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 Causes British policy at first was to reinstall the old Rajahs who fled to Travancore when Hyder Ali invaded Malabar. But British interference with ancient order that curtailed traditional powers of local potentates—many who had helped the British in war with Tippu—along with high levels of tax collection rates from the peasantry meant that a large section of the populace became discontent and chose to revolt. Duration The province of Malabar was in a state of disorder since 1792 when the British acquired control of Malabar and this continued till 1806, when they hunted down the last of the Pazhassi Raja's partisans. This period of disturbance can be divided into two sub-periods: 1792 – 1798: During this period, low intensity resistance to British rule was wide-spread in Malabar, British troops skirmished with local malcontents. But during this time the only leader to wage full-blown warfare was Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja of Kottayam. 1799 – 1806: During this period, the Pazhassi Raja, supported secretly by malcontents in Malabar, renewed his war with the British. The Mappilas of Southern Malabar caused a state of disturbance from 1800 to 1802. Major resistance movements From 1792 until 1798, Pazhassi Rajah of Kottayam, Ravi Varma and nephews [Calicut princes of Padinjare Kovilakam] and [Kunhu Achan Crown Prince of Palghat] along with Mappila chieftain Unni Mootha Muppan and some Gouda Polygars of Coimbatore. From 1799 until 1806, Pazhassi Rajah confronted the British in North Malabar in the Cotiote Wars almost alone as the rest of the princes and chieftains had by that time come to terms with the British. But a trio of Mappila