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Modern History·Easy

Consider the following statements about Haidar Ali: 1. Haidar Ali took the help of the French to set up an arms factory at Dindigul. 2. He brought to submission the troublesome Poligars of South India. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Haidar Ali:

1. Haidar Ali took the help of the French to set up an arms factory at Dindigul.

2. He brought to submission the troublesome Poligars of South India.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Options

  1. a.

    1 only

  2. b.

    2 only

  3. c.

    Both 1 and 2

    Correct answer
  4. d.

    Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

  • Repeated incursions of the Marathas and of the Nizam’s troops into the territories of Mysore resulted in heavy financial demands made by the aggressors from Mysore.
  • Mysore became financially and politically weak. The need of the hour was a leader with high degree of military powers and diplomatic skill. Haidar Ali fulfilled that need and usurped the royal authority by becoming the de facto ruler of Mysore in 1761.
  • He realised that the exceedingly mobile Marathas could be contained only by a swift cavalry, that the cannons of the French-trained Nizami army could be silenced only by effective artillery, and that the superior arms from the West could only be matched by arms brought from the same place or manufactured with the same know-how.
  • Haidar Ali took the help of the French to set up an arms factory at Dindigul (now in Tamil Nadu) and also introduced Western methods of training for his army. He also started to use his considerable diplomatic skill to outmanoeuvre his opponents. With his superior military skill, he captured Dod Ballapur, Sera, Bednur and Hoskote in 1761-63, and brought to submission the troublesome Poligars of South India (in what is now Tamil Nadu).

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