Tipu Sultan

The Kingdom of Mysore, ruled by the Hindu Wodeyar dynasty from 1399, became the most powerful state in southern India under its Muslim rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan before its defeat by the British in 1799.

Tipu Sultan (1750-1799), the Tiger of Mysore, was a military innovator, administrative reformer, and one of the most formidable opponents of British colonial expansion in India, whose resistance and death at Srirangapatna made him an enduring symbol of defiance.