Tipu Sultan ( Urdu:ٹیپو سلطان, Kannada : ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ) (20 November 1750 – 4 May 1799), (
Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Shahab) also known as the
Tiger of Mysore, and
Tipu Sahib, was a ruler of the
Kingdom of Mysore. He was the eldest son of Sultan
Hyder Ali of Mysore. Tipu introduced a number of administrative innovations during his rule, including his coinage, a new Mauludi
lunisolar calendar, and a new land revenue system which initiated the growth of
Mysore silk industry. Tipu expanded the iron-cased
Mysorean rockets and wrote the military manual
Fathul Mujahidin, considered a pioneer in the use of
rocket artillery. He deployed the rockets against advances of British forces and their allies in their
1792 and
1799 Siege of Srirangapatna.