... six trunkfuls of tableware, cases of wine, a hamper of live poultry, a goat and, not surprisingly, an extra tent for supplies. Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan Such extravagance and eccentricity were hardly confined to the British side, of course. Against them were arrayed colorful adversaries like Hyder ... Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, who in the 1760s seized control of the predominantly Hindu state of Mysore and proceeded to run ... Madras and leading their mercenary lootywallahs on one pillaging expedition after another. Not far away, the British faced another kind of resistance from courtly...

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... in local government all over British India. Thus the idea of the separateness of Muslims in India was built into the electoral process of India. Muslim leaders led by Mohammed Ali Jinnah felt that the Hindus, by dominating the Indian National Congress, were beginning to dictate decision making in British India. The policies and interests of the British in India were ... ...

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