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Hyder Ali, Haidarālī was the Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Sayyid wal Sharif Hyder Ali Khan, he distinguished himself militarily, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers.
Born: Budikote
Died: 7 December 1782, Chittoor
Spouse: Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa
Buried: Gumbaz, Srirangapatna, Ganjam
House: Mysuru
Parents: Fath Muhammad, Lal bai
Born Hyder Naik, he distinguished himself militarily, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers.
Rising to the post of Dalavayi to Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, he came to dominate the titular monarch and the Mysore government.
He became the de facto ruler of Mysore as Sarvadhikari 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.
(Information collected from various sources; compiled by Namaste India)
Born: Budikote
Died: 7 December 1782, Chittoor
Spouse: Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa
Buried: Gumbaz, Srirangapatna, Ganjam
House: Mysuru
Parents: Fath Muhammad, Lal bai
Born Hyder Naik, he distinguished himself militarily, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers.
Rising to the post of Dalavayi to Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, he came to dominate the titular monarch and the Mysore government.
He became the de facto ruler of Mysore as Sarvadhikari 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.
(Information collected from various sources; compiled by Namaste India)
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