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Mangal Pandey (died 8 April 1857) was an Indian soldier who played a key role in the events that led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which resulted in the dissolution of the East India Company and the beginning of the British Raj through the Government of India Act 1858. He was a sepoy in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry.
At Barrackpore, in Bengal, Mangal Pandey wounds two British mutiny of 34th Native Infantry 31 March: 19th Native Infantry disbanded 8 April: Pandey hanged at Barrackpore 24 April: Troopers of the 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry at Meerut refuse orders to fire greased cartridges 2 May: Unrest at Ambala, 48th Mutiny at Lucknow: 6 May
Indian mutiny map showing position of troops on 1 May 1857 Several months of increasing tensions coupled with various incidents preceded the actual rebellion. On 26 February 1857 the 19th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment became concerned that new cartridges they had been issued were wrapped in paper greased with cow and pig fat, which had ...
An English sergeant-major had been first to arrive at the scene but was knocked down by the musket of a member of the quarter-guard. While other sepoys looked on, the lightly armed [4] Shaikh Paltu continued to defend the two British officers, grabbing Mangal Pandey by the waist [5] and calling upon other soldiers to join him.
The siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore (now Kanpur) were duped into a false assurance of a safe passage to Allahabad by the rebel forces under Nana Sahib.
Mirza Dildar Baig, also known as Khaki Shah, took part in the mutiny at Jhelum and was later celebrated by Indian Nationalists. He was captured and arrested with the remaining mutineers by authorities in Kashmir and later hanged near the river Jhelum. His grave is in a shrine in Jhelum Dildarnagar, and a small town in Uttar Pradesh is also ...
Mangal Pandey, Hero of 1857 sepoy mutiny and started rebellion [137] Durgawati Devi, Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. She is best known for having accompanied Bhagat Singh on the train journey in which he made his escape in disguise after the Saunders killing [138] Gopal Krishna Gokhale, political guru of Mahatma Gandhi [135]
The Bengal Army was the army of the Bengal Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire.. The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the East India Company (EIC) until the Government of India Act 1858 directly under Crown, passed in the House of Commons aftermath of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, transferred all three ...