Maruthanayagam, alias Yusuf Khan, who equalled Clive and Hyder Ali in warfare
He was a servant of the British East India Company and the Nawab of the Arcot before turning against them. He started his military career as Yusuf Khan, a Muslim convert, and fought in the early wars between the English and the French for the possession of southern India. It was through a conspiracy that the British captured him.
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He was a servant of the British East India Company and the Nawab of the Arcot before turning against them. He started his military career as Yusuf Khan, a Muslim convert, and fought in the early wars between the English and the French for the possession of southern India. It was through a conspiracy that the British captured him.
