lost-wax casting, and disguised plugs, in order to produce these globes. Colonial British Era—Republic of India Modern steel making in India began with the setting of first blast furnace of India at Kulti in 1870 and production began in 1874, which was set up by Bengal Iron Works. The Ordnance Factory Board established Metal & Steel Factory (MSF) at Calcutta, in 1872 The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) was established by Dorabji Tata in 1907, as part of his father's conglomerate. By 1939 Tata operated the largest steel plant in the British Empire, and accounted for a significant proportion of the 2 million tons pig iron and 1.13 of steel produced in British India annually. Native arms production The first iron-cased and metal-cylinder rockets (Mysorean rockets) were developed by the Mysorean army of the South Indian Kingdom of Mysore in the 1780s. The Mysoreans successfully used these iron-cased rockets against the Presidency armies of the East India Company]during the Anglo-Mysore Wars. See also Related topics Ancient iron production Crucible steel Damascus steel Dhar iron pillar Early Indian epigraphy Coinage of India Iron pillar of Delhi Iron Age India, Iron Age Rasayana Wootz steel Other similar topics Indian copper plate inscriptions History of India Indian copper plate inscriptions List of Edicts of Ashoka Pillars of Ashoka Outline of ancient India Science and technology in ancient India South Indian Inscriptions References Terminology for ayas Other terms Prastarika: metal trader Sulbhadhatusastra: science of metals panchaloha, sarva loha: the five base metals (tin, lead, iron, copper, silver) Further reading Agarwal, D.P. 2000. Ancient Metal Technology and Archaeology of South Asia. New Delhi: Aryan Books International. Biswas, Arun Kumar. 1994. Minerals and Metals in Ancient India. Vol. 1 Archaeological Evidence. New Delhi: D. K. Printworld (P) Ltd. Dilip K. Chakrabarti. The Early use of Iron In India. 1992. New Delhi: The Oxford University Press. Review: The Early use of Iron In India Chakrabarti D.K. (1996a). Copper and its Alloys in Ancient India. Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Private Limited Mukherjee, M. 1978 Metalcraftsmen of India, Calcutta Rakesh Tewari, 2003, The origins of iron-working in India: new evidence from the Central Ganga Plain and the Eastern Vindhyas Srinivasan, Sharda and Srinivasa Rangnathan. 2004. India's Legendary Wootz Steel. Bangalore: Tata Steel. Tripathi, Vibha (Ed.). 1998. Archaeometallurgy in India. Delhi: Sharada Publishing House. Review: Archaeometallurgy Tripathi, Vibha. 2001. The Age of Iron in India. New Delhi: Aryan Books