Tipu Sultan died fighting against the British on 4th May 1799 within the ramparts of his own fort at Seringapatam. He was attacked by the combined forces of the British and the Nizam of Hyderabad.

Tipu Sultan who succeeded his father to the throne of Mysore valiantly fought against the British and won many battles in the early stages. His allying with French and contacts with foreign countries against the British could not help him finally. The British not only killed him, rampaged the fort, but also made all his sons prisoners and murdered them later. The British museum is full of the valuable things taken after he was killed. The golden throne, swords, many valuable artefacts are all show-cased there.

Though the British propagated him as a villain and against other religions, the facts contradicts these. He built a church for French in Mysore. In Seringapatnam the well-known temple even exists. He was a scholar and poet also.

The country will remember Tipu Sultan as a hero who fought the British to the last for the independence of the country.