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The entirety of Tipu's Myth comes from a book that was written by Bhagwan S Gidwani's book, the Sword of Tipu, that was not based on ANY historical source, which was then popularised by a TV series of the same name made by one Sanjay Khan.

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1. William Logan gives in his Malabar Manual a long list of temples destroyed by Tipu Sultan and his army.

"Kozhikode was then a centre of Brahmins. There were around 7000 Namboodiri houses of which more than 2000 houses were destroyed by Tipu Sultan in Kozhikode alone.

Sultan did not spare even children and women. Menfolk escaped to forests and neighbouring principalities. Mappilas increased many fold (due to forcible conversion).

"During the military regime of Tipu Sultan, Hindus were forcibly circumcised and converted to Muhammadan faith. As a result the number of Nairs and Brahmins declined substantially."

2. So far as the history of Malabar region is concerned, the most dependable book for basic historical facts is definitely the Malabar Manual written by William Logan. Serving in various administrative positions including that of a Collector for 20 years upto 1886,

he had gone through and extensively researched a variety of documents for preparing his well-acclaimed book.There are plenty of references in the Malabar Manual about the cruel military operations and Islamic atrocities of Tipu Sultan in Malabar-forcible mass circumcision and

conversion, large-scale killings, looting and destruction of 100s of Hindu temples, and other barbarities.

If one accepts even a small portion of the Islamic atrocities described in this monumental work of history, then Tipu Sultan can be depicted only as a fanatic Muslim bigote

The historical works of Col. Wilks (Historical Sketches), K.P. Padmanabha Menon and Sardar K.M. Panicker (Kerala History), Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai (research articles) and other, also do not project Tipu Sultan is any better light.

One of the leading congressman of pre-independence days, K. Madhava Nair, observes on page 14 of his famous book, Malabar Kalapam (Mappila outrage) : “The communal Mappila outrage of 1921 in Malabar could be easily traced to the forcible mass conversion...

and related islamic atrocities of Tipu Sultan during his cruel military regime from 1783 to 1792. It is doubtful whether the Hindus of Kerala had ever suffered so much devastation and atrocities since the reclamation of Kerala by the Parashuram in a previous Era.

Many thousands of Hindus were forcefully converted into Muhammadan faith. In 1789, Tipu Sultan marched to Kozhikode with army of 60,000, destroyed the fort, and razed the town to the ground. Gunddart says in his Kerala Pazhama that it is just not possible to describe...

the cruel atrocities perpetrated by the barbarian Tipu Sultan in Kozhikode.

3. Oops opposition to foreign powers need not always be due to love for one's country. to achieve his selfish goal and to face the British forces,...

Tipu Sultan sought the assistance of another foreign power, the French, who were manoeuvring to establish their own domination in the country. How is it possible, therefore, for Tipu Sultan to be an enemy of foreign forces when he himself had sought help from Napoleon.

4. Besides, he also wanted to establish Islamic rule in the country; to achieve that he had to first defeat the British. For this purpose, Tipu Sultan solicited the assistance of Muslim countries like Persia, Afghanistan and Turkey.

There were a few Brahmin astrologers in Sree Ranganatha Swami Temple. They predicted that if some of the suggested remedial rituals were performed, Tipu would achieve his cherished ambition.

Believing that he could become the undisputed ruler of the whole South India, after defeating the British, he performed all the suggested rituals in the Sree Ranganath Swami Temple, besides giving costly presents to the astrologers.

5. Mysorean, M.A. Gopal Rao, stated a few years ago in one of his articles : ‘In a deliberately designed taxation scheme, the religious prejudice of Tipu Sultan became quite clear. His co-religionists, Muslim, were exempted from house tax, commodity tax and also the levy on other

item of household use. Those who were converted to Muhammadanism, were also given similar tax exemptions. He had even made provisions for the education of their children. Tipu Sultan discontinued the pratice of appointing Hindus in different adminstrative and military jobs...

As practised by his father, Hyder Ali Khan, in the past. He had deep hatred towards all non-Muslims. During the entire period of sixteen years of his regime, Purnaiyya was the only Hindu who had adorned the post of Dewan or minister under Tipu Sultan.

In 1797 (two year before his death) among the 65 senior Government posts, not even a single Hindu was retained. All the Mustadirs were also Muslims. Among the 26 civil and military officers captured by the British in 1792 there were only 6 non-Muslims.

In 1789, when the Nizam of Hyderabad and other Muslim rulers decided that only Muslims would be appointed henceforth in all Government post, Tipu Sultan also adopted the same policy in his Mysore State.

Just because they were Muslims, even those who were illiterate and inefficient, were also appointed to important Government posts. Even for getting promotions, on still had to be Muslim under Tipu Sultan's regime. Considering the interest and convenience of only Muslim officers,

all the records relating to tax revenue, were ordered to be writter in Persian rather than in Marathi & Kannada as followed earlier. He ever tried to make Persian the state language in place of Kannada. In the end all the Govt. posts were filled by lazy and irresponsible Muslims.

As a consequence the people had to suffer a great deal because of those fun-seeking and irresponsible Muslim officers. The Muslim officers, occupying important posts at all levels, were all dishonest and unreliable persons.

Even when people complained to him with evidences against those officers, Tipu Sultan did not care to inquire about the complaints lodged.

6. The cruelties which Tipu Sultan committed in Coorg, has no parallel in history. On one occasion, he forcibly converted over ten thousand Hindus to Muhammadanism.

On another occasion, he captured and converted to Islam more than one thousand Hindu Coorgis before imprisoning them in the Sreerangapatanam fortress. In the period of confusion and anarchy prevailing in Sreerangapatanam during the last war of Tipu Sultan against the British,...

all the Coorgi prisoners escaped from the prison and became Hindus again after reaching their native kingdom. Against the solemn oath given to the Raja of Coorg, Tipu Sultan forcibly abducted a young princess from the Coorg royal family and made her his wife against her will.

The atrocities committed by Tipu Sultan in Bidnur in North Karnataka during and after its capture by him, were most barbarous and beyond description. Ayaz Khan who was Kammaran Nambiar from Chirackal Kingdom before his forcible conversion to Islam by Hyder Ali Khan,

had been appointed as Governor of Bidnur. Tipu Sultan was jealous of and opposed to Ayaz Khan from the very beginning because Hyder Ali Khan had considered the latter more intelligent and smart. When Ayaz Khan learnt that Tipu Sultan was scheming to kill him secretly,

he escaped to Bombay with plenty of gold. Tipu Sultan came to Bednur and forcibly converted its entire population to Islam. The people accepted Islam for the sake of their lives.

After the capture of Mangalore, 1000s of Christians were also forcibly sent to Sreerangapatanam...

where all of them were circumcised and converted to Islam. Tipu Sultan's justification was that during the Portuguese domination, prior to the arrival of the British, many Muslims had been converted to Christianity by their Missionaries.

He proudly proclaimed his action as a sort of punishment for the conversion of many Muslims by the Portuguese. Then he marched upto Kumbla on the northern borders of Kerala, forcibly converting to Islam every Hindu on the way.

7. Thali, Thiruvannur, Varackal, Puthur, Govindapuram, Thalikkunnu and other important temples in the town of Kozhikode as well as those nearby were completely destroyed as a result of Tipu's military operations.

Some of them were reconstructed by the Zamorin after he returned following the defeat of Tipu Sultan in Sreerangapatanam and the treaty of 1792. The devastation caused by Tipu Sultan to the ancient and holy temples of Keraladheeswaram, Thrikkandiyoor and Thriprangatu in Vettum...

region was terrible. The Zamorin renovated these temples to some extent. The famous and ancient Thirunavaya Temple, known throughout the country as an ancient teaching-centre of Vedas, revered by rhe devotees of Vishnu from Tamil Nadu, and existing before the advent of Christ,...

was also plundered and destroyed by Tipu's army (Malabar Gazetteer). After dismantling and destroying the idol, Tipu converted the Thrikkavu Temple into an ammunition depot in Ponnani (Malabar Manual). It was the Zamorin who repaired the temple later.

Kotikkunnu, Thrithala, Panniyoor and other family temples of the Zamorin were plundered and destroyed. The famous Sukapuram Temple was also desecrated. Damage done to the Perumparampu Temple and Maranelira Temple of Azhvancherry Thamprakkalal...

(titular head of all Namboodiri Brahmins) in Edappadu, can be seen even today. Vengari Temple & Thrikkulam Temple in Eranadu, Azhinjillam Temple in Ramanattukara, Indyannur Temple, Mannur Temple and many other temples were defiled & damaged extensively during the military regime.

8. Tipu Sultan reached Guruvayoor Temple only after destroying Mammiyoor Temple and Palayur Christian Church. If the destruction caused by Tipu's army is not visible today in the Guruvayoor Temple, it is mainly because of the intervention of Hydrose Kutty who had been converted..

to Islam by Hyder Ali Khan. He secured the safety of the temple and the continuation of land-tax exemption allowed by Hyder Ali earlier, besides the renovation and repairs done by the devotees later. According to available evidences, fearing the wrath of Tipu Sultan,

the sacred idol of the Guruvayoor Temple was removed to the Ambalapuzha Sri Krishna Temple in Travancore state. It was only after the end of Tipu's military regime, that the idol was ceremoniously reinstated in the Guruvayoor Temple itself.

Even today, daily pujas are conducted in Ambalapuzha Sri Krishna Temple where the idol of Guruvayoor Temple was temporarily installed and worshipped. Damages caused to the nearby temples at Parampathali, Panmayanadu and Vengidangu are visible even today.

The deplorable state of the architecture of the sanctum sanctorum of Parampathali Temple destroyed during the military operations of Tipu Sultan is really heart-rending. The atrocities committed in Kozhikode during the nightmarish days of the military occupation...

are vividly described in the works of Fra Bartolomaeo who had travelled through Kerala at that time. How cruelly Tipu Sultan, ably assisted by the French commander M. Lally, had treated the Hindu and Christian population can be clearly understood from his writings.

9. Tipu's own words -“With the Grace of Prophet Muhammad and Allah, almost all Hindus of Calicut have been converted to Islam. Only on the borders of Cochin State, a few Hindus are still not converted. I am greatly determined to convert them soon. I consider this as Jihad...

to achieve that objective”

10. Father Bartholomew, an eyewitness records-“Most men and women were hanged in Calicut, Mothers were hanged with their children tied to their necks, Hindus & Christians were tied to the legs of the Elephants and the Elephants were made to move around

...till the bodies of the helpless victims were torn to pieces”

11. Tipu gave Islamic Names to Hindu cities, Sakleshpur was called Manjarabad. Changed units of Weight, Distance and Time so that it corresponded to some aspect of Prophet Muhammad's life.

Tipu made a new calendar and named each year after a Synonym of Prophet Muhammad.

12. The Kerala Oral tradition remembers Tipu as Paraiottam which means the “Military March” where he literally burnt down Kozhikode and Malabar. Kushalnagar, Tallakaveri, Midikeri, Napoklu were...

burnt to the ground by Tipu.

13. Your majesty would soon proceed to prosecuted a Holy war against infidels, should those infidel Brahmins (referring Marathas), direct their power, the Hands of the Heroes of the Faith of our Muslim soldiers in this part of the world,

shall be raised for their punishment.... Delhi the seat of government of the Muhammadan faith, has been reduced to this state of ruins. We should unite.. ansld free these regions of Hindustan in service of Islam.

Tipu Sultan himself to Zaman Shah (king of Afghanistan) in 1794

14. Oral tradition of Karnataka and Kerala have this view of Tipu, in Coorg and Sakleshpur region, street dogs are named after Tipu and Melukote lyengars to this day do not celebrate Diwali, because killed 10000 of them on Diwali.

Does @AHVBJP even know what he was taking about?

He literally whitewashed the persecution, desecration of temples and mass genocide committed by Tipu Sultan. @BJP4Karnataka has completely gone bonkers!

What's the need of glorifying Tipu? @blsanthosh @rammadhavbjp @jpnadda @shivprakashbjp @amitshah @narendramodi @BJP4India