The told & untold history of Mysuru Kingdom

Research and author: Ameen Ahmed The Second Continental Congress of USA representing thirteen British colonies in North America declared independence from Great Britain on 4th July 1776 (ref. 1). As Britain tried to subjugate the fledgling country, the latter looked up to Britain’s enemies to draw inspiration in its own struggle. Thus, the Americans took a keen interest in Britain’s conflict with Mysore Kingdom many thousand miles away. Americans readily found support from France which was keen to get back at Britain for their defeat in the Seven Years’ War of 1754-63 (ref. 2). Many other European powers allied with either English or French in what turned out to be a conflict that was fought across each others’ colonies spanning much of the globe. George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison are among the most important figures that helped form USA and shape its destiny in infancy. These are its founding fathers. 

Research and author: Ameen Ahmed Thomas Jefferson, a founding father of USA and the author of  its independence declaration a recorded Tipu Sultan’s foreign missions in his official correspondence. By Rembrandt Peale - https://www.whitehousehistory.org/galleries/presidential-portraits, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=72792044 Introduction Tipu Sultan was a modern Indian king with a truly international outlook. While his father Haidar Ali recruited European soldiers and even received fighting men from Persia, Tipu went a step ahead. Not only did he continue his military contacts with the Europeans, chiefly the French, he also sent his emissaries on foreign trade and diplomatic missions to Europe and Arabian Peninsula. Aware of the global reach of British, his arch enemy, he relentlessly sought to establish global alliances with political and military powers outside India. The fact that Tipu sent ambassadors to other parts of south Asia,