Re: Tipu Sultan - Hero or Villian
We are talking about Tipu sultan’s forced conversions. Not the spread of various religion in the past 40 years. I am sorry if he is a hero figure to you. I come from the same state he ruled and the people here never thought much of him. He ruled a state which his father had usurped by deceit for 16 years. Aurangazeb was a fanatic too. Then why didn’t his subjects rise against him and side with the Marathas to over throw him ? Wait for some people Aurangazeb was a hero too. I have already mentioned that he is both a hero and villain. I acknowledge his heroism and innovations and condem his bigotry.
Tipu sultan did a lot of good work too. He created governments depts and made military innovations. But his cruel treatment of his enemy hindus overshadows what good he did. He also tried to impose persian on a kannada speaking people because he had a grand idea of making it some islamic empire in the model of the mughal empire. He forced islamic names on existing towns. Mysore was renamed Naserbad. Even now a part of Mysore has retained that name. He also endorsed temples and granted lands but as one historian puts it “the acts of Tippu that were constructive towards Hindus were largely political and ostentatious rather than an indication of genuine tolerance.”
Believe what U will. Prove the letters he wrote were not authentic or that Archeological Survey of India’s confirmation of the temples he destroyed are not true with proper links and I will change my stance.
OTOH the Nawabs of Carnatic ruled a hindu population too but did not indulge in the things that Tipu sultan did. So we don’t here people badmouthing them. Thats all I have to say about the subject. I am outta here.