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Tipu Sultan or Krishnaraja Wadiyar? Mysuru Airport naming debate heats up
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The ruling Congress and BJP are confrontational following the proposal to name the Mysuru airport after Tipu Sultan. The BJP unit is opposing the...
Even after Congress’ drubbing in state polls, K’taka CM celebrating Tipu Sultan: LoP Ashoka
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Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka has criticized Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for embracing Tipu Sultan and celebrating him, even after his Congress party...
Andhra Pradesh: Controversy erupts over Tipu Sultan statue in Anantapur; violation of SC order sparks strong protests
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"Andhra Pradesh: Controversy erupts over Tipu Sultan statue in Anantapur; violation of SC order sparks strong protests", Organiser, November 24, 2023:
"In Karnataka, controversy surrounds...
How Tipu Sultan brutally massacred 800 Iyengar Brahmins, children and women included, on Deepawali in Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Srirangapatna
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Sitting in my office with a guy from Melkote village of K'taka, I was discussing how Tipu massacred 800 Iyengar brahmins of Melkote on...
Maharashtra: Salman praises Tipu Sultan, shows Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bowing before the Islamic tyrant, booked
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"Maharashtra: Salman praises Tipu Sultan, shows Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bowing before the Islamic tyrant, booked", Opindia, November 3, 2023:
"Recently, Maharashtra Police booked a person...
Shivamogga (Karnataka): Islamists pelt stones, display Tipu Sultan cutout killing Hindus, Aurangzeb posters at Eid procession
On October 1st, Shivamogga, Karnataka, experienced a disturbing episode of communal unrest when individuals participating in the Milad un-Nabi/Id-e-Milad procession resorted to stone-pelting, leaving...
How idealising Aurangzeb, Tipu Sultan undermine syncretic, pluralistic culture of Indian subcontinent
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"How idealising Aurangzeb, Tipu Sultan undermine syncretic, pluralistic culture of Indian subcontinent", First Post, June 16, 2023:
"The city of Kolhapur in Maharashtra erupted in...
Tipu Sultan was a barbaric jihadi who invited foreign invaders to Islamize Bharat
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Was Tipu Sultan a “freedom fighter” who fought the British to free Bharat from colonial rule? Historical records show he fought the British not...
New film ‘Tipu’ announced – will show the real face of the the tyrannical Mysore sultan
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Days before the Karnataka Assembly polls, where the name of Tipu Sultan keeps getting invoked by his right-wing critics, the makers of 'Tipu', the...
Islamic invaders never ruled more than 70% of Bharat, their 500-year interrupted rule was an era of constant resistance which Bharatiyas finally won
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Even the most aware Bharatiya's somehow seem to subconsciously consider all Turkic rule in Bharatiya subcontinent as “Mughal”. And that they ruled “Bharat” for...