Tipu Sultan (c 1750-1799) was born in Devanhalli, Karnataka. His father, Hyder Ali, made himself Muslim ruler of Mysore around 1761. From an early age Tipu accompanied his father on military ...
Jaishankar underlined that Tipu Sultan is a "complex figure" in Indian ... Asserting that to call Sampath's book a biography would be a serious understatement, he said, "It is something very ...