01830nam a22002297a 4500 20260903113609.0 260903b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780670094691 : Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. : B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhi : 3274 : 28/08/2026 954.87 SAM Sampath, Vikram. Tipu sultan : The sage of Mysore's interregnum 1760- 1799". / Vikram Sampath. Gurugram : Penguin , 2024. xxviii, 904p. : 24cm. 1049.30 Over two centuries have passed since his death on 4 May 1799, yet Tipu Sultan’s contested legacy continues to perplex India and her contemporary politics. A fascinating and enigmatic figure in India’s military past, he remains a modern historian’s biggest puzzle as he simultaneously means different things to different people, depending on how one chooses to look at his life and its events. Tipu’s ascent to power was accidental. His father Haidar Ali was a beneficiary of the benevolence of the Maharaja of Mysore. But in a series of fascinating events, the Machiavellian Haidar ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds; he ended up overthrowing his own benefactor and usurping the throne of Mysore from the Wodeyars in 1761. In a war-scarred life, father and son led Mysore through four momentous battles against the British, termed the Anglo-Mysore Wars. The first two, led by Haidar, brought the English East India Company to its knees. Chasing the enemy to the very gates of Madras, Haidar made the British sign such humiliating terms of treaties that sent shockwaves back in London. Tipu sultan Mysore's interregnum History Vikram Sampath. BOOK 70680 70680 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2026-09-03 Raghav Books Pvt. Ptd. 1049.30 0 954.87 SAM 31704 2026-09-03 11:36:33 2026-09-03 BOOK