Bachhawali Tope

Bacchawali Tope (literal translation: The cannon which induces child birth) is a 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.

It is heard that this cannon was fired only once and when it was done it produced a huge explosive sound, within a radius of about 10 miles.

This sound made most of the pregnant women of the city to give birth to their child.

Thus, the total sums up to Bacchawali Tope, which means the cannon which produces child birth.

Petals are drawn on this iron cannon which decorate the muzzle and one of the rings resemble a string of beads.