Tipu Sultan
E266975
Tipu Sultan was the 18th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, renowned for his military resistance against British expansion and his pioneering use of rocketry in warfare.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tipu Sultan canonical | 72 |
| Fath Ali Sahab Tipu | 1 |
| Tipu Sahib | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2416224 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Tipu Sultan Context triple: [Second Anglo-Mysore War, conflictBetween, Tipu Sultan]
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A.
Hyder Ali
Hyder Ali was an 18th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, known for his military prowess and resistance against British expansion.
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B.
Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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C.
Kunwar Singh
Kunwar Singh was a prominent Indian zamindar and military leader from Bihar who became one of the key figures of the 1857 uprising against British colonial rule.
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D.
Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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E.
Waris Shah
Waris Shah was an 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet best known for his seminal romantic epic "Heer Ranjha," a cornerstone of Punjabi literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tipu Sultan Target entity description: Tipu Sultan was the 18th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, renowned for his military resistance against British expansion and his pioneering use of rocketry in warfare.
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A.
Hyder Ali
Hyder Ali was an 18th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, known for his military prowess and resistance against British expansion.
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B.
Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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C.
Kunwar Singh
Kunwar Singh was a prominent Indian zamindar and military leader from Bihar who became one of the key figures of the 1857 uprising against British colonial rule.
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D.
Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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E.
Waris Shah
Waris Shah was an 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet best known for his seminal romantic epic "Heer Ranjha," a cornerstone of Punjabi literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sultan of Mysore
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| ally |
French First Republic
ⓘ
French monarchy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tiger of Mysore
ⓘ
Tipu Sultan ⓘ
surface form:
Tipu Sahib
|
| birthDate | 1750-11-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Devanahalli
ⓘ
Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ |
| capital | Srirangapatna ⓘ |
| conflict |
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ Third Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1799-05-04 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of Mysore
ⓘ
Srirangapatna ⓘ |
| diedIn | Fourth Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Muslim of South India ⓘ |
| father | Hyder Ali ⓘ |
| fullName |
Tipu Sultan
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Fath Ali Sahab Tipu
|
| hasWork | military manual on rocketry (attributed) ⓘ |
| implemented |
land revenue reforms in Mysore
ⓘ
state-controlled trading system ⓘ |
| introduced |
new calendar in Mysore
ⓘ
new coinage in Mysore ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Kannada
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
|
| legacy |
considered an early pioneer of rocket artillery
ⓘ
remains a controversial figure in Indian historiography ⓘ |
| mother |
Fakr-un-Nisa
ⓘ
surface form:
Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa
|
| notableFor |
alliance with France against the British
ⓘ
military resistance against British expansion in India ⓘ modernization of the Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ pioneering military use of rockets ⓘ |
| opponent |
British East India Company
ⓘ
Travancore ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Travancore
Maratha Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Hyderabad ⓘ
surface form:
Nizam of Hyderabad
|
| patronOf |
Islamic scholarship
ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Gumbaz at Srirangapatna ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore
ⓘ
Sultan of Mysore ⓘ |
| predecessor | Hyder Ali ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1799 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1782 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| spouse |
Fatima Begum
ⓘ
Khadija Zaman Begum ⓘ Ruqqiya Banu ⓘ |
| successor | Krishnaraja Wadiyar III ⓘ |
| symbol | tiger ⓘ |
| used | iron-cased rockets in warfare ⓘ |
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Subject: Tipu Sultan Description of subject: Tipu Sultan was the 18th-century ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India, renowned for his military resistance against British expansion and his pioneering use of rocketry in warfare.
Referenced by (74)
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