Fight for freedom in south India - Srirangapatna uprising of 1857 CE
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 ...