NEW DELHI: External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar attended the launch of historian Vikram Sampath's book Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum 1761-1799 at the India Habitat Centre in ...

The United Kingdom recently announced a temporary export bar on a gold, gem-set tiger’s head finial which was once part of Tipu Sultan’s octagonal throne. The government imposed the bar following the ...

The lobby of one of NASA’s facilities houses a painting that shows Tipu Sultan’s army firing rockets at the British army, a recognition that the technology of his state was a chapter in the history of ...

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly defended Tipu Sultan amid the ongoing political controversy. Owaisi said Tipu fought the British till his death and did not seek mercy, contrasting him with ...

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 ...

Tipu Sultan is a historian’s enigma, one who defies easy compartmentalization. What was he really like? A man of the masses, a darling of the subaltern, a modernizer and innovator, a patriot, and a ...

The bedchamber sword of Tipu Sultan, an 18th-century king famous for the commanding role he played in wars in southern India, has sold for £14 million ($17.4 million) at auction in London. The sale ...

BJP activists protest against Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal's remarks equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan outside Congress Bhavan, in Pune. (PTI photo) The ...