It was on this day more than 2 centuries ago when Tipu Sultan massacred close to 800 Mandyam Iyengar men, women and children in cold blood in the town of Melkote.
In fact, a simple google reverse search reveals that none of the pictures relate to any celebration of Tippu Jayanti attended by the senior BJP leaders.
Last year, Kumaraswamy's name was missing from the invite for the Tipu Jayanti celebration because the Gowdas believe that honouring the Sultan of Mysore would bring them bad luck.