Who Was Tipu Sultan?

Tipu Sultan (Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, known as the Tiger of Mysore) was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799.

• Born 20 November 1750 in Devanahalli, Karnataka; son of Hyder Ali
• Fought in all four Anglo-Mysore Wars (1767–1799) against British expansion
• Introduced one of the world's first military rocket systems Mysorean rockets
• Signed the Treaty of Mangalore (1784) one of the few treaties where India dictated equal terms to the British
• Killed at the Battle of Seringapatam (4 May 1799) when British forces stormed his capital his death marked the end of Mysore's independence