'Hyder Ali', c1750, (1890). Creator: Unknown.


'Hyder Ali', c1750, (1890). Hyder Ali (c1720-1782) Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore who offered strong resistance against military advances of the British East India Company during the First and Second Anglo Mysore Wars. He also significantly developed Mysore's economy despite being illiterate. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. IV - Modern History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]


Size: 4050px × 5309px
Location: World,Asia,India,Karnātaka,Mysore
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