Published 11:12 IST, May 5th 2019
Pakistan PM Imran Khan pays tribute to Tipu Sultan on his death anniversary. Here's what he said
On the death anniversary historical figure Tipu Sultan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday paid his tributes praising him for choosing freedom upon the life of enslavement.
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On the death anniversary historical figure Tipu Sultan, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday paid his tributes praising him for choosing freedom upon the life of enslavement.
Taking to Twitter, Khan revealed that he admires Tipu Sultan:
This isn't the first time Imran Khan praised Tipu Sultan's valour.
Earlier in March, amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, The News International quoted Khan as saying, "We'd heard about the two kings. But our hero is Tipu Sultan, who used to say that a lion's life for a day is preferable to a hundred years of a jackal."
"Let us peek through the chronicles of history to see and analyse what had actually made Imran Khan compare Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, to Mughal King Bahadur Shah Zafar," he added.
Tipu, the eldest son of Sultan Hyder Ali and Fatima Fakhr-un-Nisa, is famous in history for his innovation in coinage and for the introduction of a new land revenue system that had literally stimulated the growth of Mysore's silk industry.
Mysore was considered as an economic power with high wages and living standards during Tipu's eventful reign. He was named "Tipu Sultan" after a revered Sufi saint, Hazrat Tipu Mastan Aulia of Arcot, a town in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Meanwhile, in a major embarrassment to Pakistan and a big diplomatic win for the Indian government, UN Nations Security Council designated Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist under the Sanctions Committee, after China lifted its hold on the designation.
(inputs from ANI)
Updated 12:00 IST, May 5th 2019