Talk:Conspiracy of the Pintos

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If the Conspiracy of the Pintos occurred in 1787, it cannot have been "inspired by the French Revolution," which commenced two years later.

Name correction
The name of this entry should be "Conspiracy of the Pintos", not "Conspiracy Of The Pintos". Please correct it.

Biased?
This article seems biased. The author calls Tipu Sultan 'usurper' of Mysore. This is incorrect. Tipu Sultan inherited the Mysore throne from his father, Hyder Ali. Although there could arguably some truth in claiming Hyder Ali usurped the throne from Wodeyars (the earlier - and later - rulers of Mysore), his son simply inherited it. It appears the author is trying to portray Tipu Sultan as a small time chieftain. The truth is, Tipu Sultan ruled large swathes (perhaps tens of times as large as Goa!) of land.

Further, the article indicates that Tipu was aiming to convert christians (and incidentally hindus as well) to Islam. While I am no expert on Tipu and his religious tolerance or intolerance, I gather from existing evidence that this could not have been the case. Some of the circumstantial reasons for me to say so are:

1. The Mangalorean christian community thrives even today as does the hindu community

2. Tipu was one of the chief patrons of the famous Ranganath temple in Srirangapattana (or Serigapatam - anglicised) and many others. In fact, even today most of the guards in this temple are muslims.

3. In the city of Mysore itself there are many historical temples and churches that predate Tipu. While he could tolerate this religious diversity under his nose, why would Tipu want to islamise far away people?

Overall, the article needs to undergo a good un-biased edit. 20:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC) Tipu was NOT a tolerant ruler. Please read the articles on the Seringapatam captivities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity_of_Mangalorean_Catholics_at_Seringapatam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity_of_Coorgis_at_Seringapatam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivity_of_Nairs_at_Seringapatam These incidents prove the actions of the Pinto conspirators to be all the more reprehensible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.228.85.147 (talk) 20:38, 30 April 2013 (UTC)

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