Before the era of photography, the theatre of war played out on maps and paintings. A heritage activist reports from the ...

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 ...

This is the seal of Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu (1750-1799), the ... 1766 and 1799 saw advantage swing back and forth, both Hyder Ali and Tipu inflicted some crushing defeats on the British East ...

Later the fort was taken over by Hyder Ali and his successor Tipu Sultan. After the Anglo-Mysore War, control of the fort shifted to the British under Lord Cornwallis in 1791. The main attraction ...

It is the burial chamber of Tipu Sultan, his father Hyder Ali and mother Fatima Begum. The tomb is built on an elevated platform with tombs of other relatives circling Tipu Sultan’s tomb.

Hyder Ali began building the palace in 1778. His son, Tipu, completed the work in 1784. The palace is now a museum, housing elaborate murals of battle scenes and the Tipu Sultan clan. On the ...

Later the fort was taken over by Hyder Ali and his successor Tipu Sultan. After the Anglo-Mysore War, control of the fort shifted to the British under Lord Cornwallis in 1791. The main attraction ...