| Name
/ Title |
TIPU SULTAN
(Nawab Tipu Sultan Bahadur) a.k.a. Tiger of Mysore |
| Date of
Birth |
November 20, 1750 |
| Date of
Death |
May 04, 1799 |
| Identity |
Former ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- December 29, 1782:
Tipu took over rule of the kingdom upon his father's death.
- January 26, 1792: On this
day, he began his fight against the British.
- May 04, 1799:
In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War the combined forces of the British
East India Company and the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu, who
was killed on 4 May 1799 while defending the fort of Seringapatam.
So he ceased to be the king.
|
| General |
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He was the son of Hyder Ali, at that time an officer in the Mysorean
army.
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When Tipu was still a child, his father rose to take power in
Mysore.
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He was a devout Muslim but the majority of his subjects were Hindus.
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He built a church, the first in Mysore.
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He won important victories against the British in
the Second Anglo-Mysore War.
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He was expansionist by ambition and so kept
attacking his neighbours from time to time.
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However, in the Third Anglo-Mysore War Tipu was humiliated by
reversal of past victories.
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He introduced a number of administrative and military
innovations (including the expansion of rocket
technology), and introduced and promoted a more widespread use of
Persian and Urdu languages in southern India.
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After Tipu's defeat in the fourth war the British captured a number
of the Mysorean rockets.
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These became influential in British rocket development, leading to
production of the Congreve rocket, which was soon put into use in
the Napoleonic Wars.
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He earned the following titles: Tiger of Mysore, Padishah, Nasib
ad-Dawlah, Fatah Ali Khan Bahadur.
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