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In 1761, Hyder Ali, who had already risen to the position of commander in chief in the Mysore army, successfully seized effective power in the kingdom.12
He achieved this by displacing the powerful Kalale family of ministers and reducing the Vadiyar rulers to mere figureheads. Specifically, he displaced the prime minister, Nanjaraj, and effectively imprisoned the raja within his own palace, allowing Hyder Ali to establish himself as the ruler of the state.31