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| hq_location_city = [[Dum Dum]] in modern [[West Bengal]]<br />
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| key_people = Captain [[Neville Bertie-Clay]]<br />
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The '''Dum Dum Arsenal''' was a British military facility located near the town of [[Dum Dum]] in modern [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=DUM-DUM CARTRIDGES. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/01/04/109311715.pdf |date=4 January 1886 |publisher=[[The New York Times]] |page= | format=PDF}}</ref><br />
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The arsenal was at the centre of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], caused in part by rumours that the [[paper cartridge]]s for their muzzle-loading rifles, which they were expected to bite open, were greased with pig lard (a problem for Muslims) or cow fat (a problem for Hindus).<ref>{{cite book<br />
|title = Memoir of John Lovering Cooke, with a sketch of the Indian mutiny of 1857-58<br />
|publisher=Oxford University<br />
|year=1873<br />
|page=29<br />
|author=Charles Henry H. Wright, John Lovering Cooke}}</ref><br />
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It was at this arsenal that Captain [[Neville Bertie-Clay]] developed the Mark IV cartridge, the so-called "Dum-dum bullet", a [[soft-point bullet]], and a hollow point version designed to mushroom on striking. This was one of the first series of [[expanding bullet]]s for military use. They were later banned in warfare by the [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)|Hague Convention]] as being "too inhumane."<br />
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On 7 December 1908, a serious, accidental explosion occurred at the Dum Dum arsenal, resulting in the death or serious injury to about 50 workmen.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia| year = 2009 | title = Dum Dum | encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica | url = http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9031421| accessdate = }}</ref><ref>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Dum-Dum |inline=1 |volume=8 |page=661}}</ref><br />
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