Modern warfare weapons of Rockets and Missiles were invented by India's Tipu Sultan , the Ruler of Mysore ( Karnataka ).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8LkoxtsdII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congreve_rocket
Rockets were used by Tipu Sultan's army against the East India Company , also , in the Battle of Srirangapatna in 1799.
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=srirangapatna+rocket&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=638&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=etCiVJC3BIq9uATC9oLICQ&ved=0CCsQsAQ
It was from Tipu Sultan , that the technology of Rockets was taken to England / Europe.
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Reminds us the last days of World War II ( fall of Berlin ) , when there was a competition between Americans and Russians to lay hands on German V 2 Rocket Technology / Scientists whose knowledge / work , later , pioneered the Space Age Rocketry of both USA and Russia ( USSR ).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8LkoxtsdII http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congreve_rocket
Rockets were used by Tipu Sultan's army against the East India Company , also , in the Battle of Srirangapatna in 1799.
https://www.google.co.in/search?q=srirangapatna+rocket&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=638&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=etCiVJC3BIq9uATC9oLICQ&ved=0CCsQsAQ
It was from Tipu Sultan , that the technology of Rockets was taken to England / Europe.
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Reminds us the last days of World War II ( fall of Berlin ) , when there was a competition between Americans and Russians to lay hands on German V 2 Rocket Technology / Scientists whose knowledge / work , later , pioneered the Space Age Rocketry of both USA and Russia ( USSR ).
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