When he first arrived in India , at Surat , he was confronted with a wall of opposition erected by the East India Company .
He soon made himself known to Hyder Ali , Nawab of Mysore and the strongest opponent of the English in India .
Although when he first arrived in India , at Surat , he was confronted with a wall of opposition erected by the East India Company , he soon made himself known to Hyder Ali , Nawab of Mysore and the strongest opponent of the English in India .