AMARAVATI : The controversy over Tipu Sultan, the “Tiger of Mysore,” has resurfaced in Proddatur town in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district.
Unidentified person wrote ‘Tipu Sultan Centre’ on a divider on Jinnah Road Centre, once again bringing to the fore the controversy over the proposal to install a statue of the former Mysore ruler in the town.
On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, unidentified persons wrote the name in Telugu. Anticipating trouble, the local municipal authorities moved swiftly to wipe out the writing on the divider.
The police beefed up the security as a precautionary measure and began investigation to identify the person who wrote ‘Tipu Sultan Centre’.
The town had witnessed tension in July last year after BJP staged protests against the proposal to install Tipu Sultan’s statue in the town.
Proddatur MLA Rachamallu Siva Prasad Reddy belonging to ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) wanted to install the statue on Jinna Road in the town on a request from local people and had even laid foundation stone for the same.
However, this met with strong opposition from BJP, which termed Tipu Sultan a tormentor of Hindus. The saffron party threatened the structure, if built.
BJP state president Somu Veerraju had also staged a dharna at the municipal office in the town to oppose the proposal to install the statue of Tipu Sultan.
The saffron party had also tried to take out a rally to the spot where foundation stone was laid, leading to tension. Its leaders had termed the proposal as an attempt to hurt sentiments of Hindus and had urged the state committee to drop the proposal and instead install a statue of late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
The YSRCP MLA, however, had defended the move saying there was no evidence that Tipu Sultan committed atrocities on Hindus. He had said that if this was proved he would disassociate from the project.
With the issue leading to tension and law and order problems in the town, the municipal authorities had dropped the proposal.
Now, with unidentified persons trying to reignite the controversy with the writings overnight, the authorities are once again on alert to prevent any untoward incident. — IANS
“The YSRCP MLA, however, had defended the move saying there was no evidence that Tipu Sultan committed atrocities on Hindus. He had said that if this was proved he would disassociate from the project.”
Will the historians true to their profession accept the challenge? Will MM publish the results?
Anonymous Hindu shit eater,
Why should MM publish Hindu lies and fake news? You’re a typical low IQ Hindu idiot.
You are right; MM is parochial. It must concentrate on “Muslim” lies.
Tipu Sultan even being a Muslim ruler of Mysore kingdom use to donate annually to Sringeri Matth for its maintenance . When Hindu Maratha army looted and destroyed this Shankracharya Matth ( first Hindu religious shrine established by Adi-Shankracharya ) and Shankracharya Baba to cry , then it was Tipu Sultan who repaired the damaged Sringeri Matth and supported Shankracharya Baba financially. It is also well documented in lndian history and Shahi Farmans ( royal decrees ) in Persian language ( present with Mahants of various Hindu temples ) that last Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb gave Donations including land Donations to Hindu temples of Maha Kaleshwar temple of Ujjain , Balaji temple of Chitrakoot , Umanand temple of Guwahati , Jain temples Saramjay and some temples of South lndia, however Aurangzeb destroyed some temples and even dargahs involved in robbery of devotees before their murders ( sending devotees directly to Baikunth / Banaras thugs priests ), looting of jewelleries of devotee brides and raping them in basement of temples and shrines ( on request of his Hindu Rajput official that woman of his family was molested in Banaras temple basement, Aurangzeb ordered to destroy only the basement of temple to prevent criminal activities against his Hindu subjects on request of his Hindu official . Real grandmother of Aurangzeb was a Hindu Rajput royal and many of his Army Commanders and soldiers were Hindu Rajputs .
I said “historians true to their profession”.
RSS now follows Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s strategy that do not show goodness among Muslims. Tippu was a secular ruler and he was capable of excellent armed technologies in those days, many Hindu historians agree on this. So RSS made him anti-Hindu to not expose/create sympathy against him in modern India.