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From: Architexturez-IN <admin-in@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:46:47 +0530
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The report went on to suggest that the monuments related to war, rocket
and ammunition storage which are now in Srirangapatna should come under
the ambit of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and they should be
properly maintained with historical evidences and displays.
Dr. Pillai noted that the rockets used by Tipu Sultan in the
Srirangapatna war of 1792 helped defeat the British and many writers,
including Frank H. Winter, W.R. Maxwell and Roddam Narasimha, have
discussed these rockets in great detail. The British have also
acknowledged the importance of these rockets in warfare and have
displayed them in the Museum of Artillery at Woolrich in London.
It is acknowledged in the history of rocketry that the rockets used by
Tipu Sultan were the first ever missiles used in modern warfare.
cont'd....
http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/21/stories/2007112155691000.htm