This was no typical colonial army of a handful of European officers and a rabble of ill-trained local recruits; this army was made up of the best and brightest from all of the British East India Company's client states. Its single goal was the destruction of Mysore. Although the British sought to enclose Mysore state in a giant pincher movement, Tipu Sultan was able to sally out and stage a surprise attack early in March that nearly destroyed one of the British contingents before reinforcements showed up.
Throughout the spring, the British pressed closer and closer to the Mysorean capital. Tipu wrote to the British commander Wellesley, trying to arrange for a peace agreement, but Wellesley deliberately offered completely unacceptable terms.
His mission was to destroy Tipu Sultan, not to negotiate with him. At the beginning of May , the British and their allies surrounded Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore. Tipu Sultan had just 30, defenders matched against 50, attackers.
On May 4, the British broke through the city walls. Tipu Sultan rushed to the breach and was killed defending his city. After the battle, his body was discovered beneath a pile of defenders. Seringapatam was overrun. With Tipu Sultan's death, Mysore became another princely state under the jurisdiction of the British Raj.
His sons were sent into exile, and a different family became puppet rulers of Mysore under the British. In fact, Tipu Sultan's family was reduced to poverty as a deliberate policy and was only restored to princely status in Tipu Sultan fought long and hard, although ultimately unsuccessfully, to preserve his country's independence. Today, Tipu is remembered by many in India and Pakistan as a brilliant freedom fighter and as an able peacetime ruler.
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She has taught at the high school and university levels in the U. Featured Video. Cite this Article Format. Szczepanski, Kallie. Biography of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore. The Second Anglo-Afghan War The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire: to Your Privacy Rights. This matching of calendars proved to be very helpful for administration as now harvesting seasons, festival periods and tax collection deadlines matched.
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The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent the stand of this publication. Without fearing the Tiger, he picked up the gun and killed the tiger. Since then, he is known as "Tiger of Mysore". Tipu Sultan maintained hostility even after losing several territories. The war ended with the Treaty of Srirangapatna and Tipu Sultan was defeated in it. As a result, he had to leave half of his territories for the other signatories as well as the British East India Company, representatives of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maratha Empire.
The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War took place in It was also against the British Army and Tipu Sultan was killed during the war. Tipu Sultan belongs to Sunni Islam religion. The weight of his sword is about 7 kg grams with Tiger carved on it.
In , Vijay Mallya bought his sword for 21 crores from the auction. The former President of India Dr. The rocket he invented is still kept in a museum in London. Tipu Sultan was very fond of gardening and thus established the acre Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore. The kind of loot mentioned in the famous British novel 'Moonstone' was seen in Srirangapatnam after the death of Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan fought many wars against the British, defended his kingdom fully and died while fighting in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War on 4 May History of Mysore State.
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