Murshidabad, India
Hazarduari
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It has a very know historical value,and it is said that when this tope a.k.a Cannon was fired Thousands of babies died,as the sound is so loud. It was the main weapon of the nawabs to use against the East India troops. Till now many people comes to visit this place and it now serves as a historical artifact
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A huge canon in the centre of campus of Hazarduari palace. Named bachhawali as when the canon was fired for the first time back in time, the sound of its explosion induce preterm child birth in pregnant women within 10 miles radius, eventually leading to abortion. After that the canon was never used. Now it is preserved as an historic artifact.
Bacchawali Tope is a cannon which lies on the garden space in front of Hazarduari Palace in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The cannon consists two pieces of different diameters. Baccha means child, when the cannon fire it produces monstrous sound which induces child birth of pregnant women of surrounding area. For this it is called so. It is a popular tourist attraction.
A huge cannon situated just beside the walkway between Hazarduari Palace and Nizamat Imambara. It is one of the biggest cannons at the time of Nawbab's… made by Janardan Karmakar. In its history the cannon fire only once... The effect of firing is so immense that many pregnant women aborted their child within the radius of 8 mile… that's why the cannon called as BACHHAWALI TOPE.
Just Beside the old Madina Masjid there is a canon. Popularly known as “Bacchewali Tope”, this canon was supposed to have been test-fired only once. The result was not a good one as it let to the miscarriage of several pregnant women within 10 km of the vicinity. Probably the name is derived from this incident, Bachhewali means, woman with child. However, history is silent in the matter.
Bacchawali Tope (literal translation: The cannon which induces child birth) is a gun, rather cannon which lies in the Nizamat Fort Campus on the garden space between the Nizamat Imambara and the Hazarduari Palace and to the east of the old Madina Mosque in the city of Murshidabad in the Indian state of West Bengal. The cannon consists two pieces of different diameters. The cannon was made between the 12th and 14th century, probably by the Mohammeddan rulers of Gaur. It originally lied on the sand banks of Ichaganj. However, it is unknown that how it came in Ichaganj. It was used to protect the city of Murshidabad from north-western attacks. After the 1846 fire of the Nizamat Imambara the Imambara was rebuilt, then after the completion of the new Imambara the cannon was shifted to its present site by Sadeq Ali Khan, the architect of the sacred Nizamat Imambara under the suggestion of Sir Henry Torrens, the then agent of the Governor General at Murshidabad.
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Tope means old war weapon and the Bachhawali tope is a historical figure of the old empire of Nabab Sirajuddoula's kingdom.
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