Why asking for Tipu Sultan’s famous tiger, now in a British museum, to be returned to Pakistan is problematic I read a strange proposal the other day — that Tipu Sultan’s famous tiger, safely ...

Manimugdha S Sharma is a Delhi-based editor with The Times of India. He is an ardent history buff with a fascination for military history. He loves infantry and artillery weapons, horses and swords, ...

A man with many names Tipu Sultan, also referred to as Tipu Sahib or the Tiger of Mysore, is renowned for his bravery in the wars against the British East India Company. Loved by many, hated by others ...

The battlelines are drawn in Karnataka over the Siddaramaiah government’s decision to celebrate November 10 as Tipu Jayanti. But what’s the truth about the ‘Tiger of Mysore’? Author and historian ...

The day I saw Tipu’s Tiger behind its glass case at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London was a day of significance. That morning, after months of being cooped up in Oxford, some friends and I took ...

May 4 was the Yaum-e-Shahadat of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in South India. He introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including a new coinage system ...

Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, famously known as Tipu Sultan, ruled the kingdom of Mysore in South India from December, 1782 till his death, in 1799 . Born on November 20, 1750, Tipu Sultan is ...

Join our Whatsapp channel “THE trustees of the British Museum have become the world’s largest receivers of stolen property, and the great majority of their loot is not even on public display.” The ...