Tipu Sultan was born on 20 November 1750 (Friday,20th Dhual-Hijjah, 1163 AH) at Devanahalli,[ 1 ]in present-day Bangalore Rural district, about 33 km (21mi) north of Bangalorecity.He was named Tipu Sultan after the saint Tipu Mastan Aulia of Arcot.Tipu was also called Fath Ali after his grandfather Fatah Muhammad. Tipus father,Hyder Ali, was a military officer in service to the Kingdom of Mysore; he rapidly rose in power, and became the ruler of Mysore in 1761. Hyder himself claimed descent from the Quraysh tribe of Arabs, the tribe of the prophet Muhammad. His father, Fatah Muhammad, was born in Kolar, and served as a commander of 50 men in the bamboo rocket artillery (mainly used for signalling) in the army of the Nawab of Carnatic. Fatah Muhammad eventually entered the service of the Wodeyar Rajas of the Kingdom of Mysore. Tipus mother Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa was the daughter of Mir Muin-ud-Din, the governor of the fort of Kadapa. Hyder Ali appointed able teachers to give Tipu an early education in subjects like Hindustani, Persian, Arabic, Kannada, Quran, Islamic jurisprudence, riding, shootingand fencing. Tipus wife was Sindh Sultan and grandson was Sahib sindh Sultan. Nawab Tipu Sultan Bahadur, Tiger of Mysore Tipu Sultan(20 November 1750 – 4 May 1799), also known as theTiger of Mysore, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and a scholar, soldier and poet. Tipu was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Aliof Mysore and his wife Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa.Tipu introduced a number of administrative innovations, including the introduction of a new coinage, new Mauludi lunisolar calendar and new land revenue system, and initiated the growth of Mysore silk industry.Tipu expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets which he deployed in his resistance against military advances of the British. Tipu was a devout Muslim although the majority of his subjects were Hindus, and few were also Christian. At the request of the French, Tipu built a church, the first in Mysore. Tipu was fluent in Kannada, Hindustani, Persian, Arabic, English and French. He won important victories against the British in the Second Anglo-Mysore War, and negotiated the 1784 Treaty of Mangalore with them after his father Hyder Ali died from cancer in December 1782 during the second Mysore war. Tipu Sultan the innovator of the worlds first war rocket. Two of these rockets, captured by the British at Srirangapatna, are displayed in the Royal Artillery Museumin London. Tipus gifts to Hindu institutions Editor of Mysore Gazettes Srikantaiah has listed 156 temples to which Tipu regularly paid annual grants. Tipu Sultan is immortalized as the Tiger of Mysore. Tipu Sultans prestigious legacy was aggrandized after his death in the year 1839. He was the first Indian king to be martyred defending his homeland against the British Colonial Empire, and is revered as a hero and a freedom fighter in India and Pakistan. Pakistan Navyships PNS Tippu Sultan are also named after him.The British Armys National Army Museum named Tipu Sultan among the 10 Greatest Enemy Commanders that the British Army ever faced, including him among the ranks of Emperor NapoleonBonaparte and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 07:03:18 +0000
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