The hostages
saying good-bye to the ladies of Tipu's zenana.
Tipu Sultan
fought valiantly to free his homeland. His gallant death on the battlefield in 1799 marked
the fall of the last stronghold of Muslim might in the subcontinent.
Ranjit Singh
taking the Kohinoor Diamond from Shah Shuja. In collusion with the East India Company a
Sikh Kingdom had been established in the North-West where Muslims were relentlessly
persecuted.
Shah Abdul Aziz
and his companions lanched a Jihad against the tyrannical Sikhs on December 2, 1826.
