The East India Company now controlled most of southern India. [4] Troops joined revolt, killed their officers, led by Nana Sahib, British held out for 3 weeks, then surrendered, soldiers and 300 women and children slaughtered, remainder kept as prisoners, reinforcements arrived and prisoners killed, British carried out acts of revenge, Sahib escaped. Tipu Sultan (20 November 1750 – 4 May 1799), also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and a scholar, soldier and poet.Tipu was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore and his wife Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa. Tipu's Tiger, c.1790 (wood) by Indian School, (18th century). Jan 13 1801.” Tipu Sultan’s death brought the turbulent Mysore Wars to an end. Inscribed, “Shuk’r Ullah Saheb, 7th and favourite son of the late Tippoo Sultaun and aged about 10 ½ . In fact, Tipu Sultan's family was reduced to poverty as a deliberate policy and was only restored to princely status in 2009. Seringapatam, a small town near Mysore, is an island fortress surrounded by the Kaveri River that was ruled by Haidar Ali (r. 1761-1782) and then by his son Tipu Sultan until his death in 1799. The Mysore ruler of the 18th century, Tipu Sultan, is the latest in a long line of kings, who might face … One of Tipu Sultan's daughters was to be married on 9 July 1806, and the plotters of the uprising gathered at the fort under the pretext of attending the wedding. The worst option of all though, is to erase Tipu Sultan, depriving students of the most essential learning from history, that there is a connection between everything. With Tipu Sultan's death, Mysore became another princely state under the jurisdiction of the British Raj. 8- What happened at the battle of Kanpur? During the recent Tipu Sultan birth anniversary controversy, a friend asked a fascinating but very logical question: “Where are Tipu’s descendants? ” What happened to his sons off his official Sultana and of course, all the progeny off his mistresses, because Tipu Sultan of course kept a harem of women, like every ruler in the world. His sons were sent into exile, and a different family became puppet rulers of Mysore under the British. Tipu's wives and sons, together with numerous retainers, were pensioners of the East India Company and lived in a palace within the large complex comprising the Vellore Fort. Hard times for Tipu Sultan`s descendants. What happened next is the stuff of legends. Made for the amusement of Sultan Tipu (1749-99); the tiger has a miniature organ with keyboard and bellows to … He saw the British flag hoisted on the fort and ran towards it to bring it down. 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