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|title=Tipu Sultan – The Tiger of Mysore
|title=Tipu Sultan – The Tiger of Mysore
|description=Tipu Sultan, known as the Tiger of Mysore, was a visionary ruler and military strategist who fiercely resisted British colonial rule in South India.
|description=Tipu Sultan, known as the Tiger of Mysore, was a visionary ruler and military strategist who fiercely resisted British colonial rule in South India.
|image=Tipu_Sultan_portrait.jpg
|image=Tipu Sultan.jpg
|keywords=Tipu Sultan, Tiger of Mysore, Mysore Sultanate, Anglo-Mysore Wars, Indian freedom fighter, Tipu biography, Srirangapatna
|keywords=Tipu Sultan, Tiger of Mysore, Mysore Sultanate, Anglo-Mysore Wars, Indian freedom fighter, Tipu biography, Srirangapatna
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Tipu Sultan
| name          = Tipu Sultan
| image          = Tipu_Sultan_portrait.jpg
| image          = Tipu Sultan.jpg
| image_caption  = Portrait of Tipu Sultan
| image_caption  = Portrait of Tipu Sultan
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1751|11|20}}
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1751|11|20}}
| birth_place    = [[Devanahalli]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]] (present-day [[Karnataka]], India)
| birth_place    = [[Devanahalli]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]] (present-day [[Karnataka]], India)
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1799|05|04|1751|11|20}}
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1799|05|04|1751|11|20}}
| death_place    = [[Srirangapatna]], Mysore
| death_place    = [[Srirangapatna]], Mysore
| resting_place  = Gumbaz, [[Srirangapatna]]
| nationality    = Indian
| nationality    = Indian
| occupation    = Ruler of Mysore, Military Leader
| occupation    = Ruler of Mysore, Military Leader
| years_active  = 1782–1799
| years_active  = 1782–1799
| known_for      = Resistance against British, Military Innovations, Economic Reforms
| known_for      = Resistance against British, Military innovations, Economic reforms
| awards        = Posthumously honored in various Indian states as a freedom fighter; Statues and stamps issued in his name
| notable_works  = ''Fathul Mujahidin'' (Military manual), Rocket artillery, Mysore administration reforms
| awards        = Posthumously honored as a freedom fighter; statues and postal stamps in various Indian states
| spouse        = Ruqayya Banu, Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa, Khadija Zaman Begum
| spouse        = Ruqayya Banu, Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa, Khadija Zaman Begum
| children      = 12 (incl. Fateh Hyder, Sultan Padshah)
| children      = 12 (incl. Fateh Hyder, Sultan Padshah)
| resting_place  = Gumbaz at [[Srirangapatna]]
| age_at_death  = 47
| parents        = [[Hyder Ali]] (father), Fakhr-un-Nissa (mother)
| parents        = [[Hyder Ali]] (father), Fakhr-un-Nissa (mother)
| religion      = Islam
| religion      = Islam
| notable_works  = Development of military rocket artillery, Modernized Mysore’s administration, ''Fathul Mujahidin'' (Manual on military training)
| website        = [https://www.karnataka.gov.in Official Karnataka Portal Tipu Sultan]
| website        = [https://www.karnataka.gov.in Official Karnataka Portal (Tipu Sultan section)]
}}
}}