'Tipu was a devout Muslim and respected commander. He also maintained a high level of religious tolerance, granted minorities complete freedom of worship, appointed Hindus to senior posts, and bestowed land grants to temples' Opinion | MogulMowgli
Among the many kingly treasures piled up in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum lies a particularly peculiar piece, one quite unlike any other in the museum–a nearly life-sized wooden tiger mauling a European soldier, an automaton with an organ keyboard that plays a haunting melody as the soldier cries and waves for help.
Inheriting the throne in 1782 during wartime, Tipu made short work of the British, capturing one in five of their officers present in the subcontinent and ending the war by becoming only one of two men in South Asia to dictate treaty terms to the British, who were desperate to sue for peace. Compared to his native contemporaries, including the Marathas and enfeebled Mughals , Mysore was an anomaly –a thriving state.
On the battlefield, Tipu’s performance was equally notable. A pioneer of rocketry, in 1787, he repelled a coalition of his two immediate neighbours, the Marathas and the military of Hyderabad, pushing them to sue for peace, and was noted for serving his prisoners of war with humanity. News of Tipu’s death was met with celebration in Britain, and his treasures, shipped off to the motherland, became the stuff of legend, inspiring writers such as Keats and Dickens.
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