Well, many of us know that this is the largest canon in the world. Made in 1720, situated in Jaigarh Fort, Rajasthan, India, it weighs over 50 tonnes(100,000 pounds) and is 20 ft in length. The wheels are 9 ft in diameter.
But what most of us might not know is how is it operated. It uses 100 kilos (220 lbs) of explosives and it takes four elephants to rotate the gun. There is a huge water tank behind the canon in which the canon operator and others have to jump after lighting the fuse. When it was first test fired the canon operator died because he could not jump into the water in time and the canon ball landed 35 km(22 miles) away!!!
Well, it was never fired again, since the fort was never attacked and i wonder who took the job of the canon operator.
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