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Friday, November 28, 2025
TopicTipu sultan

Topic: tipu sultan

How ‘ek’ arrow broke Uddhav’s bow & moove over zebras, it’s time for buffalo crossings

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Tipu Sultan is hot button in India’s culture war. New exhibition adds East India Company to it

Most paintings at DAG are 'propaganda works' based on the accounts of British officials who weren't even in India. They were efforts to 'demonise' Tipu Sultan.

BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar wants recognition for Indian-origin WW2 spy Noor Inayat Khan

Rajeev Chandrasekhar says Noor Inayat Khan was recognised by UK & France, and India should do so too. He suggests naming the children’s bravery awards after her.

After furore over dropping Tipu Sultan from textbooks, Karnataka govt puts decision on hold

Govt had pared down syllabus due to shortened Covid-hit academic year, removed chapters on the teachings of Jesus and Muhammad, as well as the Constitution.

Taslima Nasreen’s ‘stupid’ remark, Rahul on Rafale (again) & Tipu Sultan in 285 characters

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Karnataka says removing Tipu Sultan chapter from textbooks will depend on panel’s report

The Karnataka govt has tasked a Textbook Committee to review a chapter on Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan in a middle school history textbook after BJP leaders demanded its removal.

Don’t drop Tipu Sultan from Karnataka textbooks, let students study his complex legacy

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Yediyurappa-led BJP govt cancels Tipu Jayanti celebrations, says ruler was religious bigot

The BJP had opposed celebrating Tipu Jayanti when the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government started them as an annual event in November 2015.

Why Pakistan’s PM talked of Tipu Sultan the day he decided to release IAF pilot Abhinandan

Citing two historical figures, Bahadur Shah Zafar and Tipu Sultan, Imran Khan upheld the latter as his role model.

BJP spokesperson tweets photo of African slave trader, claiming it’s Tipu Sultan

Ashwini Upadhyay’s tweet came on the day the Karnataka govt was celebrating Tipu Sultan’s birth anniversary, against which the BJP had raised objections.

On Camera

Is Bangladesh ready for ‘developed country’ status? It’s all optics for Sheikh Hasina

The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

India and Indonesia inch closer to BrahMos deal, defence ties to ramp up

Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.