01978nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801200007608200150019610000210021124500850023226000350031730000270035236500120037952011080039165000160149965000250151565000120154070000200155294200090157299900170158195201380159820260903113609.0260903b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670094691  a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd.b: B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhic: 3274d: 28/08/2026  a954.87 SAM  aSampath, Vikram.  aTipu sultanb : The sage of Mysore's interregnum 1760- 1799".c/ Vikram Sampath.  aGurugram b: Penguin c, 2024.  axxviii, 904p.c: 24cm.  b1049.30  aOver 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.  aTipu sultan  aMysore's interregnum  aHistory  aVikram Sampath.  cBOOK  c70680d70680  00102ddc4071aSNULbSNULd2026-09-03eRaghav Books Pvt. Ptd.g1049.30l0o954.87 SAMp31704r2026-09-03 11:36:33w2026-09-03yBOOK