Question

’ Tipu Sultan is regarded as the pioneer of rocket artillery in India’. Justify the given statement.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The father of modern rockets

Tipu created iron tubes filled with gunpowder, hoisted them on flags or bamboo poles and mounted them on ramps for better accuracy and range. His rockets led to the defeat of the British in the second Anglo-Mysore war of 1782, their first in India.