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{{Short description|Mosque in Kolkata, India}}
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{{about|the mosque in Dharamtalla Street, Kolkata|the mosque in Prince Anwar Shah Road, Kolkata|Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge|other uses|Tipu Sultan (disambiguation)}}
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The '''Tipu Sultan Mosque''', officially known as the '''Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque''', also known locally as the '''Tipu Sultan Masjid''', and formerly known as the '''Dhurrumtollah Mosque''', is a [[mosque]] located in [[Kolkata]], in the state of [[West Bengal]], India. The mosque is named after [[Tipu Sultan]], a famous ruler of [[Mysore]].<ref name="Mitra2011">{{cite book |author=Mitra, Swati |title=Kolkata: City Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eUq9heKpjEIC&pg=PA43 |access-date=11 July 2012 |year=2011 |publisher=Goodearth Publications |isbn=978-93-80262-15-4 |pages=43–}}</ref><ref name="Bindloss2009">{{cite book |author=Bindloss, Joe |title=Northeast India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_bYWjJOe9cC&pg=PA111 |access-date=11 July 2012 |date=1 October 2009 |publisher=Lonely Planet| isbn=978-1-74179-319-2 |pages=111–}}</ref> Located at 185 Dharamtalla Street, the mosque is renowned for its architectural and cultural heritage relics.

== Background ==
Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] and well known as a scholar and poet. The Tipu Sultan Mosque was built in Calcutta (now Kolkata) by his 11th son, [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib|Prince Gholam Mohammed]]. His youngest son built this mosque in memory of his father, far away from Mysore, in Calcutta, due to family history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Shiv Sahay |date=2018-06-18 |title=Kolkata mosque shows the sunny path by going green |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/kolkata-mosque-shows-the-sunny-path-by-going-green/article24194806.ece |access-date=2023-09-04 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hard times for Tipu Sultan's descendants |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/living/story/19880415-hard-times-for-tipu-sultans-descendants-797138-1988-04-14 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> 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 India|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.{{clarify|date=March 2025}} He was involved in many public works and associated with a committee formed for maintenance of roadways and buildings.

== Construction ==
The mosque was built in 1842 by [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib|Prince Ghulam Mohammed]], the youngest son of [[Tipu Sultan]]. An identical mosque, the [[Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge]], was built earlier in 1835, also by Ghulam Mohammed.  Ghulam Mohammed used his own money to purchase a land in the central area of Calcutta and built this mosque.{{cn|date=March 2025}} The Ghulam Mohammed Wakf Estate manages both of the mosques.

In early 1980's the Tipu Sultan Masjid was damaged due to the construction works of [[Kolkata Metro Railway]] in the Esplanade area. The move was regarded as a highly communal{{clarify|date=March 2025}} stand of the [[West Bengal State Government]]. The Tipu Sultan Shahi Masjid Protection and Welfare Committee was founded in the late 1980s by Seraj Mubarki, Mohammad Sharfuddin, to inform people about the damage caused to the mosque by the [[Kolkata Metro]] company. The committee negotiated with the Kolkata Metro authorities to repair the damage caused by the construction underneath the building. The authorities agreed to demolish the damaged part of the mosque and rebuild it.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

The committee continue to play an active role in the daily affairs of the mosque. Committee members raised {{INR}}21,501 for the [[2004 Tsunami]] victims as part of the Prime Minister's Tsunami fund.{{cn|date=March 2025}} The committee went on a five-day hunger strike to seek the intervention of the central government when a Muslim [[dargah]] was ruined in [[Vadodara]]. The fast was later broken with an initiative by H.E. Honorable Governor Shri. [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi|Gopal Krishna Gandhi]] who offered glass of juice to the fasters and later condemned attacks on [[Hindu temple]]s in Pakistan and the attacks on Christian missionaries in [[Orissa]] and other parts of India.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

== Leadership ==
The mosque's [[Imam]] [[Noor ur Rahmaan Barkati]] was implicated by the police in May 2017 after he refused to remove an illegal red beacon from his vehicle.<ref name=jehadi1>{{cite news |url=http://zeenews.india.com/west-bengal/maulana-nurur-rehman-barkati-shahi-imam-of-tipu-sultan-mosque-booked-for-not-removing-red-beacon-from-his-vehicle-2004476.html |title=Maulana Nurur Rehman Barkati, Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan mosque, booked for not removing red beacon from his vehicle |work=Zeenews |date=12 May 2017 |access-date= |author= }}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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Dhurrumtollah Mosque, Calcutta by Francis Frith.jpg|Dhurrumtollah Mosque at Calcutta, by [[Francis Frith]]
Kolkata Tipu Sultan's Mosque3.jpg|The mosque in 2007
Tipu Sultan Mosque in Dharamtalla Street, Kolkata, West Bengal.jpg|Traffic near the mosque in 2022
</gallery>

== See also ==
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* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of mosques in Kolkata]]

==References==
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== External links ==
{{commons category|Tipu Sultan Mosque, Lenin Sarani}}
* {{cite web |author= |url=http://www.bongblogger.com/tipu-sultan-mosque-kolkata-calcutta/ |title=Tipu Sultan Mosque |work=bongblogger.com |date= |access-date= }}

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