The told & untold history of Mysuru Kingdom

Research and author: Ameen Ahmed The Vellore Mutiny by late Tipu's family and his supporters in 1806  CE is quite familiar to history lovers in this part of the world. What is not known is that 58 years after his death people of Srirangapatna gathered at Tipu Sultan's mausoleum and hope to free India from the clutches of British imperialism. In this story let's learn about a rare spark of India's first war of independence in the country's south and how it is connected to the practise of a martial race of India being allowed to carry weapons to this day.  The mausoleum housing the graves of Mysore rulers Haidar Ali and his son Tipu Sultan. Lewin B. Bowring wrote in 1893 that Muslims of Srirangapatna gathered here in 1857 to pray and dream of freeing Mysore Kingdom from British rule Pic: Author The year 1857 CE is widely considered as India's beginning of fight for its freedom from British occupation. In that sense people who participated in this struggle ...

Introduction There is a belief in today's mainstream political discourse in India that the Maratha Empire favoured ' Hindu nationalism '. This essay highlights how  during their repeated invasions of Karnataka (Mysore Kingdom) in 17th and 18th centuries CE, Maratha soldiers committed sexual violence against Hindu Kannadiga women, after  having deliberately destroyed dozens of towns and temples . There was also an instance when the Peshwa Maratha camp purified its entire camp after a member of Maratha Army's Brahmin advisor near had a sexual intercourse with a married Dalit woman near Shivamogga (Shimoga), around  Jan. 3, 1792 when  the town was captured from Tipu Sultan's army.  'Sketch of the advanced guard of the Mahratta army, coming to join Earl Cornwallis, near Seringapatam 26th May 1791' (1).  Source : James Rennell, 1792, Downloaded from the website of Royal Collection Trust on Aug. 25, 2020    Witnessing the Maratha Emp...