Tipu Sultan
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Shivaji-Tipu comparison row: Rs 10 lakh bounty announced to cut Maharashtra Congress Chief's tongue
Maharashtra | Feb 15, 2026, 02:15 PM ISTThe controversy began after Sapkal commented on a separate dispute over the installation of Tipu Sultan’s photograph at the Malegaon Municipal Corporation.
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Tipu Sultan's Palace in Chikkaballapur defaced, gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's name carved on wall
India | Oct 28, 2025, 01:53 PM ISTMiscreants defaced Tipu Sultan’s historic Summer Palace at Nandigiridhama in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur taluk, engraving the name of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi on one of its ancient walls.
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'Tipu Sultan is very complex figure in history', says EAM Dr S Jaishankar | VIDEO
India | Dec 01, 2024, 11:44 AM ISTJaishankar further emphasised that Indian history has focused more on Tipu Sultan's battles with the British, and "underplaying" or "neglecting" other aspects of his rule.
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UK: Queen Camilla unveils portrait of Tipu Sultan's descendant who helped British forces during WWII
World | Aug 30, 2023, 08:04 PM ISTNoor Inayat Khan served as an undercover agent for the British forces and was captured by German forces in 1943. She was shot dead at Dachau concentration camp next year.
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Maharashtra: Bulldozer razes illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan, security stepped up
Maharashtra | Jun 10, 2023, 11:38 AM ISTMaharashtra: An illegal memorial of Tipu Sultan was bulldozed in Maharashtra's Dhule city built by an AIMIM MLA in the middle of the road.
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Karnataka Election: Why does Tipu become 'alive' in every election, Why the tension about Tipu Sulta
News | Apr 27, 2023, 06:45 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi today gave the victory mantra to the workers of Karnataka. PM is going to campaign in the election field tomorrow. Now only two weeks are left for voting.
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'I am taking Tipu Sultan's name, let me see what...'- Owaisi targets PM Modi on Kateel's remark
Karnataka | Feb 16, 2023, 10:20 AM ISTAssaduddin Owaisi asked PM Modi will he take action against Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel who allegedly made a provocative remark on Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan?
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'Will cut your tongue': Karnataka BJP MLA gets threat over remarks against Tipu Sultan
India | Aug 25, 2022, 08:12 AM ISTKarnataka news: Earlier on Tuesday, senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa accused minorities of sparking communal tension in Shivamogga.
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Aaj Ki Baat: Clashes over posters of Savarkar and Tipu Sultan, Stoning and Lathicharge in Karnataka
Aaj Ki Baat | Aug 17, 2022, 09:58 AM ISTA 20-year-old youth was stabbed in Karnataka's Shivamogga district on Monday. The attack took place after a clash broke out in the district as some members of the Muslim community tried replacing posters of Veer Savarkar with that of Tipu Sultan. Watch this episode of Aaj Ki Baat.
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Karnataka: Man stabbed in Shivamogga after clash over Veer Savarkar, Tipu Sultan posters; 4 arrested
India | Aug 16, 2022, 08:35 AM ISTKarnataka clashes: The attack took place after a clash broke out in the district as some members of the Muslim community tried replacing posters of Veer Savarkar with that of Tipu Sultan.
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BJP opposes 'naming' of Mumbai garden after Tipu Sultan; minister says name is around for long
India | Jan 26, 2022, 08:03 PM ISTMaharashtra minister Aslam Shaikh who inaugurated new facilities at the garden in Malvani area stated that it always bore the name of Tipu Sultan, and there was no fresh nomenclature.
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'BJP has hidden agenda': DK Shivakumar on Karnataka curtailing chapter on Tipu Sultan
News | Jul 29, 2020, 09:10 PM ISTThe President of Karnataka Congress, DK Shivakumar commented over curtailing chapters on Tipu Sultan, Hyder Ali from the class 7 social science textbook in the state.
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Panel recommends retaining chapters on Tipu in Karnataka textbooks
India | Dec 12, 2019, 05:39 PM ISTThe Committee, comprising historians and academicians, submitted its report on December 9 to the then Karnataka Textbook Society chairman H N Gopalakrishna.
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Reconsider ban on Tipu Jayanti: HC asks Karnataka govt
India | Nov 06, 2019, 10:57 PM ISTThe HC declined to stay the ban on Hazrat Tipu Jayanti and sought in public interest litigation (PIL), which was filed to challenge the government's decision to cancel the November 10 Tipu Jayanti celebrations as a state event.
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Karnataka to remove Tipu Sultan lesson from school syllabus
India | Oct 30, 2019, 04:43 PM ISTThe BJP government in Karnataka would remove the lesson on the 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan from school history books as he was a "tyrant" and prosecuted the Hindus, state Chief Minister B.S. Yedyiurappa said on Wednesday.
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Tipu Sultan Jayanti: Protest by BJP mars celebrations; Karnataka CM, Deputy CM skip event
India | Nov 10, 2018, 03:16 PM ISTTipu Jayanthi is celebrated to observe the birth anniversary of controversial 18th-century ruler of the erstwhile Mysore kingdom, Tipu Sultan.
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Tipu Sultan Jayanti: Protesting BJP workers in Hubli, Madikeri detained; Section 144 in Hubli, Dharwad, Kodagu
India | Nov 10, 2018, 07:17 PM ISTThe celebration of Tipu Jayanti is being particularly opposed by people from the Kodagu region of Karnataka citing incidents of violence that occurred in Kodagu in 2015 during celebrations and the historical animosity among the people of the region towards the 18th-century ruler.
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Karnataka: Security tightened across state ahead of Tipu Jayanti celebrations, section 144 imposed in several areas
India | Nov 09, 2018, 10:17 PM ISTEarlier in the day, the BJP staged protests asking the authorities to drop the event.
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Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy decides to skip Tipu Jayanti celebrations, cites health reasons
India | Nov 09, 2018, 12:59 PM ISTKumaraswamy had opposed the celebrations for the 18th-century king Tipu Sultan when he was in opposition during the previous Congress regime headed by Siddaramaiah. But he recently decided to go ahead with the event.
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Karnataka elections: Congress celebrating 'Jayantis of Sultans' for vote bank politics, says PM Modi
May 06, 2018, 01:35 PM ISTModi was apparently referring to the Siddaramaiah government's controversial decision to celebrate "Tipu Jayanti" every year on November 10.