An exhibition on Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan in the tableau of Karnataka during the Republic Day parade sparked a row on social media. The tableau carried a commentary below the ruler’s bust projecting him as a hero who had sacrificed his life fighting against the British in 1799. Soon after the parade, the micro-blogging site, Twitter was abuzz with tweets favouring and opposing the government’s move to pay homage to the ruler. One tweeted, “Happy to see Tipu Sultan being featured in the Karnataka tableau for the Republic Parade. Politics has ensured we have mostly forgotten him” while another Tweet said, “If we accept a Tipu Sultan float, there is absolutely no reason not to have floats of British monarchs and viceroys.”
ROW OVER TIPU’S BUST IN REPUBLIC DAY TABLEAU
An exhibition on Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan in the tableau of Karnataka during the Republic Day parade sparked a row on social media. The tableau carried a commentary below the ruler’s bust projecting him as a hero who had sacrificed his life fighting against the British in 1799.
