Umdat Ul-Umra
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Ghulam Hussainy Umdat-Ul-Umra, Nawab Umra (died 1801) was the Nawab
of the Carnatic region
of India from 1795 to 1801. Many members of the British East India Company
believed that Umdat Ul-Umra the Nawab of Carnatic secretly provided assistance to Tipu Sultan
during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
and immediately sought his deposition after the year 1799.
. Umdat-Ul-Umra was the son of Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah a stern ally of the British East India Company
.
demanded pieces of land as gift. On the fall of Tippu Sultan in 1799, the British accused the Nawab of collaborating with Tipu Sultan
and demanded the entire administration of the kingdom as indemnity. Umdat-Ul-Umra vehemently protested against the offensive authority of the British East India Company
. Umdat-Ul-Umra, however, died soon afterwards and the takeover was effected during the reign of his successor.
Nawab
A Nawab or Nawaab is an honorific title given to Muslim rulers of princely states in South Asia. It is the Muslim equivalent of the term "maharaja" that was granted to Hindu rulers....
of the Carnatic region
Carnatic region
The Carnatic coast is the region of South India lying between the Eastern Ghats and the Coromandel Coast, in the modern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, south eastern Karnataka and southern Andhra Pradesh....
of India from 1795 to 1801. Many members of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
believed that Umdat Ul-Umra the Nawab of Carnatic secretly provided assistance to Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan , also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-Nissa...
during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War was a war in South India between the Sultanate of Mysore and the British East India Company under the Earl of Mornington....
and immediately sought his deposition after the year 1799.
Early life
He was actually named by his grandfather Anwaruddin Khan as "Abdul Wali". But he was subsequently renamed as "Umdat-Ul-Umra" after the name of the court of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam IIShah Alam II
Shah Alam II , also known as Ali Gauhar, was a Mughal emperor of India. A son of Alamgir II, he was exiled to Allahabad in December 1759 by Ghazi-ud-Din, who appointed Shah Jahan III as the emperor. Later, he was nominated as the emperor by Ahmad Shah.Shah Alam II was considered the only and...
. Umdat-Ul-Umra was the son of Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah a stern ally of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
.
Reign
Umdat-Ul-Umra ruled from 1795 to 1801. During his reign, the British East India CompanyBritish East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
demanded pieces of land as gift. On the fall of Tippu Sultan in 1799, the British accused the Nawab of collaborating with Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan , also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean army, and his second wife, Fatima or Fakhr-un-Nissa...
and demanded the entire administration of the kingdom as indemnity. Umdat-Ul-Umra vehemently protested against the offensive authority of the British East India Company
British East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
. Umdat-Ul-Umra, however, died soon afterwards and the takeover was effected during the reign of his successor.