Pakistan is a paradigm example of a failed state that has undergone an extremely dangerous form of radical Islamisation.
Second Mysore War - The Britishers win over Hyder Ali
Hyder Ali used to work as a general in the army of the King of Mysore before
overthrowing him and establishing his own kingdom, he is famous for his epic
battles with the British. He is best known for his invasions of the Malabar
coast region between 1766 until his death and the historic defeat of the British
in the first Mysore war in 1767-69. Warren Hastings sent from Bengal Sir Eyre
Coote, who, though repulsed at Chidambaram, defeated Hyder thrice successively
in the battles of Porto Novo, Pollilur and Sholingarh, while Tippoo was forced
to raise the siege of Wandiwash, and Vellore was provisioned. On the arrival of
Lord Macartney as governor of Madras, the British fleet captured Negapatam, and
forced Hyder Ali to confess that he could never ruin a power, which had command
of the sea. He had sent his son Tippoo to the west coast, to seek the assistance
of the French fleet, when his death took place suddenly at Chittur in December
1782. Tipu took over as ruler of Mysore after the death of his father around
1782.
