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[[File:একটি চকোলেট বোমা.jpg|thumb|A chocolate bomb-style firecracker. The black protrusion is the fuse, which is ignited.]]<br />
A '''chocolate bomb''' ([[Hindi]]: सुतरी बम) is a [[firecracker]] which is exploded by revelers during [[Diwali]] and [[New Year's Eve]] celebrations in [[India]]. Chocolate bombs are made of tiny paperboard boxes stuffed with [[gunpowder]].<ref name="abp14102014">{{cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/nature/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9A-%E0%A6%9B-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AE-1.76986|title='গরিবের বাজি' বলে দেদার তৈরী হচ্ছে চকোলেট বোমা|last=Ghatak|first=Shubhashish|date=14 October 2014|work=Anandabazar Patrika|language=Bengali|accessdate=25 October 2014|location=Kolkata|archive-date=25 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025010419/http://www.anandabazar.com/nature/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9A-%E0%A6%9B-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%9F-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AE-1.76986|url-status=dead}}</ref> A fuse is inserted in one of the corners. The boxes are then tightly wrapped with jute strings and dried in the sun for three days.<ref name="abp14102014"/> After that they are wrapped with colorful aluminum foil, making them resemble chocolates.<ref name="abp14102014"/> The Burima brand of chocolate bombs were very popular in Kolkata in the 1990s.<ref name="toi23102014">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/City-of-sound-fury/articleshow/44915951.cms|title=City of sound & fury|last=Sen|first=Zinia|date=23 October 2014|work=The Times Of India|accessdate=25 October 2014|location=Kolkata}}</ref> The firecracker has been declared illegal in [[West Bengal]].<ref name="ie03122009">{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/govt-wants-banned-crackers-out-of-bengal-before-new-year-celebrations/549399/|title=Govt wants banned crackers out of Bengal before New Year celebrations|last=Dam|first=Mohona|date=3 December 2009|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref><br />
[[File:বাক্সের মধ্যে চকোলেট বোমা.jpg|thumb|A few chocolate bombs in a box.]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Diwali]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Pyrotechnics]]<br />
[[Category:Types of fireworks]]</div>ClintCarswell72