Who was Tipu Sultan ?

Tipu Sultan is credited with the replacement of the original names of several places with Muslim names. During his reign, Mangalore was changed to Jalalabad, Mysore to Nazarabad, Bepur to Sultanpatanam, Cannanore to Kusanabad, Gooty to Faiz-Hissar, Dharwar to Quarshed-Sawad, Dindigul to Khaliqabad, Ratnagiri to Mustafabad, Kozhikode to Islamabad, and Dindigul to Khaliqabad

Tipu's power rested not only on his large, excellent army but on the great prosperity of the state he developed through humane and systematic agrarian and mercantilistic policies.

For background information P. E. Roberts, History of British India (1921; 3d ed. 1952), and Percival Spear, India: A Modern History (1961), are recommended.

Tipu Sultan had lost his sword in a war with the Nairs of Travancore during the Battle of Nedumkotta (1789), in which he was forced to withdraw due to a severe joint attack from the Travancore army and the British army

Fearing God, exerting himself for his subjects, and indulgently forgiving transgressions, he firmly wiped out all stubborn disloyalty to the state without partiality to caste or creed.

Tipu Sultan had an obsession for horticulture and gardening

Tipu Sultan got several names of places replaced. Mangalore or Mangalapuri was changed to Jalalabad, Bepur to Sultanpatanam, Cannanore to Kusanabad, Gooty to Faiz-Hissar, Dharwar to Quarshed-Sawad, Dindigul to Khaliqabad, Ratnagiri to Mustafabad, Kozhikode to Islamabad, and Dindigul to Khaliqabad

Further Reading on Tipu Sultan
Still useful is L. B. Bowring, Haidar Alí and Tipú Sultán (1893). Mohibbul Hasan Khan, History of Tipu Sultan (1951), is sympathetic and well balanced.

Tipu Sultan had lost his sword in a war with the Nairs of Travancore during the Battle of the Nedumkotta (1789), in which he was forced to withdraw due to the severe joint attack from the Travancore army and the British army.

He relished important victories against the British in the second Anglo-Mysore War

For background information P. E. Roberts, History of British India (1921; 3d ed. 1952), and Percival Spear, India: A Modern History (1961), are recommended.

Tipu Sultan was a great soldier and saved the South India from British invasions for a long time.

Additional Biography Sources
Ali, B. Sheikh. Tipu Sultan: a study in diplomacy and confrontation, Mysore: Geetha Book House, 1982.

Sultan was killed in the fourth Anglo-Mysore war while defending his fort of Srirangapatnam against the combined forces of the British East India Company and the Nizam of Hyderabad.

He learnt military strategies from the French.

Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore is known for his heroic acts in the wars and the sacrifices he made to save his land from foreign invaders. He saved Deccan India from the British for a long period but not all the South Indians loved this martyr.

Sharma, H. D. (Hari Dev). The real Tipu: a brief history of Tipu Sultan, Varanasi: Rishi Publications, 1991.

Tipu Sultan had an obsession for horticulture and gardening. The statement is supported by the fact that much of his correspondence with foreign dignitaries would invariably carry a request for new varieties of seeds and plants.

Many of us will unaware about the fact that Tipu Sultan is considered a pioneer in rocket artillery.These rockets were known to be Mysorean Rockets at that time.

He is attributed for establishing the 40-acre Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore.

Tipu Sultan used them effectively against the British East India Company during the 1780s and 1790s. The technology used by them led Britishers to develop Congreve Rocket Technology.

He saved Deccan India from British attacks for a long time and was addressed as Tippoo sahib by them.

Tipu Sultan forced more than 10 million Hindus and Christians in Malabar region to convert to Islam.

The Strange but the best fact about these rockets were the concept of using sword and blade as guiding vanes which makes them most devastating weapon.

Tipu Sultan's father, Hyder Ali served as the Military Officer in the Mysore kingdom and became the most powerful person by 1761.