The Friend Who Betrayed- France’s False Promise To Tipu Sultan

France’s promise to support Tipu’s rebellion against the British cost him his life and sealed Britain’s future in India.

Karthick Nambi
Lessons from History
3 min readOct 11, 2021

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Tipu Sultan. Source-https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Tipu_Sultan%2C_Indian_warrior_Emperor_of_Mysore.gif

It was the middle of the fiercest battle ever seen in India. The battle of Sreerangapatinam was the last stand of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore.

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