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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C
| Date transcribed | 2011-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Alison Kilpatrick | | Comment | Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908. |
| | Surname | Ali | | | Forename | Hyder | | | Chapter | Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past | | | Sub-title | Biographical sketch: Justin Finch | | | Page nos. | 234 | | | Description | During the war with Tippoo Saheb in the Carnatic, Ali’s “Standard bearer challenged anyone of the enemy to meet him in single combat, and Joseph Finch I rode forth and attacked the man”. | | | Indexer Notes | Biographical note: “Hyder-Alee or Hyder-Ali...[sometimes written, in French, HAÏDER-ALI,] a celebrated Hindoo prince, born about 1718, entered the army of the Rajah of Mysore. His military talents procured his promotion to the command of an army, with which he captured Bangalore and fought against the Mahrattas. About 1759, by a bold and successful coup d’état, he obtained the chief power in Mysore, leaving his former master the title of rajah and a pension. The English, alarmed by his encroachments, formed a league with the Mahrattas against him, (1766.) In the war that ensued, Hyder gained such advantages that the English sued for peace and entered into alliance with him, (1769.) In 1771 he was defeated by the piratical Mahrattas, the English having failed to aid him according to the treaty. Having made an alliance with the French and the Mahrattas against the English, he suddenly invaded the Carnatic in 1780, took several fortresses, defeated some detachments, and ravaged the country almost to the walls of Madras. In 1782 he was defeated by Sir Eyre Coote at Porto Novo, and died in the same year, leaving his throne to his son, Tippoo Sahib. Hyder was a Mussulman. He is reputed the most able enemy the British have had to contend with in India.” Source: The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Vol. II, by Joseph Thomas (1887), pg. 235. |
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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.
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