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[[Image:0006_Bronze_Gun.jpg|600px|Bhurtpore gun]]'''IMAGE'''
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[[Image:0001 Woolwich Barracks.jpg|1200px|Woolwich Barracks]]
THE BARRACKS OF THE ROYAL ARSENAL WOOLWICH
This article describes some famous artillery pieces with connections to the era of the British in India.
{{Template:Origin|text=The information and images in this article have been provided by Elizabeth Hancox, FIBIS member and acknowledged expert on guns.}}
This gun captured during the [[Siege of Bhurtpore 1826|Siege of Bhurtpore]] in 1826, stands outside the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal Royal Arsenal] at Woolwich. The extreme length of this gun is 168.6ins and the estimated weight 6.5 tons, calibre 5.5ins. The workmanship is both elaborate and beautiful; there are three inscriptions on this cannon, shown below as 1, 2 and 3
1. Translates as ‘Maharajah Brijander Sujjan Singh Bahadur’ which is assumed to be the name of a monarch.<br>