
Tipu's father, Hyder Ali, rose to power and Tipu succeeded him as the ruler of Mysore upon his father's death in 1782. Both Tipu Sultan and his father used their French-trained army in alliance with the French in their struggle with the British, and in Mysore's struggles with other surrounding powers, against the Marathas, Sira, and rulers of Malabar, Kodagu, Bednore, Carnatic, and Travancore.

Napoleon Bonaparte, the French commander-in-chief, sought an alliance with Tipu Sultan. He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Battle of Pollilur and Siege of Seringapatam. He expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin. He introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including a new coinage system and calendar, and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry. Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu, 01 December 1751 – ), also known as Tipu Sahab or the Tiger of Mysore, was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India and a pioneer of rocket artillery. Shezada Hyder Ali, Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib and many othersīadshah Nasib-ud-Daulah Sultan Mir Fateh Ali Bahadur Saheb Tipu Many right-wing organisations and BJP leaders have met Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar to change the garden's name.īJP MP Manoj Kotak said, "Before this when I proposed that the Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road flyover be named ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Flyover’, then Shiv Sena MP named this flyover after Sufi saint Sultan-ul-Hind Khwaja Garib Nawaz (Moinuddin Sufi Chishti- Ajmeri)".Srirangapatna, present-day Mandya, Karnatakaġ2☂4′36″N 76☄2′50″E / 12.41000°N 76.71389☎ / 12.41000 76.71389 Coordinates: 12☂4′36″N 76☄2′50″E / 12.41000°N 76.71389☎ / 12.41000 76.71389 BMC, however, now says that naming the garden is still pending. The suggestion was accepted and sent to the committee for its approval. The BMC is spending around Rs 2 crore on the project and the contractor has been given an 18-month deadline to finish the work.Īccording to the proposal, in January 2021, Rukhsana Siddique from the Samajwadi Party had written a letter to the Markets and Garden Committee to name the garden after Tipu Sultan.

The revamp of the two-acre garden, plagued by encroachment and anti-social activities, at Saahi Naka, near Deonar Dumping ground, will be completed by December.

BMC, however, said that the name is proposed and is yet to be passed. BJP has alleged that civic body BMC has passed a proposal to name the garden after Tipu Sultan.
