Historian Vikram Sampath on Friday spoke about appropriating the life and id of Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan as a hero by one faction whereas getting used as a software for vote financial institution politics by one other.
Talking on the ABP Southern Rising Summit 2024 in Hyderabad, the historian and writer talked about his new e book “Tipu Sultan: The Saga of the Mysore Interregnum (1760-1799)” the place he writes concerning the life and historical past of the 18th-century ruler.
Sampath stated that Muslims needn’t glorify him given his historical past of forceful conversion and destruction of locations of worship but in addition conveyed that his id shouldn’t be used as a ploy to focus on a neighborhood.
He additionally made reference to the celebration of Tipu Sultan Jayanti by the Congress authorities in Karnataka throughout its earlier regime and the BJP developing with twisted historical past over the killers of the ruler to woo a piece of voters.
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Totally different factions “use him to acceptable their agenda,” Sampath stated throughout a dialogue with journalist Kaveree Bamzai.
He slammed the celebration of Jayanti saying it will have been had it been celebrated in non-public.
“However a democratically elected govt on taxpayers’ cash really eulogising anyone who brought about a lot hurt to completely different communities whose reminiscences lat even to today, I feel that could be a travesty,” he stated, including, “You will not have a Hitler Jayanti celebrated again in Germany to today.”
“It is very important not use these individuals as a canopy fireplace for politics,” Sampath famous.
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