Debunking Tipu

It thus comes about that Tipu Sultan, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, has been relegated to the footnotes of history three years after Siddaramaiah’s Congress government had declared 10 November as Tipu Jayanti, an occasion that has been marked by debates and panel discussions on secularism and the contributions of the doughty ruler who had confronted the British during the high noon of the colonial era.