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Hyder Ali then led the Mysorean campaigns against the Nairs of Malabar ( the west coast of India ).
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The British battalion was defeated during the Battle of Guntur, by the forces of Hyder Ali, who effectively utilized Mysorean rockets and Rocket artillery against the closely massed British forces.
Ever since the founding of the Sultanate of Mysore by Hyder Ali, French military officers were employed to train the Mysore Army.
Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan were the first to introduce modern Cannons and Muskets, their army was also the first in India to have official uniforms.
During the Second Anglo-Mysore War Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan unleashed the Mysorean rockets at their British opponents effectively defeating them on various occasions.
The rule of Wodeyar dynasty which established the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India in around 1400 CE by was interrupted by Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan in the later half of 18th century.
In 1792, the first iron-cased rockets were successfully developed and used by Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore in India against the larger British East India Company forces during the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-Nissa.
In alliance with the French in their struggle with the British, and in Mysore's struggles with other surrounding powers, both Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali used their French trained army against the Marathas, Sira, rulers of Malabar, Coorg, Bednur, Carnatic, and Travancore.
His father, Hyder Ali, was a military officer in service to the Kingdom of Mysore ; he rapidly rose in power, and became the de facto ruler of Mysore in 1761.
During this campaign in September 1780, Tipu Sultan was dispatched by Hyder Ali with 10, 000 men and 18 guns to intercept Colonel Baillie who was on his way to join Sir Hector Munro.
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Hyder Ali, king of Mysore, developed war rockets with an important change: the use of metal cylinders to contain the combustion powder.
Suffren became the ally of Hyder Ali in the Second Anglo-Mysore War against British rule in India, in 1782 – 1783, fighting the British fleet along the coasts of India and Ceylon.
The kingdom was ruled by the Wodeyar dynasty, except for a brief period in the late 18th century when Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan usurped power.
The kingdom reached the height of its military power and dominion in the latter half of the 18th century under the de facto rulers Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan.
A military tactic developed by Tipu Sultan and his father, Hyder Ali, was the use of mass attacks with rocket artillery brigades on infantry formations.
Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan organized Rocket artillery brigades, or Cushoons, against the British East India Company during the Anglo-Mysore Wars.
Hyder Ali introduced the first iron cased rockets in warfare.
In the year 1775, various ketches were utilized as warships by the Sultanate of Mysore during the rule of Hyder Ali.
Hyder Ali (,, Haidarālī ;, Haidar Alī ; c. 1720 – 7 December 1782, 2 Muharram 1197 in the Islamic calendar ) was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India.
He was given a number of honorific titles, and was referred to as Sultan Hyder Ali Khan or Hyder Ali Sahib.
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Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah had by then formed an alliance with the British, and he was accused by Hyder Ali in later years of effectively preventing him from making any sort of long-lasting alliances or agreements with the British.
The nizam then ostensibly struck a deal with the British Madras Presidency for their support, but apparently did so with the expectation that when Hyder Ali was prepared for war, the deal with the British would be broken.
This army then began preparations to besiege Bangalore, but Hyder Ali returned to Bangalore from Malabar on 9 August, in time to harass the allies before the siege could begin.
Hyder Ali was then foiled in an attempt to prevent the arrival of a second British column at the allied camp ; the strength of these combined forces convinced him to retreat from Bangalore toward Gurramkonda, where he was reinforced by his brother in law.
Hyder Ali then raised additional forces in Mysore and went on the offensive.
Hyder Ali then surprised company authorities by taking a picked force of 6, 000 cavalry and a small number of infantry, and made in three days a forced march of to the gates of Madras.
Hyder then renewed the siege of Arcot, which fell in November.
With Coote at Cuddalore, Hyder then made a forced march to interpose his army between Chidambram and Cuddalore, cutting Coote's supply line.
Hyder then dispatched Tipu in an attempt to prevent the junction of Coote's army with reinforcements from Bengal.
The onset of the monsoon season then suspended most military activity on the eastern plain, and Hyder established his camp near Chittoor.
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Later, this fort was occupied by Mysore King Hyder Ali and then by his son, Tippu Sultan.
They then strengthened and expanded Fort St George over the next thirty years to bear subsequent attacks, the strongest of which came from the French ( 1759, under Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally ), and later Hyder Ali, the Sultan of Mysore in 1767 during the First Anglo-Mysore War.
In 1766, Hyder Ali of Mysore captured Calicut and then Guruvayur.
The ruler then came under the English East India Company's protection until 1777, when he made his peace with Hyder Ali who allowed him to rule in Chirakkal upon payment of tribute.
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The failures of this campaign, combined with successful British advances in the Northern Circars and secret negotiations between the British and the Nizam Asaf Jah II, led to a split between Hyder Ali and the nizam.
Rockets developed by Hyder and Tipu led to a renaissance of interest in the technology in Britain, where William Congreve, supplied with rocket cases from Mysore, developed what became known as Congreve rockets in the early 19th century.
British failure to support Mysore in conflicts with the Mahrattas and other actions supportive of Mysore's enemies led Hyder to develop a dislike for the British.
The British also fought four wars with the Kingdom of Mysore under Hyder Ali and later his son Tipu Sultan, which led to their eventual domination of India's south.
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