Thats when he planned to strike.
The defenders, taken by surprise, were quickly subdued and in two hours the fort had fallen completely.
Some time later, a curious object was discovered in the music room of the palace.
It was a large wooden musical automata depicting a tiger mauling a man in European clothing.
There is a crank protruding from the side of the tiger.
Tipu Sultans personal emblem was the tiger.
Even his nickname that he adopted for himself was the Tiger of Mysore.
Tipus Tiger, hence, was a symbolic representation of his desire to triumph over the British.
Understandably, the British were not amused.
In 1880, the tiger was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
After the war, the tiger was carefully pieced together, but it no longer works.
