The design may have been inspired by the death in 1792 of Hugh Munro , son of General Sir Hector Munro , who had commanded a division during Sir Eyre Coote 's victory at the Battle of Porto Novo ( Parangipettai ) in 1781 when Hyder Ali , Tipu Sultan 's father , was defeated with a loss of 10,000 men during the Second Anglo-Mysore War .
The design is inspired by the death of Hugh Munro , son of General Sir Hector Munro , who had defeated Tipu in battle .