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Updated: September 13, 2015 05:45 IST
Work on Hyder Ali, Tipu memorial begins - The Hindu
Minister for Power Natham R. Viswanathan, centre, taking part in bhoomi puja for the construction of a memorial for Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan at Aranmanaikulam on Gandhi New Road in Dindigulon Saturday.— PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN
It will be built at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore
Work on a memorial for Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan was inaugurated by the Minister for Power, Natham R. Viswanathan, here on Saturday.
The announcement on construction of a memorial for Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan, who valiantly fought the British, was made by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, in the Assembly in May 2013. The memorial will be constructed at the junction of Treasury Road and Gandhi New Road here at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore.
Soon after the announcement in 2013, the district administration identified three sites — near Begampur mosque at Yanaitheppam in Dindigul; Agaram village on National Highway 7 near Thadikombu; and Kodangipatti Pudur near Seevalsaragu — for the memorial.
The site could not be finalised following protest from local residents.
After that Big Mosque Jamaath Council agreed to offer one acre of land under the control of Walf Board (under survey T.SNo.828/4 in Adiyanuthu village) near Aranmanaikulam, the site was chosen for the construction of the memorial.
The structure will come up over an area of 200 square metres.
The hillock, which resembles a ‘dhindu’ (pillow), gave the name to the town, Dindigul. The construction of a fort in the hillock was started by Muthukrishna Naicker of Madurai in 1605 and completed by Tirumalai Naicker in 1659. Hyder Ali, along with his wife and five-year-old son Tipu Sultan, visited the fort in 1755. From 1784 to 1790, the fort was under the rule of Tipu Sultan.
In 1784, Tipu’s commandant Syed Ibrahim constructed many rooms in the fort and strengthened its walls. After the defeat of Tipu in 1790 in the Mysore war, the fort changed hands and was under the control of the British.
Hyder Ali, during his rule over Dindigul, constructed three mosques — one for his namaaz, the second for his soldiers underneath the fort and the third in the present Begampur.
It will be constructed at the junction of Treasury Road and Gandhi New Road here at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore
Work on Hyder Ali, Tipu memorial begins - The Hindu
Minister for Power Natham R. Viswanathan, centre, taking part in bhoomi puja for the construction of a memorial for Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan at Aranmanaikulam on Gandhi New Road in Dindigulon Saturday.— PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN
It will be built at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore
Work on a memorial for Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan was inaugurated by the Minister for Power, Natham R. Viswanathan, here on Saturday.
The announcement on construction of a memorial for Hyder Ali and Tippu Sultan, who valiantly fought the British, was made by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, in the Assembly in May 2013. The memorial will be constructed at the junction of Treasury Road and Gandhi New Road here at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore.
Soon after the announcement in 2013, the district administration identified three sites — near Begampur mosque at Yanaitheppam in Dindigul; Agaram village on National Highway 7 near Thadikombu; and Kodangipatti Pudur near Seevalsaragu — for the memorial.
The site could not be finalised following protest from local residents.
After that Big Mosque Jamaath Council agreed to offer one acre of land under the control of Walf Board (under survey T.SNo.828/4 in Adiyanuthu village) near Aranmanaikulam, the site was chosen for the construction of the memorial.
The structure will come up over an area of 200 square metres.
The hillock, which resembles a ‘dhindu’ (pillow), gave the name to the town, Dindigul. The construction of a fort in the hillock was started by Muthukrishna Naicker of Madurai in 1605 and completed by Tirumalai Naicker in 1659. Hyder Ali, along with his wife and five-year-old son Tipu Sultan, visited the fort in 1755. From 1784 to 1790, the fort was under the rule of Tipu Sultan.
In 1784, Tipu’s commandant Syed Ibrahim constructed many rooms in the fort and strengthened its walls. After the defeat of Tipu in 1790 in the Mysore war, the fort changed hands and was under the control of the British.
Hyder Ali, during his rule over Dindigul, constructed three mosques — one for his namaaz, the second for his soldiers underneath the fort and the third in the present Begampur.
It will be constructed at the junction of Treasury Road and Gandhi New Road here at a cost of Rs. 1.3 crore