Vellore is a historical and cultural city that contains many lesser-known sites for the tourists to explore. Here are some of ...

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will start the first food court inside the Vellore fort complex soon ... Mysore king Hyder Ali and his son, Tipu Sultan, spent their last years as prisoners.

Vellore Collector V.R. Subbulaxmi inaugurated the first food court inside the Vellore fort complex on Friday ... and his son, Tipu Sultan, spent their last years as prisoners.

Officials of ASI, Vellore Circle ... who were stationed inside the fort to guard Mysore rulers, Hyder Ali and his warrior son, Tipu Sultan’s large families. Like the 56 colonial buildings ...

Currently, offices of Vellore taluk, PWD, District Treasury and Forest Department are located inside the fort, which has a ... king Hyder Ali and his son, Tipu Sultan, spent their years as ...

Vellore too was under the control of the East India Company. Its famous fort, built during 1526-1595 CE, was ‘home’ to members of Tipu Sultan’s family — 12 sons and six daughters — who ...

The Union and State governments should take steps to conserve remnants of the ancient fort constructed by erstwhile Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan near Feroke in Kozhikode district, Rashtriya Janata Dal ...

Less-known facts are now emerging about a well-planned fort that was designed to be part of Farokhabad, the capital of Malabar at Feroke near Kozhikode, as envisioned by the Mysore king Tipu Sultan.