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TIPU SULTAN          

28th January, 2022

 

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Context

  • Mysore King Tipu Sultan is at the center of a controversy in Mumbai with the BJP claiming that Congress leader and Mumbai Suburban Minister Aslam Shaikh is planning to name a playground in the Muslim dominated Malwani locality after the 17th century ruler.

 

About

  • Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India.
  • He introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including a new coinage system and calendar and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry.
  • Tipu is credited as the pioneer of Rocket Technology in India.
  • He expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin.
  • He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Battle of Pollilur and Siege of Seringapatam.
  • Tipu's conflicts with his neighbours included the Maratha–Mysore War which ended with the signing of the Treaty of
  • In the Third Anglo-Mysore War, he was forced into the Treaty of Seringapatam, losing a number of previously conquered territories, including Malabar and Mangalore.
  • He sent emissaries to foreign states, including the Ottoman Empire, Afghanistan, and France, in an attempt to rally opposition to the British.
  • In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, a combined force of British East India Company troops supported by the Marathas & the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu.
  • He helped restore the Sringeri Sharada Mutt which was destroyed by the Marathas.

 

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/mumbai-tipu-sultan-aslam-shaikh-7743588/