Tipu Sultan's eventual defeat in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War and the capture of the Mysore iron rockets, they were influential in British rocket development, inspiring the Congreve rocket, which was soon put into use in the Napoleonic Wars. Gallery See also Tipu Sultan Hyder Ali Mughal weapons References External links "Battle of Pollilur (1780)" - A detailed historical analysis (and its importance in world history) Tipu Sultan website Wilson, W. J. History of the Madras Army, Volume 2 Pollilur 1780 Pollilur 1780 History of Tamil Nadu 1780 in India