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Biography of Haidar Ali
Name: Haidar Ali
Birth Date: c. 1721
Death Date: 1782
Place of Birth: Budikote, Mysore, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Occupations: ruler, soldier
Haidar Ali
Haidar Ali (1721-1782) was the Indian ruler of Mysore. He was the most formidable enemy of the British in their struggle for supremacy in South India.Born at Budikote in Mysore, Haidar Ali started his career as a soldier. In 1749 he was a petty officer in the Mysore army attending on the nizam, theoretically the Mogul deputy in South India. The nizam was assassinated in 1750, and in the ensuing confusion Haidar came by enough wealth to equip his own contingent and to distinguish himself in the service of Nanjraj, the new strong man of Mysore.Nanjraj's involvement in the Anglo-French contest for supremacy in India gave Haidar the opportunity to master the art of warfare and learn the value of European as compared to Indian military training. Under Nanjraj, Mysore went bankrupt. Haidar, known for efficient leadership, first rose to be Nanjraj's most trusted lieutenant and later replaced him as usurper. …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…K. Sinha, Haidar Ali (1941), is a balanced biography. An old account is Lewin B. Bowring, Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan (1893). Two works indispensable for an understanding of South Indian history during the 18th century are Robert Orme, A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan (2 vols., 1763-1778; vol. 1, rev. ed., 1799), a vivid picture of the period to 1761; and Mark Wilks, Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysore (3 vols., 1810-1817; 2d ed., 2 vols., 1869), particularly valuable for evidence derived from "living characters." More recent surveys include K. M. Panikkar, A Survey of Indian History (1947; 4th rev. ed. 1964); J. C. Powell-Price, A History of India (1955); Percival Spear, India: A Modern History (1961); and Michael Edwardes, A History of India (1961).Fernandes, Praxy, The Tigers of Mysore: a biography of Hyder Ali & Tipu Sultan, New Delhi; New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Viking, 1991.
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