What happened to Tipu Sultan s descendents after his death?
His descendents were at first sent to Vellore Little Mysore but later they were shifted to Calcutta in 1806. His descendents consisting of 52 people left Madras by sea on Aug 28. This included Tipu Sultan s 12 sons & 24 grandsons. (Of all of Tipu Sultan s sons Ghulam Muhammad is the only notable one). One of Ghula Muhammad s grandsons and a great grandson were in turn sherieffs of Calcutta in 1891 and 1913. The family lived on Royal pensions in and around Calcutta. There after the position of some branches of the family deteriorated, until today’s descendents of Tipu Sultan are to be found in many of the humblest walks of life, mainly in Bengal.
