Who was Tipu Sultan ?

The 40-acre Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore owes its origin to Tipu. He was fond of horticulture and gardening and possessed considerable knowledge.

Before Tipu became a ruler of Mysore, official works were done in Kannada and Marathi languages. But after he ascended the thrown, Farsi was introduced as the new official language of Mysore state (authenticity required).

After his father, Tipu ruled the kingdom for 17 years. Just near his Srirangapatnam fort is the famous Hindu temple dedicated to lord Vishnu.  
During his life time  he never interfered with the affairs of the Hindu temple.

Tippu Sultan, also spelled Tipu Sultan, also called Tippu Sahib or Fateh Ali Tipu, byname Tiger of Mysore, (born 1750, Devanhalli [India]—died May 4, 1799, Seringapatam [now Shrirangapattana]), sultan of Mysore, who won fame in the wars of the late 18th century in southern India.

Tippu was instructed in military tactics by French officers in the employ of his father, Hyder Ali, who was the Muslim ruler of Mysore.

In 1767 Tippu commanded a corps of cavalry against the Marathas in the Carnatic (Karnataka) region of western India, and he fought against the Marathas on several occasions between 1775 and 1779.

During the second Mysore War he defeated Col. John Brathwaite on the banks of the Kollidam (Coleroon) River (February 1782).

e succeeded his father in December 1782 and in 1784 concluded peace with the British and assumed the title of sultan of Mysore. In 1789, however, he provoked British invasion by attacking their ally, the raja of Travancore.

He held the British at bay for more than two years, but by the Treaty of Seringapatam (March 1792) he had to cede half his dominions. He remained restless and unwisely allowed his negotiations with Revolutionary France to become known to the British.

n that pretext the governor-general, Lord Mornington (later the marquess of Wellesley), launched the fourth Mysore War. Seringapatam (now Shrirangapattana), Tippu’s capital, was stormed by British-led forces on May 4, 1799, and Tippu died leading his troops in the breach.

Tippu was an able general and administrator, and, though a Muslim, he retained the loyalty of his Hindu subjects

He proved cruel to his enemies and lacked the judgment of his father, however.

Tippu Sultan, also spelled Tipu Sultan, also called Tippu Sahib or Fateh Ali Tipu, byname Tiger of Mysore, (born 1750, Devanhalli [India]—died May 4, 1799, Seringapatam [now Shrirangapattana]), sultan of Mysore, who won fame in the wars of the late 18th century in southern India.

ippu was instructed in military tactics by French officers in the employ of his father, Hyder Ali, who was the Muslim ruler of Mysore. In 1767 Tippu commanded a corps of cavalry against the Marathas in the Carnatic (Karnataka) region of western India, and he fought against the Marathas on several occasions between 1775 and 1779. During the second Mysore War he defeated Col.

John Brathwaite on the banks of the Kollidam (Coleroon) River (February 1782).

He succeeded his father in December 1782 and in 1784 concluded peace with the British and assumed the title of sultan of Mysore.

In 1789, however, he provoked British invasion by attacking their ally, the raja of Travancore.

He held the British at bay for more than two years, but by the Treaty of Seringapatam (March 1792) he had to cede half his dominions.

He remained restless and unwisely allowed his negotiations with Revolutionary France to become known to the British.

On that pretext the governor-general, Lord Mornington (later the marquess of Wellesley), launched the fourth Mysore War.

On that pretext the governor-general, Lord Mornington (later the marquess of Wellesley), launched the fourth Mysore War.

Seringapatam (now Shrirangapattana), Tippu’s capital, was stormed by British-led forces on May 4, 1799, and Tippu died leading his troops in the breach.

Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, or Tippoo Sahib as the British called him, was the Indian ruler who resisted the East India Company’s conquest of southern India.

Public opinion in England considered him a vicious tyrant, while modern Indian nationalists have hailed him as a freedom fighter, but both views are the products of wishful thinking.

Public opinion in England considered him a vicious tyrant, while modern Indian nationalists have hailed him as a freedom fighter, but both views are the products of wishful thinking.