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title: "Why was Tipu Sultan hated by a section of the Hindu population?"  
description: "Why was Tipu Sultan hated by a section of the Hindu population?"  
author: "Priyanka rathor"  
published: 2018-01-29  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33760/why-was-tipu-sultan-hated-by-a-section-of-the-hindu-population  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["history", "general knowledge", "india"]  
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# Why was Tipu Sultan hated by a section of the Hindu population?

Why was [Tipu Sultan](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33759/was-tipu-sultan-a-cruel-ruler) hated by a [section](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/88502/why-you-should-share-your-views-on-mindstick-s-yourviews-section) of the [Hindu population](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/100225/hindu-population-in-the-us-becomes-the-fourth-largest-faith-why)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

## Only Hindu’s well I don’t think even Muslims liked him……!

**Being the King of Mysore Tipu Sultan is listed among one of the cruelest rulers in the history.** Tipu Sultan **wanted to convert his whole kingdom into an Islamic state,** within his rule he use to **slaughter people who were non-believers of Islam in a very barbaric manner.** Regarding himself as the protector of Islam he forced peoples to convert themselves to Islam.

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So as you were asking why he has been hated by a particular section of Hindu population. **So here I have come up with key reasons which make appropriate sense why he was been hated the most by each and every diversities who were present in his era.**

- By hook or by crook he wanted his whole kingdom to worship only Islam

- He plundered and demolished the places where other religion used to worship

- Tipu sultan imposed heavy taxes on non-Islamic

- Just like Aurangzeb he looted away the temples and demolished away churches and Jain’s worship places

- Tipu sultan along with **his troops mascaraed 800 people** of Mandyam Iyengars because of a misconception

- Tipu forcefully **converted lakhs of Hindus, Jains, and Christians to Islam**

**Well, there are historians** who demonstrate **Tipu Sultan as a hero just** because he fought a war against British Empire but the other side of history **says something else and is claimed true that he was an anti-Hindu.**


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