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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Pavan K. Varma | Don’t airbrush history, but respect context & fact too

Recently, I spoke at the launch in Delhi of Vikram Sampath’s new magnum opus, Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum, a 900-page biography of this controversial figure. Vikram has also written a masterly biography of the legendary singer of the gramophone record era, Gauhar Jan, as also an excellent two-volume biography of the great freedom fighter, Veer Savarkar. In …

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3 weeks, 3 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 …

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3 weeks, 3 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 …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

HistoriCity | Mysore's logo is a new city's nod at its old, complex history

Hindustan Times

Mysore’s adoption of a logo — the second Indian city to do so — is an attempt by the city to maintain its unique identity. The origins of the Mysore dynasty according to their own records go back to 1399 AD when two brothers claiming descent from Lord Krishna’s lunar dynasty and said to have arrived from distant Dwarka on …

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11 months ago

Into the palaces and monuments of Mysuru and Srirangapatna

The Hindu

January 22, 2024 09:00 am | Updated 12:44 pm IST - Bengaluru George Michell talks about the inspiration behind Von deutscher Baukunst, German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe‘s seminal essay about Gothic architecture. “Goethe wrote about it, and suddenly, people started looking at it,” adds George at the talk, which coincided with the launch of the new Deccan Heritage Foundation …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Bengaluru’s flower power: Early blossoming under Hyder and Tipu

The Hindu

Lalbagh, a garden boasting a rich history spanning over two centuries, was initially conceived and laid out during Hyder Ali’s dalavaiship in Mysore kingdom. History of Lalbagh flower show Nurtured by local communities Suresh Jayaram’s book Bangalore’s Lalbagh: A Chronicle of the Garden and the City further elaborates on the concept of historical gardens. These gardens, nurtured by local agricultural …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Ghosts of history joust for the soul of progressive Kolhapur amid the spectre of orchestrated communal clashes

The Hindu

For a tense hour on a scorching afternoon on June 7, Yasar Pakhali of the Spartan Sports Club became a Spartan in deed — along with his friends, the 23-year-old kept vigil at the narrow entrance to Kolhapur city’s the minority Bara Imam pocket, which was under siege from a furious mob of Hindutva activists. While the police had acted …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The rich history of Tipu Sultan's sword sold for Rs 140 crore

Firstpost

Tipu Sultan, the 18th Century Mysore ruler, slept in a hammock suspended from the ceiling of his locked bedchamber with this sword by his side. Found in his private apartments after his defeat at the battle of Seringapatam in May 1799, it was previously owned by Vijay Mallya Tipu Sultan’s sword has been sold for Rs 140 crore. “This spectacular …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Why Tipu Sultan must be killed, again

The Hindu

Tipu Sultan was feared and envied not just during his reign by his fiercest enemies, the British, when he became the stuff of folklore in England. Comment | Marking Tipu’s legacy to foster historical temper Finally, in commemorating his death, the British acknowledged Tipu as the worthy and heroic enemy that they defeated. The British chose Mysore city, the erstwhile …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Why Tipu Sultan is a divisive issue again in poll-bound Karnataka

India Today

It is election season in Karnataka and the figure of Tipu Sultan has once again emerged out of history books to be a divisive election issue. A red-rag to the ruling BJP which decries him as a despot, the 18th century ruler of Mysore is often the subject of controversies in the state from time to time—whether it is renaming …

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1 year, 9 months ago

BJP’s narrative over Tipu’s death backfired: Analysts

Hindustan Times

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s attempts to create a base in Vokkaliga community in the state with a claim that the two chieftains from the community had killed Tipu Sultan has backfired, said political observers. HT Image The unsubstantiated claim that erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan did not die fighting the British, but was killed by two alleged Vokkaliga chieftains Uri …

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1 year, 9 months ago

As Karnataka polls near, BJP and Congress spar over Vokkaliga chieftains who 'killed' Tipu Sultan

India Today

With weeks left for the Karnataka Assembly polls, political parties in the state are again tussling over the Tipu Sultan issue. This time, some BJP leaders have been backing the claims that the erstwhile Mysuru ruler, a polarising figure in the state, was killed not by the British but two Vokkaliga chieftains -- Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda. FILM ON …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Karnataka BJP election campaign rides on distortion of history

The Hindu

Published : Mar 16, 2023 15:51 IST - 3 MINS READ The BJP’s strategists in Karnataka consider the reign and legacy of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, to be a gift that keeps on giving. Yediyurappa and Jagadish Shettar had even appeared in public functions commemorating Tipu and had adorned green turbans and held aloft faux swords …

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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 …

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1 year, 11 months ago

From Tipu to Savarkar to Nehru: our history is littered with stories of misinformation, and they gripped the nation in 2022 too

The Hindu

“The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice,” wrote Mark Twain in Following the Equator. Much spotlight also shines on the petitions’ contentious sign-off: “I beg to remain your most obedient servant.” Savarkar’s mercy pleas The problem with such debates is, history gets reduced to an amenable ideological prop. But the ideologues on both sides …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Karnataka court grants interim stay on distribution, sale of book on Tipu Sultan

Live Mint

Amid the ongoing dispute concerning VD Savarkar and Tipu Sultan that started from the Shivamogga district of Karnataka, a court in the state has imposed temporary stay on the sale and distribution of books on Tipu Sultan in the state. The temporary ban in sale and distribution of books on Tipu Sultan, includes a book that describe the ruler's governance …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Muslim organisations seek ban on Real Dreams of Tipu

The Hindu

The Federation of Mysuru Muslims’ Organisations has urged the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner to ban the play Real Dreams of Tipu which is to be staged at Rangayana from November 20. The theatre repertory was established to promote peace and amity in society besides humanism but the author of the play Addanda Cariappa, who is also the director of Rangayana, has …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Statues Quo: As Polls Near, Karnataka Politicians Fall Back on Historical Figures to Sculpt Their Victories

News 18

If statues can make a strong political statement, then Karnataka politicians are surely using them to their advantage. Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai will be unveiling the statue of freedom hero Kedambadi Ramayya Gowda at Bavutagudde in Mangaluru on November 19 amidst the clamour of Congress leaders to install a likeness of the 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, who they claim …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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3 years, 3 months ago

New light on Tipu Sultan

The Hindu

THE year 2015 saw the Congress government in Karnataka under Chief Minister Siddaramaiah promulgate an order to celebrate November 10 as Tipu Sultan Jayanthi in honour of the 18th century ruler of Mysore who remained, until his death on the battlefield, the last holdout among India’s numerous rulers to resist the growing clout of the British East India Company. The …

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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 …

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Pavan K. Varma | Don’t airbrush history, but respect context & fact too

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

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

HistoriCity | Mysore's logo is a new city's nod at its old, complex history

Into the palaces and monuments of Mysuru and Srirangapatna

Bengaluru’s flower power: Early blossoming under Hyder and Tipu

Ghosts of history joust for the soul of progressive Kolhapur amid the spectre of orchestrated communal clashes

The rich history of Tipu Sultan's sword sold for Rs 140 crore

Why Tipu Sultan must be killed, again

Why Tipu Sultan is a divisive issue again in poll-bound Karnataka

BJP’s narrative over Tipu’s death backfired: Analysts

As Karnataka polls near, BJP and Congress spar over Vokkaliga chieftains who 'killed' Tipu Sultan

Karnataka BJP election campaign rides on distortion of history

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

From Tipu to Savarkar to Nehru: our history is littered with stories of misinformation, and they gripped the nation in 2022 too

Karnataka court grants interim stay on distribution, sale of book on Tipu Sultan

Muslim organisations seek ban on Real Dreams of Tipu

Statues Quo: As Polls Near, Karnataka Politicians Fall Back on Historical Figures to Sculpt Their Victories

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

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

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

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

New light on Tipu Sultan

Tipu Sultan: a freedom fighter or Islamic bigot?