MYSORE - HAIDAR ALI :1761-82

Haidar Ali: 1761-82

                        Haidar Ali began his career as a soldier in the service of the Mysore state, later he became the faujdar of Dindigul. He esblished a modern arsenal in Dindigul with the help of French.

                              In 1761, he overthrowed the nanjarajar (the powerful Prime Minister of Wodeyar king Krishraja I) and usurped power, though continuing to recognize krishnraja I as the Lawful ruler.

                                            First Anglo- Mysore war (1766-69): Haider Ali defeated the British. The Treaty of Madras (1769) signed.

                                           Second Anglo- Mysore war (1780-84): Warren Hastings attacked French port Mahe, which was in Haidar Ali’s territory.

                                          Haidar Ali led a joint front with Nizam and Maratha and captured Arcot (Capital of Carnatic state).

                                         In 1781, Haidar Ali was defeated at Porto Novo by Eyre coot.

                                         He died during the Second Anglo- Mysore war.