(In the light of a row over a proposal to rename a municipal garden in Mumbai's Govandi after Tipu Sultan, The Quint is republishing the following podcast from its archives.)
The 18th century ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, is long gone but he still can’t seem to shake off controversies in modern-day India.
Now, different aspects of his rule are being highlighted for political gain... and there’s really no consensus yet on how we should remember his life’s work.
Ahead of his birth anniversary, the BJP-led Karnataka government proposed removing all mentions of the contentious leader from history textbooks. But a special committee formed to deliberate on the matter reportedly submitted a report to the Karnataka Textbook Society on Monday, 9 December, with their decision to retain the lessons unchanged.