TIPU-Sher-E-Mysore

Book Details: 

Size: A5, 340 pages, including 40 pages of paintings/photographs.

Printed on premium 70 GSM NS Paper

"One day as a tiger is better than a lifetime as a jackal." 

Few Indians have received such admiration, such hot debate, and such profound misunderstanding as Tipu Sultan. For some he was the indomitable Tiger of Mysore, the ruler who challenged the might of the British East India Company in a country that was largely fragmented. 

To others, he is one of the most controversial figures in our history. But beyond the politics, beyond the headlines, and beyond the inherited stories, there is the story of a remarkable man whose life went a long way toward shaping the future of the Indian subcontinent. This book is a call to uncover that story.

Tipu - Sher-E-Mysore draws on contemporary accounts, Persian chronicles, East India Company records, and modern scholarship to take you on a journey through one of the most dramatic periods in Indian history. This is the story of a ruler who refused to submit to an expanding empire, from his early days under Hyder Ali to the walls of Seringapatam, where he chose to fight until his last breath rather than surrender. But it's a lot more than a biography.

This is the story of India in the eighteenth century: a world of collapsing empires and ambitious kingdoms, military innovation and global diplomacy, and the relentless rise of colonial power. It traces the spectacular administrative reforms of Tipu Sultan, the innovative use of iron-cased rockets, the flourishing commercial networks, the diplomatic missions across Asia and the Middle East, and the wars that changed the destiny of India forever. 

Uncover the little-known story of the sack of Seringapatam, the enormous plunder following the fall of Mysore, the destiny of Tipu Sultan’s legendary wealth, the transfer of military technology from Mysore to Europe, and how colonial narratives have perpetuated the image of one of India’s most formidable rulers across generations. This book is written in an engaging, evidence-based manner, without asking readers to embrace myths or to reject them. Instead, it goes back to its sources, dates events, and puts them into their historical context, and it lets the evidence speak for itself.

Weather you see Tipu Sultan as a fighter, reformer, innovator, or just one of the most intriguing characters of Indian history, this book gives you a glimpse of the man behind the legend.

Why Read This Biography?

History is not to be inherited but comprehended. If you are a student, a history buff, a researcher or just somebody who wants to know fact from fiction, Tipu Sultan provides an immersive journey into the life of one of India’s most extraordinary rulers and the age that changed the subcontinent forever. Meet the Tiger of Mysore not by opinion but by history.