Tipu Sultan – History and Important facts 01/07/2019 – Posted in: Daily News

TIPU SULTAN – HISTORY AND IMPORTANT FACTS

 

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Tipu Sultan’s armoury, near Srirangapatna railway station, translocated 2 years ago, has turned into a dumping yard and public toilet.

 

Tipu Sultan’s Armoury

Tipu Sultan’s armoury is a square-shaped structure about 12 metres wide and 10 metres tall, was one among the many armouries of Tipu constructed to store ammunition for battles against the British East India Company, represented mainly by the Madras Presidency.

 

Tipu Sultan

  • Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore, and Tipu Sahib, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore.
  • He was born in 1750 and, as a 17-year-old, fought in the first Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69) and subsequently, against the Marathas and in the Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84).
  • Haider died while the war was on, and Tipu succeeded him in 1782. The war ended with the Treaty of Mangalore, at which Tipu had the upper hand.
  • Tipu Sultan, prominently known as Sher-e-Mysore (Tiger of Mysore) is also given the sobriquet of Sher-e-Hind and Sher-e-Mashriq (Tiger of the East).
  • Tipu introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including his coinage, a new Mauludi lunisolar calendar, and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of Mysore silk industry.
  • Tipu expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin.
  • He is considered a pioneer in the use of rocket artillery.
  • Tipu Sultan deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies in their 1792 and 1799 Siege of Srirangapatna.
  • Napoleon, the French commander-in-chief who later became emperor, sought an alliance with Tipu. In alliance with the French in their struggle with the British, and in Mysore’s struggles with other surrounding powers, both Tipu and his father used their French trained army against the Marathas, Sira, and rulers of Malabar, Kodagu, Bednore, Carnatic, and Travancore.
  • In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, the forces of the British East India Company, supported by the Marathas and the Nizam of Hyderabad, defeated Tipu and he was killed on 4 May 1799 while defending his fort of Srirangapatna.

 

Source: The Hindu

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