Srirangapatna :

The 216th death anniversary of Tipu Sultan organised by Hazrath Tipu Wakf Estate Development Committee was held at Gumbaz in Srirangapatna this morning.

Hazrath Tipu Wakf Estate Development Committee Chairman and MLA Tanveer Sait offered floral tributes to the tomb of Tipu Sultan located inside the Gumbaz.

Hazrath Moulana Hafiz -o-Qari-Inayath Ur Rahman, Khateeb-o-Imam, Masjid-e-Aqsa, Gumbad-e-Shahi recited versus of Holy Quran and prayed for Hazrath Tipu.

Hazrath Moulana Mahmood Ul Hassan, Moulana Ayub Ansari, Moulana Akbar Shariff, Iqbal Pasha, Allah Bakash Bakshi, Jameel Ahmed Ashrafi, Mohammed Abdul Salam, Khaleel Ur Rahman, Abdul Khader, Ibrahim Shariff, Haseena Shariff, Syed Akram Pasha, Mohammed Rafiq, Pansari Mujeeb Ahmed, Estate Officer Mohamed Ayub and others were present.

In another programme organised by Mysore City (District) Congress Committee at its office on Sayyaji Rao Road, MLA Vasu regretted that Tipu Sultan’s history had been distorted and said that even today the idol given by him to the Nanjangud Temple was being offered puja which showed his affection towards all religions.

Vasu urged the Tipu’s critics to study about Tipu in detail before passing any comments.

MLA M.K. Somashekar, former MLA Mukhtarunnisa Begum, Mysore City Congress Committee President C. Dasegowda, former Mayors Arif Hussain and Ayub Khan and others were present. Members present offered floral tributes to the portrait of Tipu Sultan.

It was on this day Tipu Sultan died fighting against the British Army in the year 1799. His body was found among the dead near the Ranganatha Swamy Temple.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 04th, 2014