10-23-2006, 06:14 PM
I will be receiving the clippings of reports in Vijaya Karnataka soon and will then be able to post what Karnad and others have said. I am told, briefly, that Karnad replied in a vulgar and ad hominem manner and that there were numerous replies from people who decried his manner.
Ramesh Rao
<!--QuoteBegin-abdul_bin_mao+Oct 22 2006, 10:08 AM-->QUOTE(abdul_bin_mao @ Oct 22 2006, 10:08 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I don't know how "authentic" the writings of the British are, but this apparently comes from a BOOK WRITTEN AROUND THAT TIME, so it is "authentic" as it gets, because the author did not hold a tenure-track position in a South Asia Department at the time, and hence cannot be automatically assumed to be a liar.
This is of course from the most authentic source existing today on the internet on "South Asian" history - SABHA, the South Asian Best Historians Association
http://www.sabha.info/history.html
Please see the links under "Kindness of Tippu Sultan".
Am posting only the titles here - these are authentic copies of pages from authentic texts published in the authentic years indicated. Some of them are from Londonistan ("Bilayat") where, as we know,
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Chote-chote bacche bhi Angrezi mein baat karte hain<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tippoo loved by his people <b>(The Times, 15 Nov 1790)</b>
How Tippoo fought for freedom <b>(The Times, 26 Jul 1788)</b>
Tippoo's humane treatment of non-Muslim prisoners <b>(The Times, 10 Apr 1792)</b>
Tippoo's treatment of women and children <b>(The Times, 11 Jun 1791)</b>
Tippoo's treatment of Hindu temples (The Times, 11 Jun 1791)
Tippoo makes an example of infidels (The Times, 31 Dec 1791)
Tippoo's kindness towards infidels of Carnatic <b>(The Times, 11 Jun 1791)</b>
Tippoo's kindness towards infidels of villages (The Times, 01 Dec 1791)
Universally loved and respected by troops <b>(The Times, 05 Oct 1786)</b>
Advantage of being Tippoo's friend (The Times, 22 Dec 1790)
Hyder Ali, the gift of God (The Times, 03 Mar 1791) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
U get mah drift?
BTW, I AM NOT ASSOCIATED with SABHA. <!--emo&:eager--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/lmaosmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lmaosmiley.gif' /><!--endemo--> I am mere web postor peasant onlee.
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Ramesh Rao
<!--QuoteBegin-abdul_bin_mao+Oct 22 2006, 10:08 AM-->QUOTE(abdul_bin_mao @ Oct 22 2006, 10:08 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->I don't know how "authentic" the writings of the British are, but this apparently comes from a BOOK WRITTEN AROUND THAT TIME, so it is "authentic" as it gets, because the author did not hold a tenure-track position in a South Asia Department at the time, and hence cannot be automatically assumed to be a liar.
This is of course from the most authentic source existing today on the internet on "South Asian" history - SABHA, the South Asian Best Historians Association
http://www.sabha.info/history.html
Please see the links under "Kindness of Tippu Sultan".
Am posting only the titles here - these are authentic copies of pages from authentic texts published in the authentic years indicated. Some of them are from Londonistan ("Bilayat") where, as we know,
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Chote-chote bacche bhi Angrezi mein baat karte hain<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Tippoo loved by his people <b>(The Times, 15 Nov 1790)</b>
How Tippoo fought for freedom <b>(The Times, 26 Jul 1788)</b>
Tippoo's humane treatment of non-Muslim prisoners <b>(The Times, 10 Apr 1792)</b>
Tippoo's treatment of women and children <b>(The Times, 11 Jun 1791)</b>
Tippoo's treatment of Hindu temples (The Times, 11 Jun 1791)
Tippoo makes an example of infidels (The Times, 31 Dec 1791)
Tippoo's kindness towards infidels of Carnatic <b>(The Times, 11 Jun 1791)</b>
Tippoo's kindness towards infidels of villages (The Times, 01 Dec 1791)
Universally loved and respected by troops <b>(The Times, 05 Oct 1786)</b>
Advantage of being Tippoo's friend (The Times, 22 Dec 1790)
Hyder Ali, the gift of God (The Times, 03 Mar 1791) <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
U get mah drift?
BTW, I AM NOT ASSOCIATED with SABHA. <!--emo&:eager--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/lmaosmiley.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='lmaosmiley.gif' /><!--endemo--> I am mere web postor peasant onlee.
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