Mysore : 

Mysore MP Adagooru H Vishwanath on Sunday asserted that the state government should celebrate Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary. This way the state can pay its tributes to the brave solider, who fought against British, he said.

According to him, Tipu was a secular ruler and has helped people without considering their religion. He helped Sharada Peetam in Sringeri in Chikamagalur and also had secrete tunnel in Srirangapatna, his capital, which connected his palace to the Sriranganatha Temple. He is believed to have spend time inside the temple praying to Lord Sriranganatha. This explains that he was a secular administrator, he said seeking the government to celebrate Tipu’s birth anniversary (November 10). He said he will recommend it to the Siddaramaiah government.

Coming as it did ahead of the parliamentary polls, his move could attract criticism given that there were opposition to the Congress-led Union government’s plan to start a university for minorities and name it after the Mysore ruler at Srirangapatna recently.

Speaking at Tipu’s birth anniversary hosted by the City Congress at its office in Devaraja Market, the MP said: Tipu lost his life fighting British in 1799 and laid a strong foundation for anti-British struggle in India along with Kittur Rani Chennamma. This is history and cannot be tampered with.

He appreciated the City Congress for celebrating the Tipu’s birth anniversary saying they should revisit and recollect the national leaders celebrating their birth anniversaries. Referring to the directive issued by Veerappa Moily government to display Tipu and Kittur Rani Chennamma’s photographs in the government offices, he said it was a welcome move.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mysore> Tipu Sultan / by HM Aravind, TNN / November 10th, 2013