Multiple choice general knowledge history

What was the name of Tipu Sultan's father?

  1. Haydar Ali

  2. Pandit Purnia

  3. Ghazi Khan

  4. Mir Sadiq
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Haydar Ali (also spelled Hyder Ali) was Tipu Sultan's father and the founder of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was a military commander who deposed the Hindu Wodeyar king and made himself the ruler. Tipu succeeded him after his death in 1782. Mir Sadiq was actually a minister who betrayed Tipu, not his father.

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