Shezada Hyder Ali

Shezada Hyder Ali was the grandson of Hyder Ali and the eldest son of Abdul Kareem. After the fall of Seringapatam and death of Tippu Sultan on 4 May 1799, all family members of the Tipu Sultan were sent to Vellore fort and kept under custody of the East India Company. From there, the grandson of Hyder Ali, and son of Abdul Kareem "Shezada Hyder Ali" escaped from British captivity in Vellore Fort and joined the Marathas in 1801.

After the fall of Srirangapattinam and the death of Tipu Sultan in 1799, all the family members Tipu Sultan & his brother Abdul Kareem, Exiled to Vellore on 19 June 1799, British rulers kept the Royal family members in the Vellore Fort. Abdul Kareem's eldest son "Prince (Shehzada) Hyder Ali" Escaped from British captivity from the vellore fort and joined the Marathas in 1801.

In 1806, the British East India Company, which had a large part of the country under its control, introduced a dress code for its army which largely composed of Indians. While Hindus were prohibited from wearing religious marks on their foreheads, Muslims were required to shave their beard and trim their moustache. This created a strong resentment among the soldiers.

On July 9 1806, at the marriage of one of Tipu Sultan's daughters at the fort, those who planned to take part in the revolt gathered there. In the early hours of July 10 1806, Indian soldiers opened fire in the parade ground and killed some army officers and took control of the arms and ammunition. They pulled down the Union Jack flag and hoisted the Royal Tiger Flag of Tipu Sultan over the fort. They declared Tipu's son "Shahzada Hyder 'Ali Sultan Sahib, Fath Hyder Bahadur" as their King,but they made a fatal mistake,the cebrating sepoys failed to close the gates of the fort securely.

However, a British Officer escaped, and alerted the garrison in Arcot, nine hours later, the British 19th Light Dragoons, led by col. Rollo Gillespie, and the Madras Cavalry entered the fort through gates that had not been fully secured by the sepoys and recaptured the fort. Nearly 350 of the rebels were killed, and another 350 injured before the fighting had stopped. Some accounts have it that 800 rebels died, 17 Indian officers were hanged in public & many more were imprisoned at the Vellore and Tiruchi prisons.

In fact the "Vellore Mutiny 1806" was the 'First war of independence against the British' prior to the First War of Independence of 1857. It is also interesting to note that the mutineers in Vellore planned to bring back the sons of Tippu Sultan to power, just as the mutiny in 1857 attempted to restore Mughal rule by re-instating Bahadur Shah Zafar as Emperor of India. The British suspected the mysore princes (sons of tipu sultan) of having instigated the rebellion and transferred the mysore princes and the rest of the Royal family to Calcutta on 20 August 1806.

Other family members of Tipu Sultan and his brother Abdul Kareem were shifted to Calcutta after a mutiny (called the Vellore Mutiny) in the Vellore Fort on 10 July 1806, most of the family members were buried at Mysore Family Cemetery, Kalighat Park-Calcutta.

Abdul Kareem's eldest son "Princce(Shezada)Hyder Ali" was the only member of Royal Family of Tipu Sultan who escaped from British captivity from the Vellore Fort and joined the Marathas in 1801 to fight against British, he was married to Zaibunnisa Begum of Bijapur, his son Fateh Ahmed Sahib was born in the year 1816. Fateh Ahmed Sahib the son of Prince (Shezada) Hyder Ali and the Great Grandson of Hyder Ali , born in Bijapur in 1816, he was the only male child survived, shifted to Mysore with his mother and metrnal uncle,he married to Fatima BiBi & his only son 'Fateh Mohammed Sahib' alias Raja Mohiddin was born in Mysore 1849, Fateh Ahmed Sahib died in 1869 in Mysore. Raja Mohiddin Fateh Mohammed Sahib (the Great, Great Grandson of Hyder Ali) son of Fateh Ahmed Sahib born in Mysore in the year 1849 , migrated from Mysore to Bellary in 1890 along with his family. He was a "Pahelwan" (a wrestler) had a "Akhada" in Bellary, he died in 1900 at Bellary,he had a son by name 'Mohammed Lal Sahib' who was born 1889.

Mohammed Lal Sahib ((the Great, Great, Great Grandson of Hyder Ali) was the son of Fateh Mohammed Sahib alias Raja Mohiddin, born at Hagri in 1889, Mohammed Lal Sahib had 4 wives and his son Mohammed Ghosue sahib was born to his 4th wife Banu Bibi in the year 1929. He(Lal sahib) had 8 children,out of 8 children, only 2 survived, a son by name Mohammed Ghouse & a daughter by name Shaiku Bibi. Mohammed Lal Sahib migrated from Bellary to Vijayawada in 1930 along with his infant Son Mohammed Ghouse. Mohammed Lal Sahib was died in the year 1954 in Vijayawada.

Mohammed Ghouse Sahib - the Great,Great,Great,Great Grandson of Hyder Ali , was a greate skill person and genius in manufacturing of 'Iron Safes', in 1970's he manufactured a 'Burglar Proof Iron Safe' which was kept in Kirisna District Industrial and Agriculture Exhibition - Vijayawada. He was married to Mahaboob Bibi daughter of Shaik Mastan (grand daughter of Jagirdar Rahamtu Miah of Kandukur) in the year 1949 on 10th October and had Six sons and Four daughters, few grand children of Mohammed Ghouse Sahib are in USA, Australia and KSA

Now most of the descendent family members of Tipu Sultan and Abdul Kareem are in calcutta, some descendents are in the state of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (Vijayawada) and some in USA, Sydney (Australia) and KSA.