Firecrackers were used to detonate fireworks in ancient India

New Delhi, October 8, 2021, Friday

Although the invention of firecrackers is considered modern, people in ancient India were familiar with the type of firecrackers that explode and spread light. It is also mentioned in the economics of Kautilya in the East. Which describes a sulfur type powder that burns quickly in a fire. Putting this powder in the fire makes the light shine. Not so if it explodes by filling it into a solid cylinder. A special type of salt which, when taken finely, becomes a powder that burns quickly. If sulfur type element and charcoal are added to it, it becomes more explosive.

Ammunition is generally believed to have been invented in China, but even 5,000 years ago, people in India knew about fireworks and gunpowder. It is believed that China also got knowledge about gunpowder from India. The Syrian chemist Hassan al-Rammah did this in his book in 150 AD. If we talk about the medieval history of India, even in the time of Mughals, Darukha was brewed. In Darashikoh's wedding in 1915, a variety of firecrackers, including flowers and firecrackers, were blown up.

The emperor ordered all the governors of Ahmedabad to ban fireworks. He also ordered Foulad Khan to announce by beating drums inside the city that no one should set off fireworks. Hindus celebrate the festival of Diwali in Ayodhya with the joy of Lord Rama's fourteen years of exile and victory over Ravana.

Seeing the mention of Mirat 2, Aurangzeb ordered the subedar of Gujarat province to light a lamp and light a fire according to Hindu custom in Ahmedabad and its suburbs. It was a superstition. Was increased.