Tipu Sultan

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Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan was also a freedom fighter against British government in our Indian history. Tipu was born in 1753 near Mysore. He was an industrious ruler like his father Hyder Ali. He was the eldest son of Hyder Ali. He was well educated and a great soldier. He was against the presence of British in India. He built strong forts like Dorrg to defend his kingdom. He was a lover of art and architecture. Tipu wanted to improve his position by driving the English out of India. Therefore he sought help from Turkey and France. Cornwallis believed that Tipu having with the French would strike against the English. To check Tipu Sultan the British government formed alliances with the Nizam and Marathas. Tipu attacked Travancore a friend of British. So Britis government declared a war against Tipu Sultan in 1790. Tipu was defeated at Srirangapatnam and the third Mysore war ended. 

The Third Mysore war ended with the treaty of Srirangapatnam signed by Cornwallis and Tipu Sultan in 1792. Tipu Sultan was called the -Tiger of  Mysore. The tiger emblem was sculpted on his throne and the military uniforms also bore the tiger emblem He expanded the iron cased Mysorion Rockets and commissioned the military manual and is considered a pioneer in the use of Rocket artillery. He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during Anglo Mysore wars including the battle of Pollilur and seize of Srirangapatnam. Napolean Bonaparte the French Commander in Chief sought an alliance with Tipu Sultan. Both Tipu and his father used their French trained army and won important victories against the British in the second Anglo Mysore War. On 4 May 1799 Tipu Sultan was killed at the Hoally gateway which was located 270 meter from Srirangapatnam and burried their at that afternoon.
 

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