Physics & Mechanics
Iron-cased war rockets (Mysorean rockets)
18th c. CEHyder Ali and Tipu SultanAnglo-Mysore Wars recordsKarnataka
1701
The first effective iron-cased rockets, deployed against British forces in southern India.
- Dated
- 1701–1800
- As scholars put it
- 18th c. CE
- Originator
- Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan
- Source text
- Anglo-Mysore Wars records
- Region
- Karnataka
- Discipline
- Physics & Mechanics
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
The British Congreve rocket, developed after capturing Mysorean examples.
Fair to say
A genuine 'India first, then adopted by the West' case, though early-modern rather than ancient.
Path to modern innovation
A direct ancestor of modern military rocketry.
1701Iron-cased war rockets (Mysorean rockets)
2013
2023Transmission
Captured Mysorean rockets directly informed William Congreve's designs.
References
- 1Roddam Narasimha
- 2histories of rocketry
Further reading
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