Hari Singh, Haider Ali and the Zamorin
Posted by Labels: Calicut - Mysore sultans, Haider ali, Hari Singh, Wodeyar Calicut
A Punjabi adventurer and Calicut 1756-58
It is certainly a point of interest to note that a Punjabi adventurer in the employment of Devarajaiya the ruler of Mysore had something substantial to do with the eventual fall of Calicut in 1766. Not may are aware of this sub plot in the advance of Haider towards Malabar and how Haider usurped the Mysore throne. Let’s take a look.