Tipu Sultan Celebrations

Tipu Sultan is, once again, at the centre of a Congress vs BJP squabble in Karnataka, after a MLA from the ruling party proposed naming the airport in Mysuru after the 18th century ruler.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday once again targeted the Congress during campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka and dubbed the party's leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar as "family members" of Tipu Sultan.

In August, the Karnataka High Court had allowed Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations to go ahead at Hubbali's Eidgah ground, triggering a huge row.

Tipu Sultan was the 18th-century Mysore ruler who is popularly known as the Tiger of Mysore and Tipu Sahib. The Karnataka government in 2015, led by former Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, decided to celebrate Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary on November 20 as Tipu Jayanti - describing the ruler as one of the earliest freedom fighters. Tipu Ja...

The Karnataka High Court today asked the BJP government in the state to reconsider its decision to scrap Tipu Jayanti, the birth anniversary celebrations of 18th-century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, and submit its response in January. The verdict came on a petition filed by a group of activists against the decision taken by the BS Yediyurappa governme...

The birthday of 18th century ruler Tipu Sultan will no longer be celebrated as an official festival in Karnataka, in keeping with a directive from the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government today. The BJP opposes any celebration related to Tipu Sultan on the grounds that he was a "tyrant".

The Mysuru-Kodagu seat in southern Karnataka covers the areas earlier ruled by the Wodeyars of Mysuru, Chikkaveera Rajendra of Kodagu and the descendants of Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan was revived in public memory, after Karnataka decided a few years ago, under a Congress government, to celebrate his birth anniversary -- a decision that was opposed by...

Amid protests and tough resistance from the BJP, the new coalition government in Karnataka is going ahead with its official celebrations of the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is reportedly unwell, and his deputy stayed away from the celebrations. The BJP has attacked the government for what it calls as the ruli...

The BJP in Karnataka on Friday said that the decision of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to stay away from the official birth anniversary celebration of Tipu Sultan tomorrow has exposed the "duplicity" of the ruling alliance

Ahead of Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary, former chief minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa called the state government's celebrations a gimmick to appease the Muslim community.

The Karnataka government today charged BJP with trying to disturb communal harmony over the issue of 'Tipu Jayanti' celebrations on November 10 and warned of stern action against those trying to violate law and order that day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took on Karnataka's Congress government led by Siddaramaiah, accusing it of celebrating the "jayantis of Sultans" for the sake of "vote bank politics". The reference was to the government's decision to celebrate the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan, which has split the state down the middle for the last three year...

After the BJP victory in Gujarat assembly elections, Yogi Adityanath, one of the party's top drawer campaigners, set the tone for the assembly polls in Karnataka that will be held early next year. The saffron-robed chief minister of Uttar Pradesh flagged off the BJP's Parivartana Yatra in North Karnataka's Hubbali on Thursday with a scathing attack...

Tipu Sultan is remembered for many technological and administrative innovations.

Tipu Sultan died in 1799, but it was only in 2015 that the state government decided to officially celebrate his birthday while describing him as one of the earliest freedom fighters. However, the decision met with resistance from the right wing which sees him as a bigoted tyrant who forcefully converted thousands and killed thousands.

Tipu Sultan is, once again, at the centre of a Congress vs BJP squabble in Karnataka, after a MLA from the ruling party proposed naming the airport in Mysuru after the 18th century ruler.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday once again targeted the Congress during campaigning in poll-bound Karnataka and dubbed the party's leaders Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar as "family members" of Tipu Sultan.

In August, the Karnataka High Court had allowed Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations to go ahead at Hubbali's Eidgah ground, triggering a huge row.

Tipu Sultan was the 18th-century Mysore ruler who is popularly known as the Tiger of Mysore and Tipu Sahib. The Karnataka government in 2015, led by former Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, decided to celebrate Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary on November 20 as Tipu Jayanti - describing the ruler as one of the earliest freedom fighters. Tipu Ja...

The Karnataka High Court today asked the BJP government in the state to reconsider its decision to scrap Tipu Jayanti, the birth anniversary celebrations of 18th-century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, and submit its response in January. The verdict came on a petition filed by a group of activists against the decision taken by the BS Yediyurappa governme...

The birthday of 18th century ruler Tipu Sultan will no longer be celebrated as an official festival in Karnataka, in keeping with a directive from the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government today. The BJP opposes any celebration related to Tipu Sultan on the grounds that he was a "tyrant".

The Mysuru-Kodagu seat in southern Karnataka covers the areas earlier ruled by the Wodeyars of Mysuru, Chikkaveera Rajendra of Kodagu and the descendants of Tipu Sultan. Tipu Sultan was revived in public memory, after Karnataka decided a few years ago, under a Congress government, to celebrate his birth anniversary -- a decision that was opposed by...

Amid protests and tough resistance from the BJP, the new coalition government in Karnataka is going ahead with its official celebrations of the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan. Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is reportedly unwell, and his deputy stayed away from the celebrations. The BJP has attacked the government for what it calls as the ruli...

The BJP in Karnataka on Friday said that the decision of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to stay away from the official birth anniversary celebration of Tipu Sultan tomorrow has exposed the "duplicity" of the ruling alliance

Ahead of Tipu Sultan's birth anniversary, former chief minister of Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa called the state government's celebrations a gimmick to appease the Muslim community.

The Karnataka government today charged BJP with trying to disturb communal harmony over the issue of 'Tipu Jayanti' celebrations on November 10 and warned of stern action against those trying to violate law and order that day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took on Karnataka's Congress government led by Siddaramaiah, accusing it of celebrating the "jayantis of Sultans" for the sake of "vote bank politics". The reference was to the government's decision to celebrate the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan, which has split the state down the middle for the last three year...

After the BJP victory in Gujarat assembly elections, Yogi Adityanath, one of the party's top drawer campaigners, set the tone for the assembly polls in Karnataka that will be held early next year. The saffron-robed chief minister of Uttar Pradesh flagged off the BJP's Parivartana Yatra in North Karnataka's Hubbali on Thursday with a scathing attack...

Tipu Sultan is remembered for many technological and administrative innovations.

Tipu Sultan died in 1799, but it was only in 2015 that the state government decided to officially celebrate his birthday while describing him as one of the earliest freedom fighters. However, the decision met with resistance from the right wing which sees him as a bigoted tyrant who forcefully converted thousands and killed thousands.