Re: Tipu Sultan - Hero or Villian
Though it is not pertinent to the discussion but by virtue of it being a harmless question; I am a South Indian and from Shivamogga, Karnataka!
The carnatic was a region comprising parts of todays Southern Mysore and most importantly the eastern and central parts of todays Tamil Nadu that were under the Nawab of the Carnatic - Chanda Sahib and his later descendents, both of whom Haidar and Tipu despised and the British propped up.
The wars fought in that region between Mysore aided by the French against the Nawab aided by the British were a part of the wars there commonly called the CARNATIC WARS. Yes, this term is of British nomenclature but there is no ‘South-Indian’ word for that particular region in the context of wars fought there.
As for Tipu being a hero to one section and villain to another, I agree. But both these sections comprise people from all faiths.