When Tipu Sultan was Flogged in Public: Lessons from a Father
How does a man transition from a "flogged prince" to a revolutionary sovereign? Ramjee Chandran explores the formative trauma and brilliant administrative mind of Tipu Sultan. Following the death of Hyder Ali, Tipu inherited a state designed for perpetual war and set about the impossible task of ma…
The Darkest Chapter of Tipu Sultan: The Malabar Atrocities
How does a man transition from a "flogged prince" to a revolutionary sovereign? Ramjee Chandran explores the formative trauma and brilliant administrative mind of Tipu Sultan. Following the death of Hyder Ali, Tipu inherited a state designed for perpetual war and set about the impossible task of ma…
The Resurrection of Charles Cornwallis
One line is all we need in history records that Charles Cornwallis invaded Bangalore in 1791. But behind that single line lies a sweeping story of defeat, humiliation, and a decades-long struggle for redemption. In this episode, Ramjee Chandran charts Cornwallis's journey from his agonizing, ghoste…
The Road to Seringapatam, Part 1
With Bangalore secured, Lord Cornwallis turns his sights west toward the ultimate prize: Tipu Sultan’s island capital of Srirangapatna. But a secondary fortress stocked for a year's siege serves as a stark warning that Mysore’s resources remain deeply formidable. In this episode, Ramjee Chandran ch…
The Aftermath of Seringapatam, Part 1: The Ledger
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What remained of the legendary kingdom of Mysore after the Treaty of Seringapatam in 1792? In this episode, Ramjee Chandran dives into the grim fiscal reality facing Tipu Sultan. Beyond losing half its geographical territory, Mysore lost its most profitable economic engines—the lucrati…
Episode 11: Karnataka — Where Stone Learned to Tell Stories (Special Extended Episode)
This is a special, extended episode — Karnataka is home turf for the host, and it gets the long-form treatment as a result. We trace the state from the Kadamba dynasty in the 4th century through the Chalukyas' temple-building at Badami and Pattadakal, the Hoysalas' astonishing soapstone carving at …
The Famous Mysore Silk: How it Happened
How did a kingdom stripped of its primary commercial ports transform itself into an industrial powerhouse? In this episode, Ramjee Chandran traces the origin of two defining Mysorean legacies: silk and lacquerware toys. From 12-year expeditions sent to China for silkworms to treadmill-pumped mulber…
How Tipu Almost Destroyed Business in the Bengaluru Pete
While Tipu Sultan was driven to construct a modern, self-reliant industrial power, his domestic economic policies caused severe disruption for the merchant community of the Bengaluru Pete. Drawing from surveyor Francis Buchanan's 1800 records, this episode examines how trade bans, state monopolies …
The French Connection, Part 1: South India
Long before Britain consolidated its hold over the subcontinent, France came tantalizingly close to reshaping Indian history. In Part 1 of this mini-series, Ramjee Chandran traces the rise of La Compagnie des Indes Orientales, the kingmaking ambitions of Joseph François Dupleix, and the strategic i…
The French Connection, Part 2: France in Mysore
Despite being repeatedly abandoned by Paris due to European peace treaties, Tipu Sultan never relinquished his vision of a Franco-Mysore alliance to expel the British from India. This episode explores the pragmatic synergy between Mysore's land power and France's naval capabilities, the origin of B…
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