Confronting Colonialism: Resistance and Modernization Under Haidar Ali & Tipu SultanIrfan Habib Edited and with an introduction by Professor Habib,Confronting Colonialismis a series of essays commemorating the second centenary of Tipu’s final battle against the British at Sriranagapatnam in 1799. The essays, devoted to the history of Mysore under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan, underscore the need to defend the memory of two rulers, who were indomitable opponents of the colonial regime; they also emphasize the centrality of Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan in Indian nationalist historiography. This collection is of particular importance, especially in light of the recent tendency to devalue the significance of the two rulers. |
Contents
Contents | xiii |
The Ideological and Social Background | 3 |
Haidar Alis Invasion of the Eastern Carnatic 1780 | 21 |
The French in the Second AngloMysore | 35 |
A Conference between Tipu Sultan | 55 |
Tipu Sultans Embassy to Constantinople 1787 | 69 |
Tipu Sultans Projected Confederacy against | 87 |
The Seringapatam Correspondence and | 100 |
INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES | 126 |
Muslim Rulers of Mysore and their Christian | 131 |
French | 143 |
Land Tenure under | 161 |
Regulations of Tipu Sultans Navy | 174 |
Views by the Daniells | 187 |
Contributors | 197 |
Tipu Sultan as Defender of the Hindu Dharma | 115 |
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