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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Cannonball factory}}<br />
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{{Infobox building<br />
|name = Gunfoundry<br />
|image = Gunfoundry.jpg<br />
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|coordinates = {{coord|17|21|41|N|78|28|28|E|region:IN-AP_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
|location = [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], India<br />
|opened_date = 1786<br />
|architectural_style = Mughal Cannon Architecture<br />
|height = {{convert|15|m|ft}}<br />
|material=Brick<br />
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The '''Gunfoundry''' also known as ''Top ka Sancha'' (1786 AD) was a [[Round shot|cannonball]] factory set up by the second [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], [[Ali Khan Asaf Jah II|Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan]] at [[Fateh Maidan]] in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], India. The historic [[Aliya High School for Boys]] and Mehboobia College for Girls, both are opposite to Gunfoundry, across the main road that leads to Abids (in south).{{clarify|date=May 2012}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The Gunfoundry was one of the several cannon and cannonball factories set up in 1786 AD by French general [[Michel Joachim Marie Raymond|Michel Raymond]] who was in the service of [[Ali Khan Asaf Jah II|Nawab Mir Nizam Ali Khan]], the second [[Nizam]] of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. This is the only surviving gunfoundry established in the 18th century, in the [[Hyderabad State]].<br />
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==Building Structure==<br />
The original brick walls of the Gunfoundry are approximately {{convert|50|ft}} high with a tapered portion commencing above 25 feet. Due to poor maintenance, the tapered walls were reduced to 25 to 30 feet. The lower portion was plastered with [[Lime (material)|lime]]. The shape of the bricks used in the construction of the structure is square with less thickness. The binding material used is lime mortar. The wall surfaces were covered with lime mortar on the exterior and interior. The walls have joints of square iron rods. In the lower portions, brick arches were made in semi-circular shape, where the smelting was carried out under the supervision of General Raymond.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsFarEast/IndiaGolconda.htm The History Files: Indian Kingdom of Golconda]</ref><br />
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==Authors words==<br />
[[John Malcolm|Malcolm]]'s ''History of India'', referred to the foundry in 1798.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310180253/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2003/05/13/stories/2003051303690400.htm ]}}</ref><br />
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