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"Tipu fought four Anglo-Mysore wars; RSS didn't particapate in freedom struggle:" Priyank Kharge on Tehrik-e-Khudadaad memorandumKarnataka Minister Priyank Kharge addressed a memorandum submitted for reinstating Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations. He criticized the BJP ...- Make US (ballrooms) safer from gunsThe shocking attempted assassination of a U.S. President has thrown a glaring spotlight on America’s deep-rooted gun culture. Even in the f...
- "India will never accept distorted history": BJP's Ramchander Rao slams Owaisi over "Tipu Sultan was martyred" remarks"By glorifying Tipu Sultan by the AIMIM party is something to distort the history. Everyone knows that Tipu Sultan was responsible for pers...
- Blast from the past: Rare books & manuscripts from Tipu Sultan era to go under the hammer in SeptThe oldest book in the auction is ‘De Vita Caesarum’ written in 121 AD.
- Pakistan PM Imran Khan pays tribute to Tipu Sultan on his death anniversaryKhan took to Twitter to express his admiration for the 18th century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore Kingdom also known as the Tiger of Mysore.
- Demolishing statues to renaming roads, here's Bangaluru's politics of uncomfortable historyMark Cubbon was the longest-serving commissioner of the erstwhile Mysore State and arguably the most-remembered British administrator in Be...
- This Anglo-Indian settlement was football’s birthplace in BengaluruAustin Town was built in the early 1920s when the British authorities decided to re-settle workers and lower-income residents in the afterm...
- Cenotaph Monument: Pillar marking 1791's Siege of Bangalore was torn down 53 years agoThe cenotaph was demolished with official sanction on Oct 28, 1964.
- Date with history: Pete's first protestant church in Bengaluru is now more than 200 years oldAfter Tipu Sultan's death, the British decided to move their garrison base from Srirangapatnam to Bengaluru
- Dodda Ganesha Temple: This is where third Anglo-Mysore war strategy plans were laidThough administrative officers at the temple say that the Ganesha shrine was built by Kempe Gowda I who established Bengaluru in 1537, hist...
- The temple that saved Tipu Sultan was built when Wadiyars bought Bengaluru in 1690Tipu Sultan paid respect to the deity in the Kote Venkataramana Temple regularly.
- Date with history: The forgotten surveyor who redrew maps after Tipu's defeatColonel Colin Mackenzie was the first surveyor general of India.
- Date with History! The legend behind the shrines of Bengaluru's forgotten saintsWith unplanned development, darghas in the city are fighting for space amid bustling markets and housing colonies.
- Karnataka Budget 2017: This hospital catches the eye of SiddaramaiahThis 104-year-old hospital had humble beginnings and served the poor.
- Date with history: The 107-year-old home in Bengaluru that is a tribute to Mysore's first DewanPoorna Prasad was built in 1910 by Dewan PN Krishnamurti on Racecourse Road.
- Explore the village that was built in 1890s to house palace workersKnown as 'Palace Guttahalli', the sculpture is an acknowledgement from the Mysore Maharaja of one of its oldest & faithful retainers.
- Baird Barracks: Barrack named after a soldier who recognised Tipu's BodyBaird (1757-1829) was a Scotsman who was thrown into the throes of the Second Anglo-Mysore War at the age of 23.
- Old Poor House Road in Bangalore: An asylum for the British vanquished in 1799 warThe biggest landmark of the area is the majestic Jumma Masjid that was constructed in the early 1800s by Haji Abdul Quddus, an officer in t...
- World War I memorial buried amid shopping joints in BengaluruThe memorial was unveiled in 1928 in Bengaluru, in the memory of 350 officers and soldiers who died in the Great War.
- The story behind Bangalore Fort's Ulsoor GateUlsoor Gate, in its heydays in the 1700s, was more than just a gateway to the walled city of Bengaluru.
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