CHIKKAMAGALURU: The credit of re-consecration of Sharada idol made of sandalwood, the main deity at Sharada Peeta, Sringeri of Chikkamagaluru goes to ruler of Mysore Kingdom Tipu Sultan and the ...

‘To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live for a hundred years like a jackal.’ This is a quote attributed to Tipu Sultan, the tiger and ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. Most of us have ...

Southern Karnataka state celebrates Tipu Sultan for being a patriot while Hindu nationalists call him a tyrant. The state government led by the Congress party says Tipu Sultan is a freedom fighter who ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. The sword of 1700s Indian ruler Tipu ...

The lobby of one of NASA’s facilities houses a painting that shows Tipu Sultan’s army firing rockets at the British army, a recognition that the technology of his state was a chapter in the history of ...

At the end of the Anglo-Mysore wars, Tipu Sultan was killed in battle in 1799, and the palace at Seringapattanam was sacked. A little pamphlet found on his body, buried under his clothes, was a book ...

Tipu Sultan (1750-1799), as a political icon, has been equally exploited and claimed by both the present government and the opposition. While the Bharatiya Janta Party portrays the former ruler of ...

Tipu Sultan has been an enigma. He is adored by some, who regard him as a freedom fighter. His saga of courage and audacity against the British has inspired many. But there are equally a large number ...

Tipu Sultan Jayanti or birth anniversary is marked on November 10 every year. The 18th century ruler is popularly known as the Tiger of Mysore and Tipu Sahib. He was born as Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab ...

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday (November 30) attended the launch of Indian historian Vikram Sampath's book 'Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum' at the Indian ...

The right-wing in Karnataka sees Tipu Sultan as a bigoted tyrant who forcefully converted thousands. Tipu Sultan is, once again, at the centre of a Congress vs BJP squabble in Karnataka, after a MLA ...

'Tipu Sultan was no doubt a valiant fighter who vigorously opposed the British but that cannot mitigate the fact that he was also by all accounts a religious bigot -- a figure incompatible with modern ...