Finally, there is some hope for the historic ‘rocket court’ in Srirangapatna from where the ‘Tiger of Mysore’, Tipu Sultan, designed and fired the world’s first war rocket nearly 250 years ago catchin

Tipu Sultan, the celebrated Tiger of Mysore, made critical innovations in the Mysorean rockets that his father Hyder Ali first used as weapons of war, and built a 6,000-strong artillery brigade in the

Tiger of Mysore Tipu Sultan designed, manufactured and fired the world’s first war-use rocket in the late 1790s. After decades of neglect, the birthplace of rocket and missile technology – Rocket Cour

British soldiers sent back a host of treasures belonging to Tipu Sultan, including three hunting cheetahs, after the fall of Seringapatam in May 1799.

The details of the spoils seized by the East Ind

Tipu Sultan and Rani of Jhansi have been included in a poll by the National Army Museum in London to find Britain's most formidable foes among 20 contrasting personalities that share a common trait of