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{{Infobox mosque
| name = Tipu Sultan Masjid
| building_name = Shaheed Tipu Sultan Masjid
| native_name = शहीद टीपू सुल्तान मस्जिद
| native_name_lang = hi
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
| location = 135, [[Prince Anwar Shah Road]]
| sect = [[Sunni Islam]] ([[Barelvi]] and Sufi)
| festivals = Eid-ul-Milad-un-Nabi
| municipality = [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
| district = [[Kolkata district]]
| state = [[West Bengal]]
| province = [[Tollygunge]]
| country = India
| administration = Anwar Shah Committee
| architect = [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib]]
| architecture_style = Indo-Islamic
| established = 1860
| groundbreaking = 1852
| completed = 1860
| dome_quantity = 6
}}

'''Tipu Sultan Masjid''' also called '''Shaheed Tipu Sultan Masjid''' is a mosque located on the [[Prince Anwar Shah Road]] in [[Tollygunge]], [[Kolkata]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tipu Sultan and Tollygunge – Where do the two T’s meet? |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/tipu-sultan-and-tollygunge-where-do-the-two-ts-meet |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=Get Bengal |language=en}}</ref> in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-03-03 |title=Tipu Sultan mosque gets new imam with curtailed powers |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tipu-sultan-mosque-gets-new-imam-with-curtailed-powers/articleshow/63141520.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-04 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolkata: Tipu Sultan mosque all set to be self-sufficient in electricity generation |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kolkata-tipu-sultan-mosque-all-set-to-be-self-sufficient-in-electricity-generation-2625262 |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=Streetwise Kolkata: Tipu Sultan Road — One of the many legacies of Mysore ruler in a city he never saw |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/streetwise-kolkata-tipu-sultan-road-one-of-many-legacy-mysore-ruler-7205860/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> It was built in 1860 by [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib]], the youngest son of [[Tipu Sultan]] after the [[Tipu Sultan Mosque|Tipu Sultan Masjid]] was built with the same design and look.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-11-06 |title=Why legends of Tipu Sultan live on in Calcutta |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/why-legends-of-tipu-sultan-live-on-in-calcutta/articleshow/61530774.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-04 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-09-11 |title=Tipu Sultan mosques to get a healing touch |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/tipu-sultan-mosques-to-get-a-healing-touch/articleshow/6533468.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-09-04 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> It was named after the ruler of Mysore also known as King of Mysore Tipu Sultan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tipu Sultan Mosque, Calcutta - Sarmaya |url=https://sarmaya.in/objects/photography/tipu-sultan-mosque-calcutta/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=sarmaya.in |language=en-US}}</ref><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> Abdus Sukur is the Imam of this Mosque.<ref>{{Cite web |title=After ouster of Barkati, new imam appointed at Tipu Sultan mosque |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-after-ouster-of-barkati-new-imam-appointed-at-tipu-sultan-mosque-2556815/amp |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.dnaindia.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1860 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Mosques in Kolkata]]

Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge - Revision history

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