malabar. Two decades of Mysore effort to subjugate this province ended up in chaos and confusion in Malabar with a part of her population either dead or migrated and once prosperous economy destroyed.
Those local potentates who fought alongside the British in warfare with Tippu were unhappy that the British wanted Rajahs to accept British suzerainty and pay tributes along with British interference in domestic affairs. Though they signed treaties in 1792 that accepted British demands soon many would rise in revolt and plunge the country once more into a state of chaos and warfare that characterised the province since 1766