Political freedom from the British
Tipu struggled all his life first to gain political freedom from British hands, for
which he used all his means, energy and power, not sparing even his life. He
would say the life of a lion for a day was far better than the life of a jackal for a
hundred years, and that death should be preferred to dishonor. The
British had never been confronted with a more formidable, determined and inveterate foe,
who never compromised his ideals and never deviated from his goal. Even in his dreams he
was engaged in a bitter fight against them. His regime began in the midst of war against
the English, and ended in the midst of war against them. His was the
only ruler who had the distinction of dying in a battle field for the liberty of the land. |
