Inspite of having a decision from Mumbai high court and enforcing it doesn't mean that the plaintiffs were right. Their claim that the novel written by Bhagwan Gidwani is a fiction and has nothing to do with facts and real life of Tipu Sultan is nothing more than ignorance. What needs to be explained is that what is the difference between a Fiction and Historical novel. A fiction is a story that is completely made up and has nothing to do with facts whereas a historical novel or historical fiction can be written in such a style where the author using his imagination fictionalizes the story based on true history. The entire Sub-continent and all Indian, Pakistani and British historians know that Tipu Sultan was a person in history who was born in Mysore, ruled Mysore and fought the British for freedom. Off course, Tipu Sultan and his legacy are an integral part of 18th century's British-Indian history so how is that possible that Bhagwan Gidwani's novel "The Sword of Tipu Sultan" has nothing to do with facts. It doesn't make sense at all, however, there are or could be some historical inaccuracies in that book and some events or short stories presented in the book and Drama Serial may not be historically factual. 2nd thing is that I have watched "The Sword of Tipu Sultan" a number of times but nowhere on the serial I have seen this notice that "This drama serial is a total work of fiction and has nothing to do with facts and real life of Tipu Sultan however, when starting, it does say that "it is based on a fiction or novel by Bhagwan S Gidwani and there is a huge difference between the former note and later note. So since Tipu Sultan himself was a real historical figure how can his history be fiction, so the claim of plaintiffs who filed petition against the telecasting of this wonderful drama serial is just self-contradictory. As far as the petition filed in the court against the telecasting of historical drama serial, that was just a propaganda by extremist Hindus who want to bring the character and the history of "Tipu the great" to distortion. But even majority of Hindus in India even today remember Tipu Sultan as the greatest freedom fighter and most brave king Indian sub-continent ever produced.
