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 Tipu Sultan (1750 - 99) "Tiger of Mysore " |
Tipu
Sultan, the ruler of Mysore, stands head and shoulders above
the many indian rules who were his contemporaries. He was a
shrewd diplomat, expert soldier, excellent scholar and accomplished
poet, and his military and administrative skills wee complemented
by his dream of a modern industrial state. The latter found expression
on his cultivation of european contacts and empolyment of French
engineers. The sultan's main sdversaries were the British who
had conquered part of his father Haider Ali's territory and wealth
in the first two mysore wars and Tipu waged two further wars
against them, culminating in the fall of Srirangapattana in May
1799, where he died . |