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| Keywords: Virabadra Drug as seen from near the site of the last view. Virabhadradurgam.jpg en Photographer Tripe Linnaeus Medium Photographic print Date 1858 This photograph of a view of the Virabhadra Drug taken by Linnaeus Tripe in 1858 and published in an album entitled 'Photographic Views of Ryakotta and other places in the Salem District with descriptive notes by J A C Boswell Esq M C S ' Madras 1858 In this place existed one of Tipu Sultan's forts or 'droog' meaning fortified hill Tipu Sultan 1750-1799 the eldest son of Aider Hali ruler of Mysore was the most powerful enemy of the British at the time of the East India Company The four Anlgo-Mysore Wars were fought between him allied with the French and the British who formed an alliance with the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Marhattas These campaigns ended with the defeat of Tipu Sultan in 1799 The numerous forts and palaces he built were destroyed by the British after his death Tripe was in charge of one of the battalions of the 12th Madras Native Infantry a regiment funded in 1824 and stationed in Madras In 1855 Tripe was commissioned to take photographs for the British East India Company and the Madras Presidency which resulted in six albums 1858 http //www europeana eu/portal/search html query virabhadradurgam Creator Linnaeus Tripe PD-old-100 Photographs of India by Linnaeus Tripe 1858 photographs Uploaded with UploadWizard Tamil Nadu in the 1850s Geography of Krishnagiri district | ||||
