Tipu Sultan: a freedom fighter or Islamic bigot?
4 years, 3 months ago

Tipu Sultan: a freedom fighter or Islamic bigot?

Op India  

Tipu Sultan is often credited in our history textbooks as a ‘secular’ ruler of Mysore who fought against the British in the late 1700s. No Namboodri Brahmin should be spared.’ The letter set a precedent and it followed several other orders by Tipu Sultan, calling for violence against Hindus. These are my orders.” In a letter dated January 18, 1790 to Syed Abdul Dulai, Tipu Sultan openly condones the killing and forced conversions of Hindus, and proclaims this as a ‘Jihad’. Be their bodies the constant object of their cares, deprive their eyes of sight, make black their faces.” Like other Islamic invaders in India, Tipu Sultan was known to brutally suppress the local Hindu population and forcefully convert several Hindus. Tipu Sultan in History Revisionism) In 1788, Tipu had reportedly ordered his Calicut governor Sher Khan to convert the local Hindus to Islam.

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Jaishankar Says Tipu Sultan's Legacy 'Cherry-Picked', Rues 'Facts Tailored For Regime Convenience'
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Jaishankar Says Tipu Sultan's Legacy 'Cherry-Picked', Rues 'Facts Tailored For Regime Convenience'

ABP News  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday criticised the selective portrayal of Tipu Sultan in historical narratives, describing it as an example of "airbrushed history" driven by political convenience. Speaking at the launch of historian Vikram Sampath's book, Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore Interregnum 1761-1799, Jaishankar said, “How much of our past has been airbrushed, how awkward issues have …

Tipu Sultan a complex figure, politics of the day cherry-picks facts: S Jaishankar
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Tipu Sultan a complex figure, politics of the day cherry-picks facts: S Jaishankar

India Today  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described Tipu Sultan as a "complex figure" in Indian history as he picked apart the selective portrayal of his legacy, saying facts have often been "tailored for regime convenience." To a considerable extent, that has happened in the case of Tipu Sultan," Jaishankar said during the launch of historian Vikram Sampath's book Tipu Sultan: The …

'Tipu Sultan is very complex figure in history', says EAM Dr S Jaishankar | VIDEO
3 weeks, 2 days ago

'Tipu Sultan is very complex figure in history', says EAM Dr S Jaishankar | VIDEO

India TV News  

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday attended the launch of Indian historian Vikram Sampath's book 'Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum' at the Indian Habitat Centre here in Delhi. Jaishankar described Tipu Sultan as a "very complex figure in history," highlighting both his resistance to British colonial control and the controversial aspects of his rule. Speaking at …

Police allow terror outfit PFI's wing SDPI to carry Tipu Sultan poster on Independence Day: Here is how atrocities against Hindus were committed under his rule
4 months, 1 week ago

Police allow terror outfit PFI's wing SDPI to carry Tipu Sultan poster on Independence Day: Here is how atrocities against Hindus were committed under his rule

Op India  

On Thursday, 15th August, the Social Democratic Party of India, which is the political wing of the banned Islamist terrorist organization Popular Front of India organized a rally citing the occasion of India’s Independence Day in the Mumbra region of Mumbai. The SDPI members further honored Tipu Sultan who was one of the most ruthless Islamic invaders in India, and …

How Far Will Tipu Sultan Impact Karnataka Politics? Vokkaliga Seers Say Don’t Drag 'Us' Into Row
1 year, 9 months ago

How Far Will Tipu Sultan Impact Karnataka Politics? Vokkaliga Seers Say Don’t Drag 'Us' Into Row

News 18  

After the most powerful Vokkaliga Seer Nirmalananda Natha Swamy has firmly told the ruling BJP government not to rake up Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda, the two “killers” of Tipu Sultan terming them “fictitious”, a shocked party has gone quiet over the issue. Following a warning from Vokkaliga Sangha, the association of the Vokkaliga caste to the BJP, the Seer …

Why is Tipu Sultan a Burning Poll Issue? Explained as Karnataka Film Stirs Row
1 year, 9 months ago

Why is Tipu Sultan a Burning Poll Issue? Explained as Karnataka Film Stirs Row

News 18  

A film production company run by Karnataka minister Munirathna has released a video depicting two mythological Vokkaliga chieftains as the “true killers” of Tipu Sultan, furthering the Sangh parivar’s allegation that the 18th-century Mysore king did not die fighting British colonialists, said reports. In a recent interview to News18, Tipu Sultan’s descendants say they are planning to approach the courts …

'Unfortunate': Congress condemns Karnataka BJP MLA's remarks against Tipu Sultan
1 year, 9 months ago

'Unfortunate': Congress condemns Karnataka BJP MLA's remarks against Tipu Sultan

India Today  

Tipu politics continues to rage in Karnataka ahead of Assembly polls. A day after BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal compared Muslims to Tipu Sultan, Congress condemned his remarks and said "it is so unfortunate for someone who worked for Atal Bihari Vajpayee." Addressing a rally in Vijayapura, Yatnal compared Muslims to Tipu Sultan and asked people not to vote for …

Ghost of Tipu Sultan: Why Controversies Surrounding the Mysore Ruler Refuse to Die Down
1 year, 10 months ago

Ghost of Tipu Sultan: Why Controversies Surrounding the Mysore Ruler Refuse to Die Down

News 18  

The ghost of Tipu Sultan is back again! The Jnanpith awardee compared the Mysore ruler with Chhatrapati Shivaji, saying Tipu Sultan, had he been a Hindu, “would have been honoured just like Shivaji has been, with the international airport in Mumbai named after him.” For a generation who has grown up with Sanjay Khan’s portrayal of Tipu Sultan based on …

'Kill Them All': Karnataka BJP Chief Sparks Row, Says Ardent Followers of Tipu Sultan Shouldn't Live
1 year, 10 months ago

'Kill Them All': Karnataka BJP Chief Sparks Row, Says Ardent Followers of Tipu Sultan Shouldn't Live

News 18  

Karnataka Bhartiya Janata Party Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel on Wednesday sparked a row as he spoke about the 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and called for the “killing” of all his ardent followers. We follow Lord Ram and worship Lord Hanuman, so let’s send Tipu’s descendants back home,” he said during his controversial speech at the ‘Vijay Sankalpa Yatra’ …

Shah asks people of State not to vote for JD(S), Cong. that valorise Tipu
1 year, 10 months ago

Shah asks people of State not to vote for JD(S), Cong. that valorise Tipu

The Hindu  

Taking on the Congress and the Janata Dal ahead of the Assembly elections in Karnataka, Union Minister for Home and Cooperation Amit Shah said on Saturday that both were “two faces of the same coin”, and choosing Janata Dal meant voting for the Congress. He asked the people in Puttur: “Do you want the Congress and the Janata Dal who …

Legend of Tipu Sultan and Fight Over Keeping him in Textbooks, Learn in #ClassesWithNews18
2 years, 3 months ago

Legend of Tipu Sultan and Fight Over Keeping him in Textbooks, Learn in #ClassesWithNews18

News 18  

​ For the last two years, the world has been restricted to homes. OCTOBER 29, 2019- Karnataka Education Minister Seeks Report on Proposal to Write Off Tipu Sultan from History Books After BJP MLA Appachu Ranjan appealed to erase Tipu Sultan from history textbooks, Karnataka?s primary and secondary education minister Suresh Kumar has written to the Text Book Society to …

‘Tipu will forever remain in the heart of Indians’
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Tipu will forever remain in the heart of Indians’

The Hindu  

Releasing a book on Tipu Sultan titled “Tipu – Manyathe Sigada Sultan”, former Minister and BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath on Saturday said the eighteenth-century warrior king will forever remain in the hearts of Indians even if he is removed from the textbooks. Mr. Vishwanath paid glowing tributes to Tipu Sultan on the occasion of the release of the book, which …

Tipu Sultan: When an Islamist tyrant is turned into a freedom fighter, missile man and dharma saviour
2 years, 8 months ago

Tipu Sultan: When an Islamist tyrant is turned into a freedom fighter, missile man and dharma saviour

Firstpost  

This essay intends to show how slippery and ill-founded some of the Left-liberal claims supporting Tipu Sultan are Karnataka is witnessing an Opposition backlash against a review committee set up by the state government that recommended doing away with the glorification of the alleged ‘Rocket Man’ and freedom fighter, Tipu Sultan. “Every blow that is struck in the cause of …

Periodic whitewashing of Tipu Sultan can’t undo his unflattering history
2 years, 10 months ago

Periodic whitewashing of Tipu Sultan can’t undo his unflattering history

Firstpost  

Tipu Sultan is in many ways the Aurangzeb of South India. Remnants of Tipu Sultan’s savage raid of Kodagu survive even today — the forcibly converted Kodava Hindus are today known as Kodava Mapilas. However, a 1964 publication of the Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Lahore says the following about Tipu Sultan: “Tipu imprisoned and forcibly converted more than a lakh …

Don't need to learn history from BJP: Sanjay Raut on naming of sports complex after Tipu Sultan
2 years, 10 months ago

Don't need to learn history from BJP: Sanjay Raut on naming of sports complex after Tipu Sultan

India Today  

As the naming of a garden in a sports complex in Mumbai's Malad after 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan gathers steam, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying "We know about Tipu Sultan, don't need to learn from BJP". A day after the new facilities in Malvani area were inaugurated, news agency ANI quoted the …

Karnataka drops Prophet Muhammad and Jesus from school syllabus
4 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka drops Prophet Muhammad and Jesus from school syllabus

Op India  

The BJP government in Karnataka has taken down chapters on controversial 18th century figures Tipu Sultan, Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook. The amended curriculum uploaded on the Karnataka Text Book Society website shows that chapter 5 that mentions Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan in the social sciences textbook of class 7 has been removed. Talking about …

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