what role did tipu sultan play in India's freedom struggle (write in about 100 words)
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He was the only Indian ruler who understood the dangers the British posed to India, and fought four wars to oust them from India – in that sense he could be called the first freedom fighter in the subcontinent. Tipu sent missions to the Ottoman and French rulers, seeking them as allies to oust the British from India.
In Indian history he is seen as a freedom fighter as he fought against the foreign British rulers. Please read more about him in Tipu Sultan. ... In fact it contributed to the British defeat by the Mysore army in the Battle of Pollilur (1780) as part of the Second Anglo-Mysore war.
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Tipu was the most feared Indian of his time in Britain. When he died there were jubilant celebrations in Britain, with authors, playwrights and painters creating works to celebrate it. The siege and looting of Tipu’s capital at Srirangapattana, for example, is the opening scene of Wilkie Collins’ famous novel, The Moonstone.
He was the only Indian ruler who understood the dangers the British posed to India, and fought four wars to oust them from India – in that sense he could be called the first freedom fighter in the subcontinent.
Tipu sent missions to the Ottoman and French rulers, seeking them as allies to oust the British from India.
Tipu was fascinated by western science and technology, and got gun makers, engineers, clockmakers and other experts from France to Mysore. He then set up his own manufacture of bronze cannons, ammunition and muskets to “Make in Mysore”.
Tipu extensively used tiger imagery to convey a sense of his awesome power. Tiger images emblazoned his golden throne, his textiles, coins, swords and his soldiers uniforms. He also used the Sun symbol, long associated with royalty and divinity among his Hindu subjects.
Tipu wrote a Book of Dreams, the Khwab Nama, in which he recorded his dreams. He looked for signs and portents about the outcome of his battles in his dreams.
Tipu was not an outside invader – he was a son of the soil, the third generation of his family to be born in south India.
Tipu’s chief minister Purnaiya, was a Hindu, as were several prominent nobles at his court.
Tipu was a generous patron of several Hindu temples, including the Sri Ranganatha temple near his main palace at Srirangapattana, and the Sringeri Math, whose swami he respected and called Jagadguru......☺