Tipu Sultan’s bedchamber sword fetches 14 mn pounds at London auctionThe sword, dated between 1782-1799 is made of gold and steel and was found at the private apartment of Tipu Sultan.
27 May, 2023, 08.31 PM IST
Tipu Sultan's bedchamber sword creates new auction record in UKThe sword, from Tipu Sultan's reign between 1782 and 1799, is described as a fine gold koftgari hilted steel sword referred to as sukhela -...
25 May, 2023, 10.36 PM IST
32-ft-long mural of Haider Ali & Tipu Sultan fetches $830K at London auction, but Indian rulers have a complicated legacyThe mural, made in the early 19th century, consists of 10 large sheets mounted on canvas.
31 Mar, 2022, 06.39 PM IST
WazirX to launch NFTs of rulers of MysoreThe first NFT collection is based on the Gandaberunda or Bheru, which is a two-headed bird in Hindu mythology, believed to possess immense ...
22 Dec, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
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.
05 May, 2019, 01.34 PM IST
Section 144 imposed in Karnataka's Madikeri on Tipu Sultan JayantiThe ruling Congress began celebrating the birth anniversary of the 18th century Mysore ruler on November 10 since 2015 to honour him as a p...
10 Nov, 2017, 12.48 PM IST
How Tipu Sultan was the original tech innovatorTipu created iron tubes filled with gunpowder, hoisted them on flags or bamboo poles and mounted them on ramps for better accuracy and rang...
10 Nov, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
Tipu Sultan descendants mull legal action against HegdeBakhtiar Ali, one of the sixth-generation descendants of Prince Mooniruddin, who was one of Tipu's sons, told that the minister's comments ...
23 Oct, 2017, 05.25 PM IST
How the Mughals sold Bengaluru for Rs 3 lakh 330 years agoThe transaction made Mysore's ruler Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar extremely powerful. The city became the point of communication for the Mughals ...
06 Jul, 2017, 02.37 PM IST
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.
11 May, 2017, 05.11 PM IST
Regal heritage: 100-year-old Diwan Madhav Rao's Patan Bhavan is now KCN BhavanThe house belonged to Vishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao, who succeeded Sir Mirza Ismail as Diwan of Mysore between 1906 and 1909.
03 Nov, 2016, 12.33 PM IST
Tipu a monarch, not freedom fighter, observes Karnataka HCJustice Mukherjee also questioned the logic behind celebrating Tipu Jayanti amid fears of communal tension escalating in Kodagu district.
02 Nov, 2016, 07.22 PM IST
Maharashtra Congress MLA asks Girish Karnad to apologise for comment on ShivajiKarnad, a Jnanpith winner, had stoked a controversy when he said that 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan would have enjoyed the same sta...
13 Nov, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Tipu Sultan row: Shiv Sena slams Karnataka government, decries comparison with ShivajiShiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant also objected to parallels being drawn between Tipu Sultan and Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji.
12 Nov, 2015, 04.59 PM IST
VHP condemns 'brutal killing' of its worker in KarnatakaVishwa Hindu Parishad described the death of a middle-aged man during clashes at a town in Karnataka as "brutal killing" and asked the Cent...
10 Nov, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
Tipu birth anniversary celebrations: VHP leader dies in violencePolice used tear gas shells and resorted to lathicharge as hundreds of people gathered here and clashes erupted between the opponents and s...
10 Nov, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
BJP and Sangh parivar's new target in South India - Tipu SultanBJP national secretary from Tamil Nadu, H Raja has insisted that Tamil superstar Rajnikanth should not act in a film on Tipu Sultan.
28 Sep, 2015, 05.37 AM IST