Tipu Sultan, taken from Alexander ... as an enlightened ruler in India. During the late eighteenth century he bitterly and effectively opposed British rule in southern India, posing a grave ...

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).

This excerpt from Vikram Sampath’s ‘Tipu Sultan: The Saga of Mysore’s Interregnum (1760–1799)’ has been published with permission from Penguin Random House India.

The petitioners contended the police's orders that the rally for Tipu Sultan could be held only at a private place and not in ...