Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge

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Tipu Sultan Masjid
Tipu Sultan Masjid.jpg
The mosque at night, in 2023
Religion
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Sect Barelvi and Sufism
FestivalEid-ul-Milad-un-Nabi
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Mosque
Leadership Imam Abdus Sukur
StatusActive
Location
Location135 Prince Anwar Shah Road, Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal
Country India
Kolkata location map EN.svg
Red pog.svg
Location of the mosque in Kolkata
Administration
  • Ghulam Mohammed Wakf Estate
  • Anwar Shah Committee
Geographic coordinates 22°30′06″N88°20′43″E / 22.50176°N 88.34540°E / 22.50176; 88.34540
Architecture
Type Mosque architecture
Style Indo-Islamic
Founder Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib
Groundbreaking1852
Completed1860
Specifications
Dome(s)Six (maybe more)
Minaret(s)Four (maybe more)

The Tipu Sultan Masjid, also called Shaheed Tipu Sultan Masjid, is a Sunni mosque, located on Prince Anwar Shah Road in Tollygunge, Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. [1] [2] [3]

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Background

Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and well known as a scholar and poet. The Tipu Sultan Masjid was built in Calcutta (now Kolkata) by his 11th son, Prince Gholam Mohammed. His youngest son built this mosque in memory of his father, far away from Mysore, in Calcutta, due to family history. [4] [5] Tipu Sultan was engaged in a series of wars with the British East India Company, which had sought trade favours from the Sultan at first, and later tried to annex his Kingdom by military force. After the last war, with Tipu's death on the battlefield, and six years after Tipu's death, the entire family was exiled to Calcutta by the British Government. During that period, the capital of Mysore, Srirangapatnam, was captured by British Army. Gholam Mohammed was a child when arrived in Calcutta and developed into a man of varied qualities.[ clarification needed ] He was involved in many public works and associated with a committee formed for maintenance of roadways and buildings.

Construction

The mosque was built between in 1852 and 1860 by Prince Gholam Mohammed with the same design and look as the earlier–constructed Tipu Sultan Mosque on Dharamtalla Street, completed in 1842. [6] [7]

Leadership

Abdus Sukur is the Imam of the mosque, [8] that is affiliated with the Barelvi and Sufi movements.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tipu Sultan mosque gets new imam with curtailed powers". The Times of India . March 3, 2018. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Kolkata: Tipu Sultan mosque all set to be self-sufficient in electricity generation". DNA India. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Streetwise Kolkata: Tipu Sultan Road — One of the many legacies of Mysore ruler in a city he never saw". The Indian Express. February 26, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ Singh, Shiv Sahay (June 18, 2018). "Kolkata mosque shows the sunny path by going green". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Hard times for Tipu Sultan's descendants". India Today. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Why legends of Tipu Sultan live on in Calcutta". The Times of India . November 6, 2017. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tipu Sultan mosques to get a healing touch". The Times of India. September 11, 2010. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ "After ouster of Barkati, new imam appointed at Tipu Sultan mosque". www.dnaindia.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

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