Though the meet was confined to intellectuals,
the outcome of the entire meet was positive, and the speakers
included Prof. B. Shiek Ali, Prof. Iqtidar, H.Siddiqui,
Prof. A.R. Kulkarni, Prof, Nikhilesh Guha, Dr. S.A.Bari,
Pr. S.U. Kamath, Dr. Choodamani Nandagopal, Dr. Gayathri,
Dr. Venktesh, Prof. Lafont from France, Mr. Rabin Walsh,
Prof. Christopher Beyeler and Prof. Christian Peter also
from France. Prof. A.R. Khamruddin, Prof. Dayanand Patel,
Dr. H.R.R. Bhat, Prof. Anirudha Ray, Samuel Strandberg from
Sweden, Anne Buddle of Scotland presented their papers on
Tipu. The papers covered various aspects of Tipu's reign
such as its secular character, religious tolerance, trade
and commerce, coinage, international relations, industry
and defence and military capabilities of Tipu's reign. On
the occasion books containing correspondence between the
French and Tipu Sultan translated into English from French
by Dr. Suman were released, the books have been printed
by the Department of Information and Publicity, Govt. of
Karnataka.
During the programme the lunch was hosted
by welcome group i.e. Windsor Manor Hotel with its unique
menu specially prepared for the occasion. The programme
was attended by R. Roshan Baig Minister for Wakf & Tourism,
Former Minster Moienuddin, Rural Development Minister M.P.
Prakash and Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar.
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SRIRANGAPATNA: On May 15th, Mr.
R. Roshan baig, Minister of Wakf and Tourism inaugurated
the Photo Exhibition at Gumbaz organised by Archeological
Survey of India.
Several photographs of monuments, weaponary,
armoury, coins, dress, incriptures, manuscripts were displayed
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BANGALORE : A two day seminar was orgainsed on 5th
and 6th of May at Kannada Bhavan to commemorate the bi-centenary
of Tipu Sultan. Mr. B.A. Cutinho IAS, Secretary to Government
Information Tourism and Youth services and by Mrs. Usha
Ganesh IAS Secretary ITY entrusted Dr. Suman Venkatesh of
Bangalore University to organise the seminar. Dr. Suman
said invitation to 44 intellectuals from India and abroad
were sent, out of which 24 responded. 
