Shaheed Tipu Sultan
QURAN & VEDAS
"The Quran requires you to say to people of scripture: We believe in that which has been revealed into us and revealed unto you; our God and your God is one and unto him we surrender. We hold this God-given law dear to our heart, based as it is on human dignity; reason and brotherhood of man. With reverence we have also read the Vedas of the Hindus. They proclaim their faith in universal unity and express the belief that God is one although He bears many names."
-- Tipu Sultan.
"....Religious tolerance is the fundamental tenet of the Holy Quran".
The Quran calls upon you not to revile the idols of another religion for it says: revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah through ignorance.
The Quran expects you to vie with each other in good works and says for each we have appointed a divine law and a traced out way. Had Allah willed he could have made you one community...so vie one with another in good works".
--Tipu Sultan's Declaration, 1787
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LIFE OF A TIGER BETTER THAN THAT OF A JACKAL
"By what right do I commend my men to die for my cause if I should be afraid to lay down my own life ? In the face of a common calamity, is the King to escape sacrifice and suffering ? And why should I prolong the hours then there is no more profit in them ? I should only make myself ridiculous in the eyes of others and of my own - if I cling to life needlessly. Would you advice a Tiger to follow the life-style of a jackal; Would you ?"
-- Tipu Sultan
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IMPORTANCE OF LAW
From Tipu Sultan's proclamation in 1786.
"No man shall be punished save in accordance with law.
The law of immemorial custom and as enshrined in our traditions shall be honoured by us. So that people may know the extent and the rigour of the law, as also their rights, duties, obligations and responsibilities. We have decided that codification of law be undertaken... Accordingly, we have established a committee of Ministers.........."
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LOOTING FORBIDDEN
From Tipu Sultan's decree in 17 83, repeated in 1785, 1787 and possibly more often.
".....Looting a conquered enemy enriches a few; impoverishes the nations and dishonours the entire army. War must be linked to battlefields. Do not carry it to innocent civilians. Honour their children and the infirm."
PROHIBITION FOR ECONOMIC AND MORAL WELL-BEING.
Tipu's memorandum to Mir Sadiq,1787
"......This is a matter in which we must be undeterred and undaunted by financial considerations. Total prohibition is very near to my heart. It is not a question of religion alone. We must think of the economic well being and the moral height of our people and the need to build the character of your youth. I appreciate your concern for immediate financial loss but should we not look ahead? Is the gain to our treasury to be rated higher than the health and morality of our people...."
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NO SLAVERY OF ANY KIND.
" 'Since receiving that letter, I have heard that frequently such labour
is being requisitioned by Amildars either on their own or at the request or several departments. Therefore, I say this to you, let strict instructions be issued forthwith, for I see in such a practice the beginnings of a system slavery'.
'There can be no glory or achievements if the foundation of our places, roads and dams are mingled with the tears and blood of humanity'....."
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TIPU'S METHOD OF PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENCES
"The Ryots of your district, when convicted of offences, are at present fined by the government. It is ordered that in future these offences shall be commuted; and that the offender in place of every pagoda of the fine adjudged against him, shall plant 2 Mango trees, and 2 trees of the large jamun in front of his village and to water and tend them till they are the height of 3 Derras. This order is to be inserted in the Regulation of the districts".
--The Mysorean Revenue Regulations : No. 126
SALE OF ABANDONED GIRLS AND ORPHANS DECREED UNLAWFUL
"Formerly it has been a practice for the Amil and officers of government and other people ti purchase and sell abandoned girls and orphans children, etc., There are not to sold abroad, or to be budged in the Devasthana but are to be collected together for Government".
-- Regulations No.102
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K R S DAM ON THE CAUVERY RIVER
This dam is being constructed by the Khudadad Government... Any one brings under cultivation any uncultivated land and grows crops, vegetables or fruits by irrigating it with water from this dam will be given all encouragement and concessions.. the newly cultivated land shall belong to the cultivator and his descendants.. and no one shall dispossess him.
-- Inscription on the foundation stone on K.R.S. Dam on the Cauvery River.
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AGRICULTURE
"Agriculture is the life-blood of the nation. This land, rich and fertile, will reward those that work on it. Famine and want are either the result of sloth and ignorance or of corruption".
--Tipu's circular to al Amildars, 1788.
ON PUNISHMENT FOR CRIMES
"Flogging and whipping - be they to extract confessions or punishment, are repugnant to humanity and reason, They do not achieve their purpose. They degrade the victim. They dishonour the person in whose name they are ordered".
-- Tipu Sultan.
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TIPU'S CODE OF LAW AND CONDUCT OF 1787 STATED
"To quarrel with our subjects is to go to war with ourselves. They are our shield and our buckles; and it is they who furnish us with all things. Reserve the hostile strength of our empire exclusively for its foreign enemies".
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"One reason that history repeats itself is that so many people were not listening first time."
--Margaret Hussey.
"The Quran requires you to say to people of scripture: We believe in that which has been revealed into us and revealed unto you; our God and your God is one and unto him we surrender. We hold this God-given law dear to our heart, based as it is on human dignity; reason and brotherhood of man. With reverence we have also read the Vedas of the Hindus. They proclaim their faith in universal unity and express the belief that God is one although He bears many names."
-- Tipu Sultan.
"....Religious tolerance is the fundamental tenet of the Holy Quran".
The Quran calls upon you not to revile the idols of another religion for it says: revile not those unto whom they pray beside Allah lest they wrongfully revile Allah through ignorance.
The Quran expects you to vie with each other in good works and says for each we have appointed a divine law and a traced out way. Had Allah willed he could have made you one community...so vie one with another in good works".
--Tipu Sultan's Declaration, 1787
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LIFE OF A TIGER BETTER THAN THAT OF A JACKAL
"By what right do I commend my men to die for my cause if I should be afraid to lay down my own life ? In the face of a common calamity, is the King to escape sacrifice and suffering ? And why should I prolong the hours then there is no more profit in them ? I should only make myself ridiculous in the eyes of others and of my own - if I cling to life needlessly. Would you advice a Tiger to follow the life-style of a jackal; Would you ?"
-- Tipu Sultan
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IMPORTANCE OF LAW
From Tipu Sultan's proclamation in 1786.
"No man shall be punished save in accordance with law.
The law of immemorial custom and as enshrined in our traditions shall be honoured by us. So that people may know the extent and the rigour of the law, as also their rights, duties, obligations and responsibilities. We have decided that codification of law be undertaken... Accordingly, we have established a committee of Ministers.........."
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LOOTING FORBIDDEN
From Tipu Sultan's decree in 17 83, repeated in 1785, 1787 and possibly more often.
".....Looting a conquered enemy enriches a few; impoverishes the nations and dishonours the entire army. War must be linked to battlefields. Do not carry it to innocent civilians. Honour their children and the infirm."
PROHIBITION FOR ECONOMIC AND MORAL WELL-BEING.
Tipu's memorandum to Mir Sadiq,1787
"......This is a matter in which we must be undeterred and undaunted by financial considerations. Total prohibition is very near to my heart. It is not a question of religion alone. We must think of the economic well being and the moral height of our people and the need to build the character of your youth. I appreciate your concern for immediate financial loss but should we not look ahead? Is the gain to our treasury to be rated higher than the health and morality of our people...."
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NO SLAVERY OF ANY KIND.
" 'Since receiving that letter, I have heard that frequently such labour
is being requisitioned by Amildars either on their own or at the request or several departments. Therefore, I say this to you, let strict instructions be issued forthwith, for I see in such a practice the beginnings of a system slavery'.
'There can be no glory or achievements if the foundation of our places, roads and dams are mingled with the tears and blood of humanity'....."
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TIPU'S METHOD OF PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENCES
"The Ryots of your district, when convicted of offences, are at present fined by the government. It is ordered that in future these offences shall be commuted; and that the offender in place of every pagoda of the fine adjudged against him, shall plant 2 Mango trees, and 2 trees of the large jamun in front of his village and to water and tend them till they are the height of 3 Derras. This order is to be inserted in the Regulation of the districts".
--The Mysorean Revenue Regulations : No. 126
SALE OF ABANDONED GIRLS AND ORPHANS DECREED UNLAWFUL
"Formerly it has been a practice for the Amil and officers of government and other people ti purchase and sell abandoned girls and orphans children, etc., There are not to sold abroad, or to be budged in the Devasthana but are to be collected together for Government".
-- Regulations No.102
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K R S DAM ON THE CAUVERY RIVER
This dam is being constructed by the Khudadad Government... Any one brings under cultivation any uncultivated land and grows crops, vegetables or fruits by irrigating it with water from this dam will be given all encouragement and concessions.. the newly cultivated land shall belong to the cultivator and his descendants.. and no one shall dispossess him.
-- Inscription on the foundation stone on K.R.S. Dam on the Cauvery River.
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AGRICULTURE
"Agriculture is the life-blood of the nation. This land, rich and fertile, will reward those that work on it. Famine and want are either the result of sloth and ignorance or of corruption".
--Tipu's circular to al Amildars, 1788.
ON PUNISHMENT FOR CRIMES
"Flogging and whipping - be they to extract confessions or punishment, are repugnant to humanity and reason, They do not achieve their purpose. They degrade the victim. They dishonour the person in whose name they are ordered".
-- Tipu Sultan.
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TIPU'S CODE OF LAW AND CONDUCT OF 1787 STATED
"To quarrel with our subjects is to go to war with ourselves. They are our shield and our buckles; and it is they who furnish us with all things. Reserve the hostile strength of our empire exclusively for its foreign enemies".
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"One reason that history repeats itself is that so many people were not listening first time."
--Margaret Hussey.
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