father predecessor successor succession mother religion birth_place death_date death_place title burial_place birth_date coronation image article_title name reign
hyder ali khan hyder ali krishnaraja wodeyar iii sultan of mysore fatima fakhr-un-nisa islam devanahalli , present-day bangalore , karnataka 4 may 1799 srirangapatna , present-day karnataka badshah nasib ad-dawlah fath ali khan bahadur srirangapatna 42 50 e inline , title , present-day karnataka 12 24 36 n 76 20 november 1750 29 december 1782 tipu sultan bl.jpg tipu sultan
 tipu ನ sultan ur ಟ ಪ ಪ ಸ ಲ ತ 29 1799 december 1782 & nbsp ; -- 4 may
tipu sultan

tipu sultan -lrb- urdu : ٹیپو سلطان , kannada : ಟ ಪ ಪ ಸ ಲ ತ ನ -rrb- -lrb- 20 november 1750 -- 4 may 1799 -rrb- , also known as the tiger of mysore , dipu sultan and tipu sahib , was a ruler of the kingdom of mysore , scholar and poet , recognized as one of the greatest south asian rulers of all time .
he was the eldest son of sultan hyder ali of mysore .
tipu introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule , including his coinage , a new mauludi lunisolar calendar , and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of mysore silk industry .
tipu expanded the iron-cased mysorean rockets and wrote the military manual fathul mujahidin , considered a pioneer in the use of rocket artillery .
he deployed the rockets against advances of british forces and their allies in their 1792 and 1799 siege of srirangapatna .
napoleon , the french commander-in-chief who later became emperor , sought an alliance with tipu .
in alliance with the french in their struggle with the british , and in mysore 's struggles with other surrounding powers , both tipu and his father used their french trained army against the marathas , sira , and rulers of malabar , kodagu , bednore , carnatic , and travancore .
during tipu 's childhood , his father rose to take power in mysore , and upon his father 's death in 1782 , tipu succeeded to a large kingdom bordered by the krishna river in the north , the eastern ghats in the east , and the arabian sea in the west .
he won important victories against the british in the second anglo-mysore war , and negotiated the 1784 treaty of mangalore with them after his father hyder ali suddenly died from cancer in december 1782 during the second anglo-mysore war .
tipu engaged in expansionist attacks against his neighbours .
he remained an implacable enemy of the british east india company , bringing them into renewed conflict with his attack on british-allied travancore in 1789 .
in the third anglo-mysore war , tipu was forced into a humiliating treaty , losing a number of previously conquered territories , including malabar and mangalore .
he sent emissaries to foreign states , including the ottoman turkey , afghanistan , and france , in an attempt to rally opposition to the british .
in the fourth anglo-mysore war , the combined forces of the british east india company and the nizam of hyderabad defeated tipu , and he was killed on 4 may 1799 while defending his fort of srirangapatna .
the karnataka government has been lately trying to portray tipu sultan as a state hero .
he is regarded a hero in pakistan as well , and the pns tippu sultan ships of the pakistan navy are named after him .
but outside the old region of mysore , in some south indian regions such as kodagu , malabar , and dakshina kannada , tipu has been accused of religious bigotry .
