Tomb of Tippu Sultan

Tipu Sultan, perhaps the last formidable ruler the British had to defeat before taking over South India was killed on May 4th, 1799 at the end of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. Known as a harsh and controversial ruler, he was also well-advanced in warfare, employing French officers for example, and heroic in the battlefield which he refused to flee when death was at hand. He is also know for "Tipu's Tiger," a large wooden toy now in the Victoria and Albert Museum which has a tiger mechanically eating a British soldier.