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The making of the Mysorean rockets: The iron weapons that shook the British
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September is an important month in the country's military history. Nearly two-and-a-half centuries ago, in this month, the army of the Mysore Kingdom, led by Hyder Ali and his son Tipu Sultan, dealt a decisive blow to the British East India Company at Pollilur near Kanchipuram. The 1780 battle was part of the four-year-long Second Anglo-Mysore War, which ended with the Company being forced to sign the Treaty of Mangalore. According to historians, this was the last time an Indian army dictat
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