High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Second Anglo–Mysore War (1779–1784) was a conflict in Mughal India between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the Franco–British conflict raging on account of the American Revolutionary War helped spark Anglo–Mysorean hostilities in India. The company`s operations were bolstered by Crown troops sent from Britain, and by troops sent from Hanover, which was also ruled by King George III.