Mysore King Tipu Sultan is at the center of a controversy in Mumbai with the BJP claiming that Congress leader and Mumbai Suburban Minister Aslam Shaikh is planning to name a playground in the Muslim dominated Malwani locality after the 17th century ruler.
About
Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India.
He introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including a new coinage system and calendar and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry.
Tipu is credited as the pioneer of Rocket Technology in India.
He expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin.
He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Battle of Pollilur and Siege of Seringapatam.
Tipu's conflicts with his neighbours included the Maratha–Mysore War which ended with the signing of the Treaty of
In the Third Anglo-Mysore War, he was forced into the Treaty of Seringapatam, losing a number of previously conquered territories, including Malabar and Mangalore.
He sent emissaries to foreign states, including the Ottoman Empire, Afghanistan, and France, in an attempt to rally opposition to the British.
In the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, a combined force of British East India Company troops supported by the Marathas & the Nizam of Hyderabad defeated Tipu.
He helped restore the Sringeri Sharada Mutt which was destroyed by the Marathas.
