Mysorean rockets
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Mysorean rockets were an Indian military weapon. The iron-cased rockets were successfully deployed for military use. They were the first successful iron-cased rockets, developed in the late 18th centu
A Mysorean soldier, using his rocket as a flagstaff (Robert Home, 1793/4).
A painting showing the British forces confronted with Mysorean rockets
Use of rockets in an assault by Mysorean troops on Travancore Line fortification (29 December 1789)
Rocket being lit by a Mysorean soldier (Illustration by Robert Home)
Battle of Pollilur (1780)
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The Battle of Pollilur, also known as the Battle of Polilore or Battle of Perambakam, took place on 10 September 1780 at Pollilur near Conjeevaram, the city of Kanchipuram in present-day Tamil Nadu st
Mysorean rockets
…Ali's time. During the Second Anglo-Mysore War, Colonel William Baillie's ammunition stores are thought to have been detonated by a stray rocket at the Battle of Pollilur in 1780, which contributed to British defeat in the battle. At Pollilur, rockets restricted East India Company vanguard movement, skimming along the…
Mural of the battle on the walls of King Tipu's summer palace.
Tipu Sultan commissioned The Battle of Pollilur for the Daria Daulat Bagh to monumentalize his victory; early 19th-century, gouache on paper, 10 sheets of paper on canvas, mounted on restoration fabric, 962 × 200 cm, private collection.
Baillie Dungeon, Seringapatam (2004)