Question

Why the second Anglo-Mysore war was fought?

• A. Hyder Ali declared war against British for failing to help him against Marathas
• B. British declared war against Hyder Ali for attacking the Marathas
• C. Hyder Ali attacked the friendly princely state of British
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Hyder Ali declared war against British for failing to help him against Marathas

The Second Anglo-Maratha War was the second war fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire between 1803 and 1805 in Central India. The main cause of the second Maratha war due to the defeat of the peshwa Baji Rao II by the Holkars, one of the prominent Maratha clans, as a result of which he accepted British protection by signing the Treaty of Bassein in December 1802. The other Maratha rulers such as the Gwalior's Scindia rulers and the Bhonsle rulers of Nagpur and Berar did not accept this and they wanted to fight against the British. As a result, the second Anglo-Maratha war broke out in Central India in 1803.