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'''Shezada Hyder Ali''' was the grandson of [[Hyder Ali]] and the eldest son of [[Tipu Sultan]].{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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After the fall of [[Srirangapattana]] and death of [[Tippu Sultan|Tipu Sultan]] on 4 May 1799, Shezada Hyder Ali and other family members were sent to the [[Vellore fort]] on 19 June 1799 and kept under custody of the [[British East India Company|East India Company]]. Shezada Hyder Ali managed to escape; he joined the [[Marathas]] in 1801.<br />
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On July 10, 1806, at the marriage of one of Tipu Sultan's daughters at the Vellore fort, Indian soldiers staged a revolt known as the [[Vellore Mutiny]], opening fire in the fort (mandapam), killing several army officers and taking control of the fort's arms and ammunition. They pulled down the [[Union Jack]] flag, hoisted the Royal Tiger Flag of Tipu Sultan in its stead, and declared Shezada Hyder Ali as their king.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/karunanidhi-to-release-stamp-on-vellore-sepoy-mutiny/article3102882.ece |title=Karunanidhi to release stamp on Vellore sepoy mutiny |last1= Ramakrishnan |first1=T |date=10 July 2006 |website=[[The Hindu]] |publisher= |access-date=27 March 2015}}</ref> However, they failed to close the gates of the fort securely, and a British officer escaped and alerted the garrison in Arcot. Nine hours later, the British [[19th Light Dragoons]], led by Colonel [[Rollo Gillespie]], and the Madras Cavalry recaptured the fort. Nearly 350 of the rebels were killed, and another 350 injured before the fighting had stopped. Some accounts state that 17 Indian officers were hanged in public and many were imprisoned at the Vellore and Tiruchi prisons.<br />
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Shezada Hyder Ali later was married Zaibunnisa Begum of [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]]. They had a son, Fateh Ahmed Sahib, in Bijapur in 1816. Today, many of Shezada Hyder Ali's descendants live in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], and [[Sydney]] (Australia).<br />
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