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Shahzada Hayder Ali was the grandson ofHyder Ali and the eldest son ofTipu Sultan.[citation needed]
After the fall ofSrirangapattana and death ofTipu Sultan on 4 May 1799, Shezada Hyder Ali and other family members were sent to theVellore fort on 19 June 1799 and kept under custody of theEast India Company. Shezada Hyder Ali managed to escape.
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 theVellore Mutiny, opening fire in the fort (mandapam), killing several army officers and taking control of the fort's arms and ammunition. They pulled down theUnion Jack flag, hoisted the Royal Tiger Flag of Tipu Sultan in its stead, and declared Shezada Hyder Ali as their king.[1] 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 British19th Light Dragoons, led by ColonelRollo 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.
Shezada Hyder Ali later married Zaibunnisa Begum ofBijapur. They had a son, Fateh Ahmed Sahib, in Bijapur in 1816. Today, many of Shezada Hyder Ali's descendants live inCalcutta,Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh, andSydney (Australia).