Can you imagine that Tipu Sultan of Srirangapatna was the father of Indian Rocketry?
Mysorean rockets were the first iron-cased rockets successfully deployed for military use.
Hyder Ali, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, and his son, Tipu Sultan used them effectively against the British East India Company in 1792 and 1799.
These 'missiles', fitted with swords used to travel long distance, several metersabove in air before coming down with swords' edges facing the enemies.The British then took an active interest in the technology and developed it further during the 19th century and employed it in the American colonial wars.
These rockets were much more advanced than what the British had seen, chiefly because of the use of iron tubes for holding the propellant; this enabled higher thrust and longer range for the missiles up to 2 km.
Their conflicts with the company exposed the British to this technology, which was then used to advance European rocketry with the development of the Congreve rockets.
The parts of Tipu's Fort from were these famous Rockets were launched during the Mysorean Wars are now in ruins. Will the govt do something about it and preserve it for the progeny?
as received via email forward.
Mysorean rockets were the first iron-cased rockets successfully deployed for military use.
Hyder Ali, the 18th century ruler of Mysore, and his son, Tipu Sultan used them effectively against the British East India Company in 1792 and 1799.
These 'missiles', fitted with swords used to travel long distance, several metersabove in air before coming down with swords' edges facing the enemies.The British then took an active interest in the technology and developed it further during the 19th century and employed it in the American colonial wars.
These rockets were much more advanced than what the British had seen, chiefly because of the use of iron tubes for holding the propellant; this enabled higher thrust and longer range for the missiles up to 2 km.
Their conflicts with the company exposed the British to this technology, which was then used to advance European rocketry with the development of the Congreve rockets.
The parts of Tipu's Fort from were these famous Rockets were launched during the Mysorean Wars are now in ruins. Will the govt do something about it and preserve it for the progeny?
as received via email forward.
