Tipu Sultan

Also known as Tippoo Sahib, Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, Tipu Sahab, Tippoo Saib, Sher e Mysore, Tippoo Sultan

Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799

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Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India from 1782 until his death in 1799, a period when European colonial powers were expanding their control across the continent. His reign matters because he resisted British colonial expansion militarily and administratively reformed his kingdom, making him a significant figure in Indian history during the early stages of colonialism.

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Type: Person
Country: FR
Active from: 1987-04-24

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Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
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A global reference for human genetic variation
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Proposals for the Classification of the Acute Leukaemias F<scp>rench</scp>‐A<scp>merican</scp>‐B<scp>ritish</scp> (FAB) C<scp>o‐operative</scp> G<scp>roup</scp>
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Quotes

“To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live for a hundred years like a jackal.”
“Who are my people? All of them – Yes those that ring the temple bells and those that pray in the mosque – they are my people and this land is theirs and mine”
“People who have sinned against such a holy place are sure to suffer the consequences of their misdeeds at no distant date in this Kali age in accordance with the verse: Hasadbhih kriyate karma rudadbhir-anubhuyate (People do [evil] deeds smilingly but suffer the consequences crying).”
“To begin the so much desired work of the conversion of the Hindoos and to seize on the Brahmins, ... and make them examples to the other inferior castes, in becoming Mussulmans, by suffering circumcision and being compelled to eat beef: accordingly many Brahmins were seized in or about the month of July 1788...”
“I am sending two of my followers with Mir Hussain Ali. With their assistance, you should capture and kill all Hindus. Those below 20 may be kept in prison and 5,000 from the rest should be killed by hanging from the tree-tops. These are my orders.”
“With the grace of Prophet Muhammed and Allah, almost all Hindus in Calicut are converted to Islam. Only a few are still not converted on the borders of Cochin State. I am determined to convert them also very soon. I consider this as Jehad to achieve that object.”