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Tipu Sultan

1750 - 1799

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Tipu Sultan (Urdu: [ʈiːpuː sʊlt̪aːn], Kannada: [ʈipːu sult̪aːn], Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799), commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore (Tiger of Mysore), was the Sultan of Mysore from 1782 until his death in 1799. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery. He expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual Fathul Mujahidin. The economy of Mysore reached a zenith during his reign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tipu Sultan is the 2,838th most popular politician (down from 1,318th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from India (down from 47th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Indian Politician.

Tipu Sultan was a Muslim ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He is most famous for his military exploits, which included a series of conflicts with the British East India Company.

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Among politicians, Tipu Sultan ranks 2,838 out of 19,576. Before him are John of Brienne, Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, Alec Douglas-Home, Hilda Heine, Shirkuh, and Mohammed Alim Khan. After him are Alexander I of Macedon, Albrecht von Roon, Pepin I of Aquitaine, Bülent Ecevit, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, and Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Tipu Sultan ranks 7. Before him are Antonio Salieri, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Letizia Ramolino, Caroline Herschel, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, and Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria. After him are Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Heshen, Francisco de Miranda, Adam Afzelius, Murad Bey, and Sheikh Mansur. Among people deceased in 1799, Tipu Sultan ranks 10. Before him are Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure. After him are Victoire of France, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Jean-François Marmontel, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tipu Sultan ranks 116 out of 1,861. Before him are Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Vyasa (-390), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), and Muhammad Azam Shah (1653). After him are Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856), Baji Rao I (1700), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Maharana Pratap (1540), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), and Rajendra Prasad (1884).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Tipu Sultan ranks 45. Before him are Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), and Muhammad Azam Shah (1653). After him are Maharana Pratap (1540), Rajendra Prasad (1884), Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), and Rajendra Chola I (1000).

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