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Were they deny Sangolli rayanna,Bhagathsingh,Punnapravi olar,Tippu sultan,Esur peasants and sevaral such peoples struggle as anti democratic.
CPI(Maoist)Karnataka State Committee press release on burning of bus Abhay N 2007
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And now the famous Arab Tippu-Tib comes on the scene,
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Five years later he felt the East calling, bought a commission, and sailed with General Sir Eyre Coote, to take part in the "frantic military exploits," as some one called them, of Warren Hastings against Haidar Ali and Tippu in Mysore.
In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Herbert Strang
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But Tippu-Tib and his escort refused to go a step farther to what they felt was certain destruction.
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Fourteen villages lie buried in the dense bush, and Stanley's flotilla makes for the bank to encamp for the first time after parting from Tippu
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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But Tippu had his French allies, and Tippu and his
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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The treaty with Tippu had to be made on a basis of mutual restitution of conquests, so that England was left at the end of the struggle against Mysore with a great loss both of men and money, and no advantages, territorial or strategical, to set against the loss.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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It was a somewhat dearly bought peace for the English, for Tippu, regarding the advances of the English as a proof of their weakness, made demands far more arrogant than his successes justified, and those demands were agreed to by the English envoys.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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Tippu, a man as daring and as ambitious as his sire.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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Tippu was not unnaturally tempted by the concessions of the English into further displays of arrogance which in time inevitably resulted in another war.
A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871
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