The Tiger Rests Here

 Why don't we celebrate Tipu Sultan's death anniversary? 

 This year also Tipu Sultan's death anniversary will be passed in silence and disregard. To know why we don't want to remember Tipu Sultan, we have to know Tipu Sultan.

 Tipu Sultan, who is remembered by British historians as the Lion of Mysore, was a tyrannical ruler in the eyes of the British government. Which was considered to be the biggest obstacle in the path of domination and supremacy of the British in India.

 The bravery and national honor he inherited from his father Hyder Ali, two hundred miles from Madras, in the fort of his kingdom of Serangapatam, Tipu Sultan and the British army ran the gamut.

The courage and tenacity with which Tipu Sultan and his forces fought against the British forces is an example. Locally produced cannons and other equipment were part of this war. I was. He wanted to defeat the British Empire along with France, but this plan could not be completed.

 Tipu Sultan's forces also included a contingent of lions. Even today in London's Victoria Museum, there is a rare war photograph of a tiger mauling a British soldier and dying in fear.

 Tipu Sultan used to say that a day's life of a tiger is better than a hundred years of a jackal's life, so when the time came to put this saying into practice, he fought on the front lines along with other members of his family for the freedom of the country. Gave life but did not compromise on principles.

It is a pity that the British forces could not have defeated him if a contingent of Nizam of Hyderabad's soldiers had not been part of the forces.

 So every defeat we have had since 1799 till date has been owed to the strategy of divide and rule.

 When I think why we have forgotten such a great sacrifice of Tipu Sultan, I remember a news that appeared in a newspaper a few days ago.

 According to the news published in the daily Dunya, the centenary commemoration ceremony of receiving the Victoria Cross, the highest military award of Great Britain, to Shah Hamid Khan, who belongs to Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan's native village Chak Bailey Khan, was celebrated under the management of Pakistan Army.  Senior officers of the Pakistan Army saluted him at his grave. Shah Hamid Khan of World War I fought the enemy army bravely, so the British government awarded him the Victoria Cross on April 12, 1916.  Senior officers of Pakistan Army participated in the ceremony.

I also belong to Talagang Tehsil of Chakwal. Before I discovered Tipu Sultan, I was proud that Chakwal is the district of the first Muslim British soldier in the subcontinent to receive the Victoria Cross and the first Muslim martial race to join the British Army. belong to But when I read the syllabus of Pakistan as a student, more contradictions were revealed. On the one hand, it is written in our history that we gained independence from the British and Hindus, on the other hand, we got the Victoria Cross instead of Tipu Sultan. Why are military officers our heroes? Those feudal lords and pirs who preferred slavery for petty interests and traded their nation instead of fighting the British but we celebrate their anniversary every year with great grandeur.

 Even today we could not name a city after Tipu Sultan. Even today a road is named after General Gracie in Rawalpindi Cantt. If Tipu Sultan could not make it into our national curriculum, is it because Tipu Sultan honored us And Hameet teaches in his dictionary Dealing in his children Investing wealth abroad through offshore companies Building properties abroad Accepting foreign jobs after retirement Risking national interests for the sake of your job and saving your life Escape from the battlefield. And above all, it did not involve betraying one's soil.

The Tiger Rests Here. #Tippoo #Tipu #Tipoo #TipuSultan Urs Tipu (ra) Freedom Fighter Born: December 1, 1751, Devanahalli, India

Died: May 4, 1799, Srirangapatna, India