tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post592184754741229253..comments2024-03-24T12:54:16.636+05:30Comments on Calicut Heritage: Hyder and Tipu - Part 2Premchandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12413182610858952040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-7421262546649405662014-04-16T22:13:18.619+05:302014-04-16T22:13:18.619+05:30The visionary and statesman king of entire South I...The visionary and statesman king of entire South India was Raja Pratapasimhan of Thanjavur He foresaw the danger of Hyder who came close to Chidambaram and made alliance with British and drove Chandra Sahib out if Tanjore territory subsequently to be killed by one of the Maratta General thus preventing major CATASTROPHY of HYDER/CHANDA SAHIB. Thus by allying with British he saved Tamilnadu pavingTejaswininimburiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06098146870657720928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-20233267451018321062014-03-28T09:34:48.412+05:302014-03-28T09:34:48.412+05:30Thank you, Maddy, for your comments. We share your...Thank you, Maddy, for your comments. We share your skepticism. In fact, we had inserted a caveat (within brackets) based on your comments on an earlier draft. It is rather surprising that mainstream historians have either ignored Gautier and his source or not noticed the anachronism. Meanwhile, Hindutwa crowd has been spreading the news of the Tyrant Diaries as one more proof of the anti-Hindu Calicut Heritage Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493344638807977946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1842185206290989130.post-84443588085298727462014-03-27T18:34:26.465+05:302014-03-27T18:34:26.465+05:30hello..
I do not think the record in the diary is ...hello..<br />I do not think the record in the diary is in anyway an eyewitness report as it sounds. Even though I am convinced that the events took place in Calicut, it was impossible for Ripaud to have seen them for they were perhaps carried out in 1783-1784, a decade before Ripuad set foot in MangaloreMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.com