[Q/A] Tipu Sultan: The Whitewashing Of A Tyranny In South India | Sandeep Balakrishna | #SangamTalks
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History writing, especially about the medieval Muslim rule has been fraught with political correctness, controversy, and in several cases, downright falsification. This has occurred mostly with official state patronage. As a result, any attempts to correct this course has been virulently opposed with the result that most urban-educated Indians have now internalized a politically correct version of Indian history.
The history of Tipu Sultan too, stands as a glaring instance of this distorted historical narrative. Indeed, we have seen, read, and heard about a lot of people claiming to be freedom fighters and receiving pensions from the Government. Several of these worthies would not have been born before Independence yet they succeed in such blatant manipulations. Tipu Sultan is widely known as the Tiger of Mysore. Indeed, the image of Tipu battling a tiger barehanded crosses the mind whenever his name is mentioned. But is this the truth? Was Tipu Sultan truly the freedom fighter as he has been portrayed? What exactly is his record of fighting the British? Was he really a freedom fighter as is widely claimed? This lecture answers these questions and exposes numerous other such myths.
About Speaker:
Sandeep Balakrishna is a veteran writer, author, editor, speaker, columnist and independent researcher for about 20 years writing on Indian Philosophy, Literature, Indian History, Temples, and Indian Culture. During the course of this period, he has authored over 800 articles, essays, critiques and academic papers and delivered lectures articles on numerous topics in these areas. He writes in both English and Kannada. His articles, columns and research papers have appeared in prestigious journals, newspapers and magazines in both print and digital format and cited by the BBC, India Today, DailyO, Firstpost, Swarajya, Prekshaa Journal, Mint, CNN, and Outlook, among others.
He is the author of the bestselling History book titled, “Tipu Sultan: The Tyrant of Mysore,” which has been widely referenced and quoted in mainstream publications and Television programmes. He has translated well-known scholars and writers from Kannada to English. He has translated Padmashri and National Professor, Dr. S L Bhyrappa’s path-breaking Kannada novel, “Aavarana” into English, currently in its tenth reprint.
Sandeep Balakrishna is also a Fellow of the Indian Council for Philosophical Research.
Misc:
· Contributing Editor: Prekshaa Journal
· Founder and Chief Editor: The Dharma Dispatch
Listed below are some of the important papers and articles that have been published so far.
Books:
1. Tipu Sultan: The Tyrant of Mysore, 2013, Rare Publications, Chennai. With a foreword by Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh.
2. A Concise History of the Madurai Sultanate, 2014, Rare Publications, Chennai.
3. Seventy Years of Secularism: Unpopular Essays on the Unofficial Political Religion of India, 2018, Indus University, Ahmedabad.
Subtopics:
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1:15 Why no one talks about other sultans like Sultan of Bijapur?
2:08 Please put some light on the misconception that Tipu has done something good for the Shringeri Sharda Peetham
6:04 Have you spoken with educated Muslims in Karnataka about the truth of Tipu and what’s their response for this?
7:52 How did the myth of Tipu as rocket scientist crop up?
8:59 Religious composition of Tipu’s army
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