Hyder Ali (Nawab of Mysore)

             Hyder Ali was the sultan and de facto ruler of he Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. He was born in C. 1720 at Budikote, Kola, Karnataka in southern India. And Died 7 December 1782 (aged 60-61) Chittoor, Andhra Prdesh India. His full names Nawab Hyder Ali Khan Bahadur and father's name Fateh Muhammad and mother's name was Lal Bi.

            Born as Hyder ali khan, he distinguished himself militarily, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers. Rising to the post of Dalawayi (commander of chief) to Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, he came to dominate the titular monarch and the Mysore government. He became the facto ruler of Mysore as Sarvadhikari (Chief Minister) by 1761. During the intermittent conflicts against the East India Company during the First and second Anglo-Mysore Wars, Hyder Ali distinguished himself in military tactics, being the innovator of military use of the iron cased Mysorean rockets. He also significantly developed the Mysorean economy.

            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 and used the services of French workman in raising his artillery and arsenal.   

            The first Anglo-Mysore War (1766-1769) was a conflict in  India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the East India Company. The war was instigated in part by the machinations of Asf Jah II, the Nizam of Hyderabad who Sought to divert the company's resources from attempts to gain control of the Northern Circars.

            Maratha-Mysore War: The Maratha - Mysore Wars was a conflict in the 18th century India, between the Maratha Empire and the Kingdom of Mysore. Though initial hostilities between the sides started in 1770s, the actual warfare began on February 1785 and ended in 1787 . It is widely believed that the war broke out as a result of desire of the ever-expanding Marathas to recover lost territories from the state of Mysore.

            Second Anglo-Mysore War: The second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British east India company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the conflict between Britain against the French and Dutch in the American Revolutionary War sparked Anglo-Mysorean Hostilities in India. The greatest majority of soldiers on the company side were raised, trained, paid and commanded by the company, not the British government. However, the company's operations were bolstered by Crown troops sent from Britain, and by troops sent from Hanover, which was also ruled by Britain's King George III. 

            Death: Nawab Hyder Ali Khan, who had suffered from a cancerous growth on his back, died in his camp on 6 December 1782. Some other accounts record it as 7 December 1782 and some historical accounts in the Persian language record the death in dates ranging from hijri1 Moharram 1197 to Hijri 4Moharram 1197 in the Islamic calendar. Hyder's advisers tried to keep his death a secret until Tipu could be recalled from the Malabar coast.