Tipu Sultan (born Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu), also known as the Tipu Sahib was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali of Mysore. Tipu Sultan introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule including his coinage, a new Mauludi lunisolar calendar and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of the Mysore silk industry.
He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Battle of Pollilur and Siege of Seringapatam. He also embarked on an ambitious economic development program that established Mysore as a major economic power, with some of the world's highest real wages and living standards in the late 18th century. Tipu Sultan was born on 20 November 1750 at Devanahalli, in present-day Bangalore Rural district, Bangalore city.
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