Mangal Pandey

 Mangal Pandey (19 July 1827 – 8 April 1857) is synonymous for his role in the initial stages of the Indian Uprising of 1857. Born in Uttar Pradesh, Pandey was a Sepoy in the 6th company of the 34th Native Infantry .The daring attack on a superior officer provoked the spark of India’s First War of Independence. Mangal Pandey became the first freedom fighter and martyr of 1857.

  

The 1857 Mutiny caused the British Parliament to pass an act to abolish the East India Company and India became a crown colony for the British to directly govern. Queen Victoria passed a policy of divide and rule, preventing the Indians to rebel against her. However, Mangal Pandey ignited the spark that 90 years from the start of the Sepoy Mutiny gave India its independence

The Ministry of Culture tweeted a beautiful video on the life on Mangal Pandey Watch here :

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