Karnataka's Tipu Sultan tableau on Republic Day sparks war on Twitter

Mon, Jan 27 2014 07:11:30 PM

Karnataka's Tipu Sultan tableau on Republic Day sparks war on Twitter

New Delhi, Jan 27 (NDTV): Tipu Sultan has become a hotly debated topic on social media after Karnataka's tableau for Sunday's Republic Day parade glorified the 18th century ruler with a complex legacy.

Moments after a giant bust of Tipu Sultan brandishing a sword glided down Rajpath on Sunday, with the commentary describing him as a hero who died fighting the British in 1799, a war of words erupted on Twitter.

Many critics argued on the micro-blogging site that it was wrong to pay tribute to a "tyrant" responsible for killing thousands.

"If we accept a Tipu Sultan float, there is absolutely no reason not to have floats of British monarchs and viceroys," tweeted Barbarian Indian.

"Numerous accounts of Tipu Sultan killing, torturing, converting Hindus, destroying temples. Also of his fight against the British. Dark, complex (sic)," posted Abhijit Majumdar.

Others like Nakul Shenoy wrote, "Happy to see Tipu Sultan being featured in the Karnataka tableau for the Republic Parade. Politics has ensured we have mostly forgotten him."

Within hours, the battle of tweets turned into a history lesson with people on both sides of the argument posting links to essays and articles on the ruler known as the "Tiger of Mysore."

Tipu Sultan was last in the news in 2004, when liquor baron Vijay Mallya bought his sword in an auction for Rs.1.5 crore. His life was also the subject of a TV show in 1990.

He is described in some sites as a scholar, soldier, poet and polyglot who scored important victories against British rulers but whose treatment of captured non-Muslim subjects and British prisoners of war was controversial.

As Tipu Sultan continued to trend on Monday, one tweet observed that "People are debating Tipu sultan & his legacy like he lives in race course road in Bangalore today and drives a Bentley."

In the cacophony of fiery tweets, Sameera Gawandi posted, "Let history b history #Tipu sultan y the fight now?"

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veera kannadiga, banglore
Mon, Feb 24 2014
i know im commenting this after a long time gap, but still i too want to comment on the controversy. tippu was a great ruler and the only one who posed a threat to the British.tippu wouldn't have asked the shah of afghan or french to help if the marathas and the nizam of Hyderabad had helped him. the marathas were selfish of tippu so they helped the british against him how patriotic is that not helping ur own countrys king, so what if he is a muslim. the kingdom of mysore was 95% hindus many of the solders ie 85% were hindus his minister and commander was a hindu.if the temples were destroyed, then it was sad, but then it was war.tippu used many cannons and rocket bombs to fight during that time so that coud have destroyed some temples that doesn't mean he targeted only hindu temples.even they say many malyalies were converted by tippu, how can a person who spent his entire life fighting against the British not convert a Single kannadiga in his own kingdom and have the time to convert malyalis who were not in his own kingdom. these wre all false news spread by the british twho used the policy of divide and rule. so my point here is karnataka govt did the right thing of showing tippusultan tabloid.

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shabudin, bangalore
Fri, Jan 31 2014
Hi All,
Lets respect the only king who died on the battle field. only becoz he is muslim all these speculation . is it good . why you all always want a subject to fight let be indian and have unity. it was b'coz of htis unity britishers were defeated. no one are talkign aby british here what all they did. kab tak hum aaise ladenge.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Thu, Jan 30 2014
Correction
But the help could NOT be held as conspiracy to fight against Tippu.

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Don, Mangalore
Thu, Jan 30 2014
Tippu wanted was to become an emperor of south India and his biggest adversaries were the British so he formed alliances with 1. The French 2. King Durrani of Afghanistan 3. The Persians and 4. The Turkish Mongol’s. If his was a freedom movement alliances would have formed with Indian Kings and rulers, but either they remained neutral or he fought against them. Why would an Indian fight another if their goals were the same?

He was ruthless to the Christians in South Canara because he claimed treason. It is possible that some Christians may have supported the British but you can’t punish the whole community Men, Woman and Children for the faults of a few. He was merciless to the Nair’s of Malabar and massacred them, but he was good to the Hindus of Mysore & Cochin, because their Raja’s stayed neutral. However, he slaughtered the Corgi's, and attacked the Hindu Kings of Maharashtra.

In his quest to become Emperor, he consulted Brahmin astrologers in Sree Ranganatha Swami Temple and they suggested remedial rituals which were performed in the Sree Ranaganatha Swami Temple. He then gave them costly presents and spared their temples which is being widely interpreted as love and respect for Hindu religion and traditions!

The reputed historian, Lewis Rice, who wrote the History of Mysore after going through various official records, stated "In the vast empire of Tipu Sultan on the eve of his death, there were only two Hindu temples having daily pujas within the Sreerangapatanam fortress. It is only for the satisfaction of the Brahmin astrologers who used to study his horoscope and suggest remedies so he spared those two temples. The entire wealth of every Hindu temple was confiscated before 1790 itself mainly to make up for the revenue loss due to total prohibition in the country."

All the facts taken from noted historian have made him highly controversial.

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A.p., Mlore
Wed, Jan 29 2014
Mr A F.
How do you expect we to treat Traitors ?

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Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore
Wed, Jan 29 2014
Tippu was the only leader and ruler who fought wars against Britishers for his own rescue.It may not be any issue about Tippu Sultan tableau on Republic Day which he deserves.Thanq.

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A R Ashraf, Kunjathur/Sharjah
Wed, Jan 29 2014
History of India written by the British . They used history of India as a tool for demoralizing their enemies .Tipu became infuriated with the some Christians of Canara because they acted as spies and guided the British . Historian Praxy Fernandes points out that the Christians helped Colonel Campbell in the Mangalore fort and adjoining towns by providing them with rice, vegetables, meat, men, and money.After receiving highly exaggerated reports about the role of the some Christians and their help to the British during the Second Anglo-Mysore War,Tipu decided to minimise the threat to his kingdom from the British and banish their supporter of Canara.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi / Mumbai
Wed, Jan 29 2014
Mr. A R Ashraf,
As written in the History, role of then Christians helping Colonel Campbell can not be denied.
But the help could be held as conspiracy to fight against Tippu.
King Hyder Ali too had similar concerns, but he was compassionate.
Who will plot against a compassionate King?
If common religion was the basis for doubts, how did Tippu allied with French?
Tippu was controversial, he harshly persecuted not only Christians, but Hindus as well. History cannot be changed.

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A R Ashraf, Kunjathur/Sharjah
Wed, Jan 29 2014
History of Tippu was twisted, falsified and misinterpreted on a grand scale by his enemies. He will always remain as "TIGER OF MYSORE".

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi / Mumbai
Wed, Jan 29 2014
Mr. A R Ashraf,
Why History of Tippu alone should be twisted, falsified & misinterpreted?
Why not of Akbar, Hyder Ali?
Tippu was divisive force,he still divides us!
Whereas Akbar, Hyder Ali were good Kings. Nobody speaks against them for they treated everyone fairly!
Victims (be it you and me) will never speak good of a persecutor!

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King, King
Wed, Jan 29 2014
Its not only tippu .... Give respect ... Hazrat tippu sultan... He is real tiger of mysore ... Baki sab pani kam chai

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Moiz Ahmed, Bangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
The Ganesha temple is about a 100 yards from his palace. Another large Ranganathaswamy temple about 200 hundred yards away. He probably woke up every morning to the singing hymns.

Both Tipu Sultana and his father made several endowments to the temple, a large chariot with a depiction of Hindu gods stands in front of the temple to this day. His prime minister was Poorniah a devout Hindu.

When Marathas who were hindus destroyed the Sringeri Mutt, a place of Hindu religious authority, Tipu Sultan wrote to the Sringeri seer

“People who sin against such a holy place will at no distant date suffer the consequences of their misdeeds. Treachery to the Gurus will lead to all round ruin of the family.” He aided in the restoration of the temple and the re-consecration of the image of Sri Sharada. Verify facts at Sringeri mutts website

When you visit Srirangapatna, you can see the place where the palace stood and temples are still there with the chariot.

You can also see the French church that was built during his reign stands there to this day.

Please, let's respect the man who alongside the hindus fought for freedom and one of the few statesmen in the world who died defending the country.

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Peter, Brahmavar/Sharjah
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Great Kings Akbar, Ashok, Krishnadevaraya remembered forever in history for their religious tolerance, but Tippu Sultan remembered only for Great Warrior & he repented for his crimes against Hindus and Christians, but too late and he paid the price for the blood of the people of his own country.

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Shaz, Mangalore/Dubai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Once again incomplete knowledge..@ Prasheesh Kumar. S. , Mumbai…. Sultan was called the ruller of Mysore.. But tell me one thing where is his palace located?? In Mysore or in Srirangapatna? If che had stolen or taken over the Mysore Palace then why dint he stay in that amazing palace? That’s cos he and his Father were just a care taker of the palace, though Hyder Ali was been asked to take over the palace by the people after the death of the Wodayar.. Instead, he appointed a near relative of the Wodayar as the king. But since he was still a minor, the powers still remained with Hayder Ali and then to Tipu Sultan…

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Prasheesh Kumar. S. , Mumbai.
Tue, Jan 28 2014
A Thief Stole valuable from the house of Good person and hid it in his house.
Another Decoit sees it and tries to loot that stolen valuables.
The Thief resists that Decoit.
Should we call the resistance of thief against decoit as Freedom Struggle ?.
Same story applies to Tippu who stole the Kingdom from Wodeyars. Then he tried to save that stolen kingdom from Decoits like the British. But Thief Tippu took the help of another decoite called French to save his stolen valuables from Decoit British.
We idiotic Indians now fight among ourselves to prove who is right - Thief or Decoit !

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Shaz, Mangalore/Dubai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
For all those who think Tipu fought with the British for his own survival and not for the country.. Please use your brains.. If he just wanted to survive, then he could have easily joined hands with British just like what the Nizam and the Peshwa did.. Those who say he was responsible for the massacre of thousands of Hindus.. he only only punished those who betrayed their motherland and joined hands with British irrespective of their caste and religion which includes Hindus and Muslims as well . Those who say he destroyed temples... m sorry to say it’s just a rumor.. and before u say this again, please try to know what are the connection of Tipu with Sringeri temple, temple at Melkote (It still has gold and silver vessels with inscriptions indicating that they were presented by the Sultan), Temple at Kalale, Ranganatha temple at Srirangapatna. In the courtyard Tipu sultan's Bangalore fort is the Ganesha Temple that is popularly thought to represent Tipu Sultan's religious tolerance. Tipu is known for what he has done to the society and not for which religion he belonged to. If its the religion, then why dont anyone talk about the nizam? Even he is a Muslim!!!

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Mohandas, mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Tippu was the only one who scared the British and the British was scared of only one in India and that was Tippu the tiger of India.

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Thanzeel, Kuwait
Tue, Jan 28 2014
TIPPU SULTAN - THE REAL HERO & SULTAN OF ALL THE TIMES.

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C K DAYANANDA, MANGALURU
Tue, Jan 28 2014
The Christians of DK honour the Hindus every year for protecting them from the torture of Tipu.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi / Mumbai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
You are 100% right Dayanand

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Khalid, Udupi / Jubail
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Let the world cry, he is undoubtedly a supreme hero for a true patriot. He was tiger for his enemies.

Unlike the fake patriots, he proved himself as a great nationalist by the virtue of his actions and finally he died the death of a martyr of the country he loved.
Hail Tipu Sultan...

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Nihal Rai, Bangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Tipu is hardly the hero that we Indians should remember, even though he fought the British but he was also responsible for the massacre of thousands of Hindus, can't understand why the Congress government in Karnataka wants to rake up such issues - vote bank politics probably?

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deshpremi, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Then ONAKE OBAVVA may have to be called a traitor- because she fought against Tippu's father- Hyder Ali

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PEDDU, Mangaluru
Tue, Jan 28 2014
I MUST SAY NOW MODI Vs TIPU WHO IS BETTER !! CHOICE IS YOURS !! ALSO YOU CAN FIND ONE SIMILARITY !! AND GUESS WHAT !!

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Lot of similarities.
Warriors! Have/Had mass followings.
Very good to some and very cruel to some.
Both have testifiers!

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avani, mlore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Actually, I have no objection for having Tippu's Tableau. I agree fully that he fought against British for his own survival. Someone questioned why he colluded with French. These things are like strategies for survival and may be that time he thought this would be the best strategy to fight against the British. May be who knows if he had succeeded, he would have later, even fought against french also! As far as his tolerance is concerned, I have read Ghazni, Ghori etc destroying and looting temples, but never read anywhere Tippu doing that. In fact, proof of Ghazni & Ghori's misadventures are still there but not Tippu's. Had he been intolerance how come Srirangapatna temple which is intact in all respects is still there? We know no one is perfect. There could be some kind of atrocities done by him also. After all, he was a King not a democratic ruler. Now it is all a past. Why we should fight over that? Let his tableau be there.
However, the tableau would have been more meaningful if along with Tippu, it had contained other historical persons' models also from Karnataka. (Probably one of the recently departed Wodeyar in his memory, Abbakka, Kempe Gowda etc). Thank you.

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G.Z.T. Kunte., Udupi
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Go to Google and read WiKi under the title - Mangalorean Christian churches destroyed by Tippu - to know the exact name and locations of Churches destroyed by Tippu in Mangalore and Coorg Region. There is a long list of 27 churches. Even St. Lawrance church of Attur Karkala and Milagres church at Hampankatta Mangalore were destroyed by Tippu but rebuilt after his death.

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raja , bangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Lord Cornwallis was better than all you people after his soldier killed Tipu He himself put stone where Tipu held his last breath to show his respect for a great warrior Tipu. That was Tipu even his dead enemies respected him for what he was.

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ST,
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Bennet Vas, Mangalore
I fully agree with you.
Instead of tipu it should be Robert clive/ Mount batton or some other viceroy

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A.B, UDUPI/DUBAI
Tue, Jan 28 2014
hello bro,pls correct yourself, tiipu punished those people who supported the British,and who were unfaithful to their mother land whether they were Christians or others, i cant understand y u people r referring twisted history by RSS

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A.P., Mlore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
A.B.
you are 100% right .
All you joined the British were traitors to India.
No caste or creed in this .

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A.P, Mlore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Only traitors will press the disagree button
We have 2 so far ?

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Satish, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
AB and AP both are right. RSS is not twisting the facts instead its helping Modi walk in the same path and destroy the traitors who are supporting enemy countries

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Af, mangalore
Wed, Jan 29 2014
If you do not know the history do not comments foolishly
Tippu sultan may be the king and he fuaght against the British it is true,
but the barbaric way he took Christians from Mangalore that time the who came to church for morning prayer mass, he took them to Mysore Srirangapattana just like animal without giving water and proper food, and he killed many nones and the priest on the road, after taking them he made them as slave to work in agriculture filed just like prisoners,
what mistake they have done ? his soldiers took small children,woman and aged persons, treating them as animals
Shame on him he is a biggest criminal. this is the history

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Dominic Lobo, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Was this move to keep the Muslim community happy ? Does the Union Govt. know what Tippu had done to the Christians ? I think the Union & State Govt's should be sent a few History books on " the long march to Srirangapatnam ". Should we Christians have supported this move of a tableau ?

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A.B, UDUPI/DUBAI
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Ravindra, first of all study true history of our India, not the one where u learnt from (RSS)

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PEDDU, Mangaluru
Tue, Jan 28 2014
This is congress tricks to lure the particular community !!!! In name of British he butchered the innocent Christians where there is no connection between the East India Company and Religion !!! even today how many British people support to the Christians all over the world crisis !!! This is only a mind's conception of Tipu ideology !!

BY THE BY WHY THERE IS NO HUE AND CRY WHEN HINDU BUILD A TEMPLE IN EUROPE AND EUROPEANS CONVERTED IN HINDUISM !! NEVER MIND !! NEVER MIND !! MINDLESS PEOPLE LIKE RSS / SENE / HV ETC ETC

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jayant s, suratkal/riyadh
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Did Tippu know Tulu or Konkani ?
Can someone spread light on this topic

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Fact!, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Nice to know piece of History! Would like to know more about it.. Keep writing Mathew. The new generation has no clue about it. Thanks!

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Shaz, Mangalore/Dubai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Its so sad to see that Tipu Sultan, who had fought for we Indians against the British and sacrificed his life fighting for the same cause, is now being treated with such cheap thoughts in our mind against him. His work and dedication are even recognized outside the boundaries of India and his photo is also placed in NASA as one of the greatest freedom fighters ever lived and the founder of rocket bombs. We should actually be proud of his work and contribution to our country, but no, many are not. I know many will not agree with me and will dislike this comment... but i dont care... i actually feel pity for such people cos instead of true knowledge of history of Our India there is only Shit filled in their brains...Only msg i would like to give these people is "PLEASE DONT SPEAK WITHOUT PROPER KNOWLEDGE"...

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Kiran, Udupi
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Wow, good to read this from you..Replace the name "TIPU" with Modi. You will not see much difference and then if you appreciate Modi, like you did for Tipu, then there are truly no words to praise you..

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JOHN R LOBO, Kaikamba/Dubai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
In India Politician not spared any opportunity to gain votes....

This was nothing. It is vote bank politics. Ruling party know very well that Opposition making hue & cry....on Tipu Sultan.That they want and end of the day to gain LION SHARE OF MINORITY VOTES.

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Wilfred Fernandes, Vamadapadavu/Dubai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
General Election is near...Tippu tableau makes its presents in Delhi. All politics.... I know only Two types of Tigers. One, the real one as per English dictionary and other tiger is our pet...

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Mr. G.Z.T. Kunte, Udupi.

You are 100% right. Persecuted persons pain and agony cannot subside, if persecuted by his own Countrymen!
During grave crisis, no one will see, whether help is coming from his own or a foreigner!

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Arman, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Does not matter who says what, I know a couple of Hindu family's from devanhalli who still praise tipu and says he was the greatest king of India.

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Krishna, karkala
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Tippu was a Moghal ruler.
This is nothing but glorification of colonial rule.
This is an insult to our great freedom fighters.

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Ahmed, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Please get some knowledge. Don't just comment for the sake of commenting. Tippu Sultan is not a Moghul, he is purely an Indian. He fought against colonial rule.

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RiseOfDalit, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
@Ahmed, He fought for his own survival. He was a tyrant and absolute intolerant towards other religions. Only people with a communal mentality will glorify him. Hindus will never forgive him for the atrocities committed by him against our ancestors.

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Ahmed, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
@riseofDalit, you have all the privileges.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Moghul, Colonial or Indian,
Who has Persecuted and who has protected?
That alone counts, at the time
of catastrophe or grave crisis.

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Ravindra, Mangallore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
TIPU SULTAN fought war against the British for his own survival and not for the freedom of India. Our historians made him a hero, a freedom fighter. What a joke.

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majid, bangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
My apologies to friends this time the fact is Hyder Ali was good to all religions, but tippu sultan were harsh that was the reason pandit purnaya his own minister who was responsible for the rise of hyder ali deserted tippu sultan and left Mysore.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Mr. majid,
You are 100% right!

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Mohammed Yaseen Shirur, Shiroor- Riyadh
Tue, Jan 28 2014
A young sultan and warrior of a small state of great India surrounded by powerful, hostile and treacherous neighbors like nizam and Maratha who knew nothing except lust of power and money. And A global smuggler company, armed with elephant teeth and snake skin (east India company) which is supported by great Britain empire. Still he never surrendered since he was not fighting for victory but he was fighting to leave a message for the indo- Pak people.
If Nizam of Hydrabad or Peshwa of Maharashtra supported to Tippu , the history of today`s India would some thing different. If the Tipp sultan succeeded in his attempt without betrayed, today now he would have improved our country no 1 in the whole world in all aspects.
Some historians judge him wrongly Bcos those upper-class enjoyments of booze and girls were punished by tippu. and taught to respect girls. And if he was against non-Muslim it wasn't a big deal for him to demolish the temple in his door steps in mysore which still there. Tippu’s letters to shringeri mutt to bring out important facets of Tippu’s character, and condemning the Maratha raid on the Mutt and his help in the reinstallation of temple.
We must respect him as a man who fought for freedom . and who introduced new techniques and the ruler who respected all religion. and who was not behind luxury life like moghuls but his interest in libraries and science.
Tippu trained Dheeran Chinnamalai who even after Tipu's death fought British, killing one of their commanders. British had to pay Chinnamalai's cook to get information and killed him.
If we love our mother land we must accept & appreciate the history in an unbiased way.
Jai hind.

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Ravi B Shenava, Mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
I request the people of Mangalore to visit the Mosque in Bundar Area of Mangalore and then visit Saavira Kamba Basadi at Moodabidri, and then decide whether there is any similarity in architecture of both or not, and then come to a conclusion how tolerant Tippu was .

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urban dsouza, kuwait
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Tippu invented missile/and he fought with british because they were foreighners i dont agree because turks used canons capturing constantinople in155o onwards /tippu made treaty with frenchto fight against british how did french became indians any body answer

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Sir Lancelot, Manglore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
He was responsible of killing of thousands became the king tiger of Mysore Srirangpatnam. It's hard to forget the past.
But when more than 1000 massacred women raped in Gujarat uffff nobody is bothered and trying to worship him.

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M.Moideen, Dammam
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Everything is fair in Love and War,during tipu rule these Christians betrayed mother land and supported to the British.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Then say the same thing to Mr. Modi also.
And replace the word "Christians" & place "Muslims" in Gujarat

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vnayak, mangalore/switzerland
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Agree with you. The history written by the British and copied later by Indian authors is twisted to make Tippu look like a villain so that people would not revolt against them and to create a wedge between Hindus and other minorities.

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Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Sangolli Rayanna would have been a better choice.

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P S Shetty, Mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Rani Abbakka's Float would have been the best.

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ISMAIL K PERINJE, PERINJE-KSA
Mon, Jan 27 2014
MYSORE NA HULI TIPPU SULTAN will remain TIPPU SULTAN till the world ends..

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Bulsam, Mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and a scholar, soldier and poet. Tipu was fluent in Kannada, Hindustani, Persian, Arabic, English and French. His treatment of his conquered non-Muslim subjects and British prisoners of war is controversial. Thus he remained an implacable enemy of the British East India Company.
But Tipu was never a fanatic, neither a temple Demolisher nor a bloody dictator rather he was a large-hearted ruler who practiced religious tolerance, respected all religions and their institutions alike and also gave grants for building their places of worship.
Hence we should respect those great qualities of him and during such occasions we should recognize him.

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Shivanand, Udupi
Mon, Jan 27 2014
TIPPU The Real TIGER of INDIA..

Kaamale kanninavarige lokavella haladi kanutthanthe.

Jai Ho...!

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Achhu, Mlore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Those who unhappy with this news.. Prove yourself a better person than Tippu, then comment.

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Praveen Kumaresh, Bengaluru
Tue, Jan 28 2014
We are better than Tippu because we did not kill five lakh unarmed, helpless Indians, including women and children in the name of Religion. Is this proof sufficient Mr. Acchu Mangalore?

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roshan braganza, mumbai
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Tippu can be another name for valor. The hatred he had against certain people is because of their affection with British and betrayal towards statehood . Son of soil laid his life for the country , truly honored in the republic day parade.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Persecuted will not get relief if tortured by his own men!
During grave crisis, no one will see from where the relief comes from, be it from his own or from a foreigner!
Valor or heroic character will benefit his own, not to the persecuted.

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Roshan, Mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
If I have to suggest to the state, I would suggest it should provide a visual screen presentation of bridges, tunnels, power plants, roads, industry, social reforms and agriculture that is completed in the past year. That will help to benchmark the progress any state made in the past year.

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Bennet Vas, Mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Personally, I to felt it was inappropriate for Karnataka State to have a tableau for the Republic Day , on a very controversial person. Tippu may have been a Hero to some for braving the Brits (so have scores of Indians who have laid down their lives of our Independence). Tipu has killed many innocents based on his biased thinking, he is instrumental in a way, for the present distrust among communities in South Kanara that lead to communal / religious flare ups for silly reasons. This apart, the Tippu statue on the float had no resemblance to the person himself, besides the crude construction, and I was sure that this year the record of Karnataka winning the prize will be broken. Bottom line, depends which side you are on to say if Tippu is a Hero or a Zero. It is not for nothing that there is tremendous opposition to the proposed Tippu University, congressmen have a knack of wooing voters - the rest is left to the imagination of our learned readers.

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Fact!, Mangalore
Tue, Jan 28 2014
Totally agree with you!

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Matthew, Nitte
Mon, Jan 27 2014
People from south canara, especially Christians can never forgive nor forget the attrocities of Tipu Sultan. After the 'Treaty of Mangalore', Tipu led over 40000 hindus and christians on a "death march" from Mangalore to Srirangapatna, almost 20000 perished during the journey, and the rest were killed by Tipu's men later . People in Vellore/Tanjaur still talk about the genocide of their people by the hands of Tipu.

Btw, who remembers Sanjay Khan's 'The sword of Tipu Sultan' where he made the Wodeyars of Mysore look like deboucherous,womanizing rulers who had no interest in ruling Mysore ? Shocking that DD and Govt of India let such a rewriting of history. More shocking that such unfair portrayal of Wodeyars did not evoke a single response from the people of Karnataka.

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Ramesh S, mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Agree Mathew, can you find any college, universities,water canal bridges by the name of Tipu, Mughals etc,...All these Kings spent peoples' money only on minars,Tajmahal,Qilas,Gardens etc,..where as Vodeyars,Travancore kings,Punjab kings built water dams, medical colleges, universities, hospitals which still running & serving citizens..Vodeyars tableau might have served the purpose since its last scion recently left us..

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Matthew, Nitte
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Ramesh, it is the collective brainwashing by NCERT textbooks, and our general lack of interest in history which is to blame. We are perhaps the only country where cities are still named after some of the most brutal invaders known to mankind.

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HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Tippu Sultan was an Indian, not some Afghan invader. His legacy is complex because he persecuted Hindus in Kerala and elsewhere. But we should admire the fact that he fought tooth and nail, his valor was even praised by the British and he was the first in the world to use rockets in warfare which was then replicated in the American Civil War.

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Valerian Dsouza, Udupi/Mumbai
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Dear Henry,
Aggrieved person cannot console himself for being persecuted by his own countrymen!

What consolation persecuted can derive if persecuted, is strong and fights his enemies with valor and invents further more Armour?

Is it benefiting humanity? Surely not, at-least to the persecuted!

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JP,
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Common you s.... Without killing how one can become king. Be it tipu, shivaji, ashoka. Polish#ts at its height. Problem not in his killings. Problem with his name....

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G.Z.T. Kunte., Udupi
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Killing enemies is alright. But killing his own subjects based on the Religion, do you call it as valor or patriotism? French were also foreigners. Then why Tippu took their help to Kill 70,000 native Coorgis who were Indians?

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anwar hussain, mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Tipu Sultan is a forgotten hero, founder of missiles, tiger of Mysore,who died fighting against the British, he deserves to be remembered every day and not only on republic day!

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abdul samad, mangalore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
We salute our tippu sulthan he is great man not only Karnataka all over the world

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Langoolacharya, Belman/Washington,DC
Mon, Jan 27 2014
People,

Since Mallya has an original sword of tippu,,, he would have made to carry the original sword instead of dummy....even better with his calendar girls...to add spice....everything could have looked authentic...

...JH...

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R.Bhandarkar, M'lore
Mon, Jan 27 2014
Langoolaji....
Mallya's original sword with the Calendar Girls has been a hit for some time now....Many say it's worth from all angles..They should have taken your expert opinion at the outset....

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