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Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, Bangalore, India, a good example of Indo-Islamic architecture is within the prescient of the Bangalore Fort. It was used as a summer residence by Tipu Sultan. It was Hyder Ali who commenced the construction of this palace, but it was completed in 1791 by his son Tipu, a courageous warrior and a sworn enemy of the British and their hegemony. Tipu Sultan died on 4 May 1799 on the battle field, fighting against the British Army led by lord Wellesley (20 June 1760 - 26 September 1842) in
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His beautiful palace at Bangalore was taken over by the British Administration who used it as their Secretariat before moving over to Attara Kacheri in 1868. Today the government of Karnataka maintains the palace, which is located in the prime locality of old Bangalore near the Kalasipalyam bus stand.
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