Called "The Tiger of Mysore" , Tipu Sultan inflicted a series of defeats on the British Raj before being overcome in 1799. (A famous wooden effigy of the period shows a large tiger at thethroat of a flattened British soldier. This tiger personification of Tipu Sultan was considered so inflammatory that the British found it advisable to remove the effigy from the country. For many years, it was housed in the Victoria & Albert Museumin London. The effigy has since been repatriated.) However, the removal of the sculpture and the British fear of the hero it depicted dramatizes the galvanizing role Tipu Sultan had as a revolutionary leader in India. Tipu Sultan was also the son ofareknowned leader--Hyder Ali.
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