Historian Vikram Sampath Exclusive On Tipu Sultan, Explores His Controversial Legacy| Newshour

[@teachersconference8932]

Dr Sampath writes with his brilliance . Wish him greater success ! Cant wait for the next book .

[@drtagare]

Vikram sampath ji has a golden heart

[@literarymusings8886]

Really?

[@rrao7963]

@@literarymusings8886 yes you convert

[@pgkrishnaniyer7606]

The Mandya Aiyangars don't celebrate Diwali even after 150 years. On the black day, Tipu attempted forced conversions, killed the men in thousands , raped the women and took away foung girls.

[@sooriapragass1088]

God bless you Mr VIKRAM SAMPATH for correcting a biased narratives.

[@AshokJayanthi]

And there idolizers of this cruel animalistic leader. Forget that their forefathers were forceconverted at knife point.

[@syamalakona2591]

Melkote people won't celebrate diwali even today remembering that black day of history.

[@MrJothindra]

It all began with Gidwani lionising Tipu in his book,"The Sword of Tipu Sultan. " His library, him chasing the British army to the very gates of Madras, his correspondence with Napoleon, his celebrating the Americans victory over the British, his rockets being more powerful than those of the Britishers, the Tiger toy, him dying fighting , all gave an impresssion that he was a freedom fighter. Only later did we come to know about his darker side: his conversions of hindus, his destroying the temples, his introducing the Persian language as the official language, his torturing the prisoners in Mangalore, his forcing them to walk all the way to srirangapatna, about slaying the Iyengars of Melkote, all came to light much later. The politicians using his name for there own use, is condemnable.

[@AA13494]

he was only fighting for his islamic empire, not india. if he wud hv defeated british, he wud have converted rested of the hindus to islam as well. m glad the britishers won

[@KKJain-v1q]

Karma Entire set of the Tipu s serial was caught fire and destroyed Sanjay Khan was also grievously injured

[@rrao7963]

Still he is alive irony 83 years he is

[@KKJain-v1q]

@rrao7963 paapi chirayu

[@rrao7963]

@@KKJain-v1q we supported Bollywood blindly always Islam dominated never true sanatani became hero we want film on rss

[@surojeetchatterjee]

​@@rrao7963 Bollywood is run by OIC & catholic Countries money through under world from 80s era.

[@rrao7963]

@@surojeetchatterjee yes from 1980s standard decreased in Bollywood film making

[@crypton_8l87]

Thank-you Navikaji for having cpurage of your convictions and becoming a strong voice over the years.

[@kodavatribe]

Tall, well built, brave, beautiful and courageous are just a few words commonly used to describe Kodava race. Kodava tribe has come a long way to earn the title warrior popularly known in Indian army as Kodava Warriors. The history of Kodavas is definitely one of the most fascinating and the bloodiest among any other civilization in India. My article is based on facts that are documented by historians and based on books which have highlighted the bloodbath of Kodava warriors, The article concentrates on Tippu and his cold-blooded killings. If Kodava today is one of the second least populated race in this world, it’s because of a barbaric character from the history known to people as Tipu Sultan. There were repeated attempts to capture Kodagu by Tipu and his father Hyder Ali before him. Tipu’s barbarism reached its peak from 1760 to 1790 and this period is considered as one of the most gruesome eras in the history of Kodavas. Tipu’s closest commander Mir Kirmani on his book reveals the incidence pertaining to Tippu’s brutality and religious conversion. During the year 1760 - 1780 Tippu destroyed more than 600 temples across Kodagu. His cruelty and self-obsession had reached its peak when his closest left him in the final war with British where Tipu died in the stampede, He was not shot by Brits. When Tipu first invaded Kodagu with his well-equipped 15000 army men carrying French Cannon with an intention of conquering Kodagu overnight Kandanda Doddaiah and Appachira Mandanna with their troop of 5000 Kodavas retaliated against Tippu’s army near Suntikoppa only to defeat Tippu’s army and chase them out of Kodagu. This war with Tippu is documented in Hunsoor literature which states “Kari Kupasu totha Kodavaru Kari Dumbhi anthe tippuvinatha nugi, hodedhodisidharu” Historians say this was a war of bravery verse strength and by the time Tippu realized the courage of Kodava’s he was defeated. Tippu popularly known and projected today as Tiger of Mysore and pride of Karnataka was defeated by Kodava 31 times during 25 years of war and this humiliation forced Tippu to seek revenge on Kodava. Kodavas were the master of the guerrilla warfare hence they succeeded every time in ambushing Tippu. In the year 1771, Tipu with a large army attacked Madikeri fort post which he captured Bhagamandala and converted the entire Bhagandeshwara temple and its premises to a fort. He had also chopped the elephants belonging to the temple, documents for the same is available in the temple even today. After capturing Bhagamandala as a tribute to himself, Tippu placed a stone titled “Salam Kallu” which can be seen on the way to Talacavery, A evidence which even today tells the stories of brutality and bloodbath. After 15 years of war and retaliation with Kodavas, Tipu had understood he would not be able to capture the entire Kodagu which would provide him easy access to Mangalore port hence he wanted to try something different. Something, which resulted in one of the biggest genocide of the human race. Tipu sent a message to naal naad Kodavas inviting them for a negotiation stating his main enemies were Marathas and British hence he would want to end the war with Kodava and head back to Srirangapatana. Learning about the invite Kodavas from naal naad gathered with their family on 13th of December 1785 at Devatiparambu located on banks of the river Cauvery to negotiate and bid bye to the decade-long war. As Sun set behind the mountains of Kodagu, Kodava came to Devatiparambu unarmed meanwhile half of Tippu’s army was deployed inside the forest waiting for Kodavas to gather as a part of his cowardly plan, once Tippu was sure he had unarmed men trapped he ordered his army to massacre all Kodava present at Devatiparambu, troops hiding behind the bushes pounded on unarmed men, women and kids slaughtering more than 70,000 and capturing about 90,000 Kodavas and were deported to Seringapatam. The captured women and children’s were subjected to immense physical and mental torture the young men were all forcibly circumcised and incorporated into the Ahmedy Corps (name of Tippu’s army). The captured were subjected to forcible conversions to Islam, death, and torture. It’s said the scale of the massacre was so huge that the water in the Cauvery river turned red due to blood oozing out of the dead bodies and continued to flow red in color for 12 consecutive days. Many who were captured were converted to Islam and sent back to Kodagu called themselves as Kodava Mapilas. There are about 60 Kodava Mapilas family residing in Kodagu. They share same family names as that of Kodavas. in Devanageri village, Puliyanda Kodava mapilas resides and in the regions surrounding Virajpet, there are Muslim family names like Kuvalera, Italtanda, Mitaltanda, Kuppodanda, Kappanjeera. Similarly, in the Madikeri taluk, there are Kalera, Chekkera, Charmakaranda, Maniyanda, Balasojikaranda, and Mandeyanda in the Hoddur village in Madikeri taluk. Kodava mapilas also use Kodava Ornaments, Mandamada Kodava mapilas still use tookbolcha in their home, at the temples in Bshettigeri and Hudikeri, Karthura and Mandamada Kodava mapilas are priests. At yemmemadu dargah festival even to this date Kodava mapilas start the festival proceedings by offering prayers and flinging rice, Chekkera and Kalera Kodava mapilas are takkanga at yemmemadu. The existence of these Kodava Mapilas are another living evidence reflecting the barbarism of Tipu on Kodavas. Tipu believed in destroying temples in Kodagu, during his course of destruction he happened to destroy a bhagavadhi temple near Kotakeri and burnt Biddatanda ainmane where he captured 48 innocent people and took them along to Seringapatam among these 40 people Appanna managed to escape and returned to his village in Kodagu however Appanna was out casted since villagers thought he was converted to Islam. Appanna lived alone till death near a pond which is called Appannajjanda Kere. The pond can be found even today. The remains of the Biddatanda Ain-Mane which were burnt with people inside shouting for help tells the horrific mindset of Tipu and his brigade. Tipu after capturing Madikeri fort set his eyes on removing Kalasa from the Omkareshwara temple and replaced it with the domb which is another architectural evidence for destruction Tippu carried out during his rule. Tippu also wanted to abolish Kannada completely and hence he introduced Persian language into his administration. The persian words like “Dhapan, Barcas and Jammabandi ”still used in our land documents at Kodagu shows Tippu at any cost wanted to eliminate Kannada from Karnataka. It’s an irony that government wants to celebrate Tipu’s birthday across Karnataka. The evidence not only indicates that he was not a conqueror but a religious fanatic and a dictator who believed in the ethical cleansing of Kodavas and other community in south India. The evidence for the bloodiest history of Kodagu and Kodava exist even today and is documented. A history which is filled with inhumanness, violence and genocide a history which is today rewritten by politicians to lionize a mass murderer and efforts to project him as a hero is not only hurting the sentiments of Kodava, but it’s also sending out a wrong message about our history to the future generation of this country. A man who lost the battle 31 times and killed the brave Kodava warriors by infidelity can never be a Hero. Tippu was an invader, a dictator a coward and a Murderer of the human race and glorifying such inhuman personality is an absolute shame and disgrace to humanity. The real history needs to be told to the next generation for them to know who the real warriors of the Kodava Land were.

[@crypton_8l87]

Excellent article.. thanks for posting. Yet Kodavas will vote only for Khangress party. Why?

[@kaydee3407]

All parties are controleld by neo caliphate wahabbi saudi princes ..running india as a mughambo franchise

[@gurudattag]

Coward Tippe Sultan

[@aishwaryaswaminathan5320]

Thank you Sir for shedding light on this .

[@cssuntherrao]

They should make a movie exposing the evil of Tipu Sultan.

[@sridharkaushik9290]

Vikram Sampath is brilliant. His books are also very well researched I am told though I have not read them.

[@saenchai5071]

it seems The Congress First Family is actually Tipu Sultan's biological relatives,The support shown by the Congress and its cronies in Karnataka to a foreign invader is immeasurable as it seems to be genealogical.

[@amrithkumar1918]

DR.VIKRAM SAMPATHs subtle way inbexposing Tippu as well as political parties.

[@ashutosh8841]

Good to see the truth coming outside finally.

[@sriramvenkatraman]

Jai Hind, Jai Bharat, Jai Bhavani Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Happy Deepavali wishes to all Sanathana Dharma Hindutva followers..

[@ganeshpanne6729]

Please translate this in kannada

[@good_king2024]

Thanks you verymuch Vikram Sampath ji

[@nagbelad]

Congratulations to Vikram Sampath🥳🥳 all the best to him and shubh deepavali to you all. Excellent conversation 👏👏👏

[@belliappa9031]

Kodavas who waged war and defected him 32 times to prevent him completely, but we suffered 70,000/- men , woman & children killed during peach meeting . He shouldn’t be their in our school history books

[@belliappa9031]

Tipu was more communal army commander !

[@poonachapramod4432]

Tipu was no sultan he was a pretender

[@starman923]

Tipu was a raaksas jaanwar jehaadi

[@surojeetchatterjee]

Most importantly Tipu was for French colonialism in India. He used to work for France & esteem member of French club. So we can't call him patriotic as well.

[@starman923]

Tippu was a mad jaanwar

[@nagabhushanar.s6113]

Sanjay Khan had in his TV Serial has portrayed the wadiyars in poor light. This is far from truth.

[@madhusk7744]

It will be difficult to read this book and how much will it give pain and we wont be able to do anything. Good luck sir..

[@mohansamant278]

Crores of Hindus are aware of the barbaric atrocities the Hindus had to suffer at the hands of the Muslim rulers (Latest being the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits), yet they have been unable to stop their state-sanctioned glorification in this part of partitioned India that was left behind for the Hindus. Is this complacency or cowardice glorified as Gandhi-waad? Only people like Dr Sampath, Dr Anand Ranganathan, J. Sai Deepak, Vishnu Shankar Jain et al. and a handful of others, are doing whatever they can to awaken the sleeping Hindus. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves that in a so-called democratic Bharat the Hindustan, we Hindus do not even avail of the opportunity to vote for our supporters, and for some unknown reason vote for S.P., Congress, NCP, Uddhav Shivsena and the likes!😞

[@herbertalmeida3157]

Tyrant Tippu Sultan committed genocide on Christians from Mangaluru... Likewise he slaughtered thousands of Hindus.. Despite historical evidence, INC has projected Tippu as a freedom fighter, just to appease a section of the electorate in Karnataka..

[@RK-es8oj]

Vikram ji 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[@grirdharrana9725]

Kindly check the ring he was wearing when he died. You can find it in you tube.

[@sannavichar-anand]

Great respect to Dr Sampath. Useless talk on Tippu view we are creating inquisitiveness among younger generations. These Akbar, Aurangjeb, Tipu, Jinha deserve no discussions please. Let's talk on positive history of our ancestors who had Bharatiya Samskara please🙏

[@dineshgowda8229]

👌👌

[@eshwarswaminathan3031]

Best wishes Tipu sultan he fought against british but the other side negative side religion conversion & killed hindus who refused religion conversion

[@SurendraKumar-ln3cc]

The congress....if really wanted to glorify Tipu, then they should have named Bangalore Airport on his name. Surprisingly, The area of KIAL comes under Devnahalli panchayat ....the birth place of Tipu. But they would never do that because they know that if done, congress will never be able to come to power in karnataka

[@kunalseth6437]

👍

[@RanjitSingh-ji8jg]

Shubh Deepawali.

[@binurajs]

An author dictating, wonderful what wre his sources

[@postmessage135]

He would not know about this great grandfather not even his name that lived in times of tipu but he knows how was tipu 😂😂😂

[@nandanshetty3184]

Because most islamic invaders and rulers in India wanted to show the world how cruel they were to the non-Muslims. You may not know about your great grandfather, but certainly would know about Hitler. Thankfully there was no Congress party and it's crony leftists historians to whitewash Hitler in Germany.

[@ghalibthemagnificent]

I don't get it, why is a News Channel discussing history while it's sole purpose is to give current News, views and issues.

[@CivilApps]

Offended, you peaceful

[@shreyasgore5362]

​@@CivilAppsTruth hurts and their attempts to show Tipu as freedom fighter exposed badly.

[@Raut-warrior]

Because the current news is that this book has just released

[@ghalibthemagnificent]

@@shreyasgore5362 truth hurts that is why rewriting history with a book full of fabricated stories, and promoting the book on mainstream news channel. Next step will be a bollywood flick.

[@ghalibthemagnificent]

@@Raut-warrior tipu is not a public issue, poverty is.

[@IrshadMalik-n3t]

Tippu deid Nehru died Sinwar died But history never dead Sharuk khan film will block buster By media's support

[@PradeepC-d2c]

Balls buster

[@dharmayodha4436]

घंटा blockbuster होगा रिलीज़ हि नी होगा

[@dharmayodha4436]

सिंवर, टीपू सारे जिहादी यों का समर्थन करो फिर यह मत कहना इस्लाम शांति का मज़हब हैं।

[@IrshadMalik-n3t]

@dharmayodha4436 Issea phelea kiya okadhliya Deepika ka safron dress tho hit hogaya

[@user-qs6eb8to1r]

Tipu was a genocidal manic anti hindu murderor. Your lies wont fly now.

[@Adv.Joseph]

Please stop this hate

[@Dariusdagr8]

The hate is coming from those who keep celebrating this murderer.

[@FreddieMurphy746]

Read about the plight of Malabar Christians under Tipu Sultan...

[@mukundha7621]

Go read what Tipu did to Thrissur christians

[@itdoesntmatter9923]

Whitewashing isn’t going to cut it .

[@saikiranhr-qo2qp]

First read the book and then make judgements. Tipu was the worst. We should not treat him as a freedom fighter.

[@surajit1111]

Vikram Sampath Ji a true Hindu🙏

[@balasubramaniansundaram7025]

In Tamizh, we always say Tippu sultan as Tappu (wrong) Sultan

[@Omshanthiom9]

Lofer and suver tippu,