Tipu Sultan: An Enlightened Ruler...Special Presentation on Martyrdom Day

 Tipu Sultan: An Enlightened Ruler...Special Presentation on Martyrdom Day

Tipu Sultan was open-minded and pure in spirit. During his reign, Hindus were given complete freedom of worship, money was given to carve idols, and on one occasion, he even ordered the construction of a temple.

It is an undisputed fact that Sultan Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan were the biggest threat to the British colonial system in India, who made it their life's goal to expel Farang traders. Therefore, the Ferangis, who are equal to all the righteous in love and war, besides surrounding them on the battlefield with the help of greedy Indians, left no stone unturned to destroy their character by fabricating baseless myths against them. In particular, English writers William Kirkpatrick, Colonel Mark Wilkes and HH Dodwell, who were associated with the East India Company, well served their master's goal, which was an important part of their 'divide and rule' policy. This is because without him the British could not have ruled the subcontinent even for a day. This new trend in historiography had profound effects.

William Kirkpatrick was assigned the task of inspecting and translating the documents of Sher Mysore Tipu Sultan after the fall of Srirangapatna. Who collected his letters and poems and compiled the book 'Select Letters of Tipu'.

In the preface, in keeping with Patrick's deep-seated animosity towards Tipu Sultan, it is stated that "The light of these letters shows that Tipu Sultan, who wrote them, was a merciless and implacable enemy, an intolerant bigot or an angry obsessive; He was a cruel and unjust ruler, a violent tyrant, a violent negotiator, a frivolous and unpredictable innovator and a mercenary and retail merchant.

Col. Mark Wilkes also imitates Patrick in his 'Historical Sketches of South India' and describes Tipu Sultan as a fanatic who forcibly converted people to Islam performed mass circumcision, demolished temples, and confiscated their property. "

If Tipu was a merciless, strict, and anti-Hindu ruler, the ancient Hindu temples seen today in Mysore would not have existed, according to these mischievous Ferangis. The books of these quality English authors are not reliable in any case, which would not be out of place to be called fiction instead of historical books. The sole purpose of these works was nothing but to distort the image of Tipu Sultan.

In fact, Tipu Sultan was a broad-minded and free-spirited person. During his reign, Hindus were given complete freedom of worship, money was given to carve idols and on one occasion he even ordered the construction of a temple. The Narasimha and Gangadhar Yasura temples located around his fort are enough testimony to his generosity and tolerance. Even though the Sri Rangath temple was only a short distance from the fort of Sri Rang Patan, he never felt disturbed by the temple bells and the chanting of the priests. What can be a greater example of his enlightenment than that he gave high positions to Hindus. His Mir Asif (Finance and Finance), Pandit Purnia Treasurer Krishna Rao Shima Iyengar, Minister (Posts and Police), his brother Ranga Iyengar was also an officer, Mool Chand and Sujan Rai were his chief agents in the Mughal Darbar, Khas Peshkar Saba. Rao, Munshi Narasiya Srinivas Rao and Special Trustee Appaji Ram. Nagpaya, the revenue officer of Coorg, Coimbatore and Palghat were also Brahmins. Tipu's irregular cavalry was headed by Hari Singh. Rama Rao and Sev Aji were in command of the regular cavalry.

No one can deny the fact that Tipu Sultan took some harsh measures in Coorg but the reason was not religious but political, as he was repeatedly committing rebellion and playing into the hands of Tipu's enemies. Similarly, when the Catholic missionaries tried to rise up against the British, Tipu also took strict measures to suppress them. However, history needs to be seen in the time and place of the same period, so Tipu Sultan's character and his ideals should be understood in the context of the eighteenth century when imperialism was dominant everywhere.