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Hyder Ali |
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Hyder Ali (or Haidar Ali) (c. 1722-1782)Indian general, sultan of Mysore in southwestern India from 1759. In command of the army in Mysore from 1749, he became the ruler of the state in 1761, and rivalled British power in the area until his triple defeat by Sir Eyre Coote in 1781 during the Anglo-French wars. He was the father of Tipu Sultan. |
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