Thursday, November 7, 2013

First Indian king to use rockets in warfare

                              First Indian king to use rockets in warfare

Everywhere it is the news of India's Mangalyaan. I watched a rocket carrying the equipment, ready to launch.
Suddenly , a thought came to my mind. Now we use rockets , designed specially to carry satellites. But in olden days , rockets are used in warfare. Now also, we read about missile attacks on our borders from neighboring country.
The first Indian king to use rockets was Tipu Sultan , the ruler of Mysore. He used them during the war of Pollilur in 1780. It is also called anglo- mysore war.