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Who was Tipu Sultan?

Tipu Sultan was the de-facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799. He is better known as the 'Tiger of Mysore'. His full name was Sultan Fateh Ali Tippu and he was born as the eldest son of Hyder Ali and Fakhr-un-nissa (Fatima Begum)on 20th November, 1750 at Devanahalli near Bangalore. Tipu ascended the throne of his father after his death in 1782, following the Second Mysore War, to then rule the Kingdom of Mysore.


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