Download or read book TipuSultan The Tyrant of Mysore written by Sandeep Balakrishna and published by RARE Publications. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of a series of books aimed at disseminating the accurate history of India drawn from the primary sources. History writing, especially about the medieval Muslim rule has been fraught with political correctness, controversy, and in several cases, downright falsification. This has occurred mostly with official state patronage. As a result, any attempts to correct this course has been virulently opposed with the result that most urban-educated Indians have now internalized a politically correct version of Indian history. The history of Tipu Sultan too, stands as a glaring instance of this distorted historical narrative. Indeed, we have seen, read, and heard about a lot of people claiming to be freedom fighters and receiving pensions from the Government. Several of these worthies would not have been born before Independence yet they succeed in such blatant manipulations. There are instances of portraying certain rulers and chieftains as true heroes who fought against the British Empire. One such ruler happens to be Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan is widely known as the Tiger of Mysore. Indeed, the image of Tipu battling a tiger barehanded crosses the mind whenever his name is mentioned. But is this the truth? Was Tipu Sultan truly the warrior as he has been portrayed? What exactly is his record of fighting the British? Was he really a freedom fighter as is widely claimed? Sandeep Balakrishna in this well-researched book, explores both the myths and the truth surrounding Tipu Sultan. A must-read for those who wish to learn the true story of Tipu Sultan.
Download or read book History of Tipu Sultan written by Mir Hussain Ali Khan Kirmani and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1997 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Continuation Of The Neshan-I-Hyduri. Translated From Persian By Col. Miles
Download or read book History of Tipu Sultan written by Mohibbul Hasan and published by Aakar Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Present Work, An Attempt Has Been Made To Give An Accurate Picture Of Tipu Sultan By Disengaging His Personality From Masses Of Fictions And Distortions Which Have Gathered Round Him. As Practically The Whole Of Tipu'S Life Was Taken Up With Fighting, The Author Has Devoted Considerable Space To Campaigns And Battles. However, He Has Not Ignored Other Aspects Of His Career. He Has Paid Sufficient Attention To The Causes And Results Of Wars, While TipuS Relation With The English, The French, The Nizam, The Marathas And The Ottoman Sultan Have Been Fully Discussed. The Last Three Chapters Of The Book Have Been Devoted To A Description Of The SultanS Government And Army, His Reforms And Religious Policy, His Efforts At Industrialisation And State Socialism, His Character, His Failures And Achievements. This Pioneering Study Will Enable The Reader To Appraise The Career And Character Of This Extraordinary Man. Its Scholarly Value Is Enhanced By Professor HasanS Extensive Use Of English, French, Persian, And Urdu Sources.
Download or read book The History of the Reign of Tip Sult n written by Mir Hussain Ali Khan Kirmani and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Return of a King written by William Dalrymple and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From William Dalrymple—award-winning historian, journalist and travel writer—a masterly retelling of what was perhaps the West’s greatest imperial disaster in the East, and an important parable of neocolonial ambition, folly and hubris that has striking relevance to our own time. With access to newly discovered primary sources from archives in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and India—including a series of previously untranslated Afghan epic poems and biographies—the author gives us the most immediate and comprehensive account yet of the spectacular first battle for Afghanistan: the British invasion of the remote kingdom in 1839. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed helmets, and facing little resistance, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the mountain passes from India into Afghanistan in order to reestablish Shah Shuja ul-Mulk on the throne, and as their puppet. But after little more than two years, the Afghans rose in answer to the call for jihad and the country exploded into rebellion. This First Anglo-Afghan War ended with an entire army of what was then the most powerful military nation in the world ambushed and destroyed in snowbound mountain passes by simply equipped Afghan tribesmen. Only one British man made it through. But Dalrymple takes us beyond the bare outline of this infamous battle, and with penetrating, balanced insight illuminates the uncanny similarities between the West’s first disastrous entanglement with Afghanistan and the situation today. He delineates the straightforward facts: Shah Shuja and President Hamid Karzai share the same tribal heritage; the Shah’s principal opponents were the Ghilzai tribe, who today make up the bulk of the Taliban’s foot soldiers; the same cities garrisoned by the British are today garrisoned by foreign troops, attacked from the same rings of hills and high passes from which the British faced attack. Dalryrmple also makes clear the byzantine complexity of Afghanistan’s age-old tribal rivalries, the stranglehold they have on the politics of the nation and the ways in which they ensnared both the British in the nineteenth century and NATO forces in the twenty-first. Informed by the author’s decades-long firsthand knowledge of Afghanistan, and superbly shaped by his hallmark gifts as a narrative historian and his singular eye for the evocation of place and culture, The Return of a King is both the definitive analysis of the First Anglo-Afghan War and a work of stunning topicality.
Download or read book India Modernity and the Great Divergence written by Kaveh Yazdani and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India, Modernity and the Great Divergence is an original and pioneering book about India’s transition towards modernity and the rise of the West. The work examines global entanglements alongside the internal dynamics of 17th to 19th century Mysore and Gujarat in comparison to other regions of Afro-Eurasia. It is an interdisciplinary survey that enriches our historical understanding of South Asia, ranging across the fascinating and intertwined worlds of modernizing rulers, wealthy merchants, curious scholars, utopian poets, industrious peasants and skilled artisans. Bringing together socio-economic and political structures, warfare, techno-scientific innovations, knowledge production and transfer of ideas, this book forces us to rethink the reasons behind the emergence of the modern world.
Download or read book The Captivity written by James Scurry and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dreams of Tipu Sultan written by Sultan Tippu and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Select letters of Tippoo Sultan to various public functionaries written by Tīpū Sulṭān (Mysore, Nawab.) and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tipu Sultan s Search for Legitimacy written by Kate Brittlebank and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing upon the methods adopted by Tipu Sultan to establish his legitimacy as a parvenu ruler, this revisionary study takes an `nnovative approach to the analysis of kingship in eighteenth-century south India.
Download or read book The Sultan s Shadow written by Christiane Bird and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 2010 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic account of the slave trade in the early 19th century Indian Ocean is presented through the stories of the Omani Sultan Said and his daughter, Princess Salme, offering insight into the Arabian Peninsula kingdom's lucrative growth and ties to America.
Download or read book A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times written by P. Shungoonny Menon and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Surat Fall of a Port Rise of a Prince Defeat of the East India Company in the House of Commons written by Moin Mir and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born and raised in India, Moin Mir has worked extensively in the fields of advertising and brand consulting across Europe and Asia. Driven by his passion for History, Sufism and cultural revivalism and restoration, Mir began by working on the translation of Mirza Ghalib’s (India’s foremost Urdu poet) letters into English – a project that inspired him to pursue his interests in History even further. Mir is a descendant of Hazrat Modud Chishti, one of the stalwart founders of the Chishti Sufi order. He is also a scion of the Nawab family of Surat and next in line to succeed his father as the Darbar of Kamandiyah, Gujarat India. He lives in London with his fiancé Leonie Moschner.
Download or read book Studies in Indian History written by Surendra Nath Sen and published by Asian Educational Services. This book was released on 1993 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan written by Lewin Bentham Bowring and published by . This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1893, Haidar Ali and Tipu Sultan talks about two distinguished rulers of southern India who vehemently fought against British colonialism and played a pivotal role in the expansion of the Mysore Empire. Written by Lewin. B. Bowring, this book is an attempt to trace the career of Haidar Ali and his equally remarkable son, Tipu Sultan. The first, distinguished by energy, enterprise, and daring which enabled him to seize a throne, and the second by his bigotry, his hostility to the English, and the meaningless obstinacy which cost him his crown and his life. It also discusses the struggle between the English and the French in southern India and the siege of Seringapatam. A major portion of this book is about Haidar Ali, his administrative, military and diplomatic tactics followed by Tipu Sultan's military inventions which he used in the struggle against the British occupying forces in south India.
Download or read book A Forgotten Empire written by Robert Sewell and published by London : S. Sonnenschein. This book was released on 1900 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
