Muhammed Yusuf Khan the Madurai- Dindigul road, Yusuf Khan was ignominiously hanged as a rebel by Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah, the Nawab of Arcot. This place is about two miles to the west of Madura, known as Dabedar Chandai (Shandy), and his body was buried at the spot. What motives forced the three main conspirators, who were Yusuf Khan's close confidantes, to betray him? It is said that Yusuf Khan had once flogged Marchand with a whip (the first time a European officer had been whipped by a native ruler) and so he was waiting for an opportune time to take revenge. It
S. Ali Raza S. Ali Raza S. Ali Raza (9 January 1925 – 1 November 2007) was an Indian film screenwriter and director associated with writing the script for hit films such as Aan, Andaz, Mother India, Reshma Aur Shera, Raja Jani and Dus Numbri. In 1968 he won the Filmfare award as the best dialogue writer for Saraswatichandra. In 1975 he directed a film titled "Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye". He was married to actress Nimmi who appeared in "Uran Khatola", "Barsaat", "Deedar", "Amar", "Aan", "Char Paise", "Rajdhani", "Shamma", "Pooja Ke Phool", "Mere Mehboob" for which he had written the dialogues.