Report:

Prepare a report on why Tipu Sultan was called as ‘’Tiger of Mysore’’.

Tipu Sultan is known to be the first freedom fighter against British India. He was the ruler of the Mysore Kingdom and also he is known as the ‘Tiger of Mysore'. Tipu Sultan was a great warrior who fought against the British invasion of India during the late 1790s. Tipu Sultan was born in the year 1753 near the city of Mysore. His father Hyder Ali was a great ruler and so was Tipu Sultan. He was a great fighter and soldier and was highly educated in all matters. He built several forts to protect his kingdom, for example, the Dorrg fort. Tipu Sultan enhanced a number of administrative reforms during his rule, including his coinage, a new Mauludi lunisolar calendar, and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry.

Tipu had a great interest in art as well as architecture. He won important victories against the British in the Second Anglo-Mysore War and negotiated the 1784 Treaty of Mangalore with them. He has also fought in the Third and Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. He received help from Turkey and France to fight against the British. Even though both the wars where favourable to the British, but this has gained remarkable attention towards Tipu Sultan because his army was Very much compared to the British army. He was famously known as the "Tiger of Mysore". The tiger was his official emblem and was embellished upon his throne and military uniforms worn by soldiers. Also, he has defeated the wild tiger without any weapons with him. He was the most powerful warrior known in Indian History. He died during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War on 4th May 1799 and was laid to rest in Srirangapatnam.

He was one of the undefeatable warriors in South India, therefore he was known as the Tiger of Mysore. He was very defending his kingdom from the British Empire for a long decade.