My approach focuses on Hindutvaism and the British Orientalist construction of the 18th-century figure of Tipu Sultan as a signifier in the marking of Muslims as the Other. British Orientalists during ...

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 ... Kent probably since the early 1800s. Tipu ruled the Kingdom of Mysore, a large part of southern India, suceeding his father, Hyder Ali (1722-1782).

To the East India Company and the British Raj that followed it, mapping was an obsession. The empires that came before them, such as the Mughal and the Marathas, did not engage in cartography in ...

The Sword of Tipu Sultan was an Indian historical drama that was first broadcast on the DD National in 1990. Based on a novel by Bhagwan Gidwani, this drama was a portrayal of the life and times ...

Tension gripped Karnataka's Raichur district on Wednesday after a portrait of Tipu Sultan, the erstwhile ruler of Mysore, was garlanded with footwear. The Muslim community staged a massive protest ...

Centuries of war have left their mark on Palakkad. It was through the Palghat pass that Tipu Sultan chased the East India Company’s forces to Calicut. It was through it that he returned to ...

Tipu Sultan's descendant, Saheb Dada Mansoor Ali, on Monday, urged the Karnataka government to take responsibility to organise the Tipu Jayanti in the state. Speaking to the media, Ali also ...