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TIPU SULTAN:
Tipu Sultan (20 November 1750 – 4 May 1799), Tipu Sultan was the ruler of Mysore from 1782 to 1799. He was also a scholar, soldier and poet. Tipu was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore and his wife Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa. Tipu born in a Muslim family. His ancestors are said by different sources to be from Persia, Afghanistan, Arabia, and Ferghana in present day Uzbekistan.
HAIDAR ALI:
Hyder Ali was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali Khan,[citation needed] he distinguished himself militarily, eventually drawing the attention of Mysore's rulers. Rising to the post of Dalavayi (commander-in-chief) to Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, he came to dominate the titular monarch and the Mysore government. He became the de facto ruler of Mysore as Sarvadhikari (Chief Minister) by 1761.[citation needed] During intermittent conflicts against the East India Company during the First and Second Anglo–Mysore Wars, HyderAli distinguished himself in military tactics, being the innovator of military use of the iron-cased Mysorean rockets[citation needed]. He also significantly developed the Mysorean economy