A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.92
A History of the Mahrattas v2.c51.92
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v2.c51.92
It weighed 96,600 pounds and could fire a shot weighing 1,500 pounds. When General Lake tried to remove it to Calcutta, it sank in the Jamna. Subsequently, Lord William Bentinck caused it to be blown up and sold as old metal.' (O.H.I., p. 600 n.)]