| Name
/ Title |
HYDER ALI KHAN
(Born Hyder Naik) |
| Date of
Birth |
1721 (Date not known) |
| Date of
Death |
December 07, 1782 |
| Identity |
The sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore
in southern India. |
| General |
- He became the de facto ruler of Mysore as
Sarvadhikari (Chief Minister) by 1761.
- He offered strong anti-colonial resistance against the
military advances of the British East India Company during
the First and Second Anglo–Mysore Wars, and he was the
innovator of military use of the iron-cased Mysorean
rockets.
- Though illiterate, Hyder Ali earned an important place
in the history of southern India for his administrative
acumen and military skills.
- He concluded an alliance with the French against the
British, and used the services of French workmen in raising
his artillery and arsenal.
- His rule of Mysore was characterised by frequent warfare
with his neighbours and rebellion within his territories.
- He spoke Kannada, Telugu, Hindustani, Persian, Marathi
and Tamil fluently.
- He was a shrewd leader, and left his eldest son Tipu
Sultan an extensive kingdom bordered by the Krishna River in
the north, the Eastern Ghats in the east and the Arabian Sea
in the west.
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