Tipu Sultan a "very complex figure in history," says EAM S Jaishankar
Vikram Sampath's book 'Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum' at the Indian Habitat Centre here in Delhi. Jaishankar described Tipu Sultan as a «very complex figure in history,» highlighting both his resistance to British colonial control and the controversial aspects of his rule.
Speaking at the event, Jaishankar said, «Tipu Sultan is actually a very, very complex figure in history. On the one hand, he has the reputation as a key figure who resisted the British colonial control over India, and it is a fact that his defeat and death can be considered a turning point when it came to the fate of peninsular India.»
However, Jaishankar also noted the «adverse» effects of Tipu Sultan's rule in the Mysore region. «At the same time, he evokes strong adverse sentiments even today in many regions, some in Mysore itself,» he added.
Jaishankar further emphasized that Indian history has focused more on Tipu Sultan's battles with the British, and «underplaying» or «neglecting» other aspects of his rule. «Contemporary history writing, certainly at the national level, has focused largely on the former, and underplaying, if not neglecting the later. Let's be honest, this was not an accident,» he said.
Asserting that History is complicated, Jaishankar said that «cherry-picking of facts» in the case of Tipu Sultan has led to the advancement of a «political narrative».
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