1.HOW DID THE FRENCH HELP HYDER ALI.
2.HOW DID THE BRITISH WRITERS DESCRIBED TIPU
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1. How did the French help Hyder Ali?
A:- Though illiterate, Hyder Ali earned an important place in the history of southern India for his administrative acumen and military skills[citation needed]. He concluded an alliance with the French, and used the services of French workmen in raising his artillery and arsenal. His rule of Mysore was characterised by frequent warfare with his neighbours and rebellion within his territories. This was not unusual for the time as much of the Indian subcontinent was then in turmoil.
2. How did the British writers described Tipu?
A:- The memory of Tipu nourished the British imagination in the centuries to come. His indomitable courage, eccentricities, rich invective against his enemies, as well as spectacular attempt to redefine modernity in Mysore, from the design revolution focused on the babri (tiger) stripe to the reconstitution of army and economy, have continued to fire the imaginations of British writers, curators, art collectors and historians. This has been amply aided by the unrestrained plunder and loot of Srirangapatna in 1799 (amounting to £1.6 million then, distributed as prizes in steep grades to the British soldiers), which has led to large private collections of Tipu’s swords, jewellery, guns, carpets and clothes in Britain.
Perhaps no longer. The suggestion that the new Bangalore airport, which came up at Devanahalli, the birthplace of Tipu, be named after him was quickly snuffed out. The proposal to found a university in Srirangapatna named after Tipu, who built up an extraordinary library in his capital, had been strenuously opposed. The decision of the Karnataka government now to honour what is worthy and commendable about this 18th century monarch may be in line with similar decisions in the past, and is hardly the vituperative celebration of some historical “victor”. But perhaps the memory of Tipu is safest in the hands of his erstwhile enemies.