Question

Tipu Sultan was the ruler of
1. Hyderabad
2. Madurai
3. Mysore
4. Vijayanagar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Mysore

The correct answer is Mysore.

• Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Mysore Kingdom and he is known as the Tiger of Mysore.
• He reigned from 1782 to 1799.
• Tipu Sultan expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin.
• The French commander-in-chief, Napoleon Bonaparte, sought an alliance with Tipu Sultan.

• He fought the first Anglo Mysore War in 1767-69 at the age of 17 and then Second Angle Mysore in 1780-84.
• He reformed the tax system and imposed tax directly on the peasant and collected through salaried agents in cash.
• Tipu Sahab deployed the rockets against the advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Siege of Seringapatam and the Battle of Pollilur.