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
Book on me is to humiliate me ahead of elections, "totally defamatory", BJP behind it: SiddaramaiahAccording to sources, the book contains writings on the alleged misrule during the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government and his "appeasemen...
09 Jan, 2023, 06.10 PM IST
Tipu Sultan's 20-bore flintlock gun and bayonet fetch £60,000 at UK auctionThe collection of artefacts from Tipu Sultan's armoury was discovered by a couple in their attic in Berkshire.
27 Mar, 2019, 05.13 PM IST
Spell out government's efforts to bring back antiquities like Koh-i-noor, CIC tells PMO, MEAThe ASI said it can take up the issue of retrieval of only those antiquities, which have been illegally exported out of the country in viol...
03 Jun, 2018, 02.42 PM IST
Vijay Mallya's unlucky Tipu Sultan sword and other artefacts with bizarre historyMallya had purchased the sword for about Rs 1.5 crore at an auction.
09 May, 2018, 03.30 PM IST
Why Tipu Sultan is upset with Vijay Mallya and wants answersThe embattled liquor tycoon gave away the rare sword because his family told him it was bringing him 'bad luck'.
20 Apr, 2018, 12.45 PM IST
Vijay Mallya no longer has ‘unlucky’ Tipu swordThe lawyer cited the sword as one example of how the banks are at risk of Mallya “dissipating his assets”. The sword is worth £188,000 (abo...
18 Apr, 2018, 10.41 AM IST
Not Ashoka, Chandragupta Maurya was great, says BJP“It was after Ashoka’s giving up of sword that foreign invasions into India started,” he said at the fifth edition of the Lucknow Literatur...
19 Nov, 2017, 10.36 AM IST
Tipu Sultan Jayanti provides material for BJP leaders to seek 'Yogi Adityanath" tag in KarnatakaBJP insiders point out that this is clever maneuvering by Hegde, as this not only puts the Congress on the backfoot, but also Yeddyurappa h...
23 Oct, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
'How does the Government plan to bring back the Kohinoor?'Arvind Singh of the Mewar royal family feels that the row over the Kohinoor diamond is a vacuous one.
09 Feb, 2017, 10.12 AM IST
Celebrating Tipu Jayanti is like celebrating Aurangzeb's anniversary: Mohandas PaiPai rued that govt is playing politics over Tipu Jayanti and urged it to celebrate anniversaries of benevolent rulers like the Wodeyars and...
01 Nov, 2016, 07.59 PM IST
Dismissal of PIL on Kohinoor may deny government's legit claim: Supreme CourtSC said this was the stand of Ministry of Culture while the response from Ministry of External Affairs, which is also a party, is awaited.
18 Apr, 2016, 09.31 PM IST
India may not get back Kohinoor diamondIndia may not get back the Kohinoor diamond, the Centre has said, citing a 43-year-old law that does not allow it to bring back antiquities...
10 Apr, 2016, 12.24 PM IST
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.
14 Jan, 2016, 10.57 AM IST
Tipu Sultan's arms collection sold for over 6 million poundsA collection of arms and armour once owned by Tipu Sultan, was sold for a total of over 6 million pounds in a London auction by Bonhams.
24 Apr, 2015, 05.16 PM IST
Tipu Sultan's arms and armour to be auctioned in LondonA spectacular collection of arms and armour once owned by Tipu Sultan, the erstwhile King of Mysore, will go under the hammer here next mon...
12 Mar, 2015, 09.06 PM IST
Imperial Indian paan-daan breaks Sotheby's estimateSotheby's inaugural auction of 'Art of Imperial India' here has attracted bidding from around the globe to hit a whopping sales figure of R...
10 Oct, 2013, 08.11 PM IST