GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1836, at the age of 22, Colt obtained a U.S. patent for the Colt revolver. The weapon contained a revolving cylinder that could hold six bullets, allowing the user to fire more times without reloading than any other firearm had before.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first practical revolving-cylinder handgun was invented in 1831 by Samuel Colt of Hartford, Connecticut, and patented on February 25, 1836, the year of the Texas Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -By India Today Web Desk: Samuel Colt, an American inventor and industrialist from Hartford was born on July 19, 1814. He patented the revolver on February 25, 1836 and died on January 10, 1862 in Hartford, United States.