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 ...

By R. Raja Chandra So the hidden genie is out of the bottle! It is equally surprising that one State enactment tries to subsume another State enactment contrary to the premise under which the ...

To walk amongst its built heritage is to take a journey back to the time of the Wadiyar dynasty, rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1947. Monuments include the majestic Mysore Palace ...

Based on a novel by Bhagwan Gidwani, this drama was a portrayal of the life and times of Tipu Sultan, the famous ruler of Mysore. The drama faced lot of controversies that included a major fire ...

an island town close to Mysore, suggest that it was once the stronghold of a local ruler, generally anticipated to be Tipu Sultan, a famous Diwan of the Kingdom of Mysore. Srirangapatna once ...

Channapatna's toymaking industry dates back to the 1700s when Tipu Sultan, ruler of the then kingdom of Mysore, asked artists from Persia to train the locals. Rising competition from mass-produced ...

known as the dreaded 'Tiger of Mysore', was a legend during his lifetime and is still regarded as an enlightened ruler in India. During the late eighteenth century he bitterly and effectively ...