Remembering legendary freedom fighter Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary, July 19 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Freedom fighter Mangal Pandey needs no introduction as his contributions in India’s independence are remembered with pride till date.
★ He was a fearless fighter and is known to have kept India before everything else till his last breath.
★ He was born on July 19, 1827 in India’s Akbarpur and died on April 8, 1857.
★ He is also known for spreading the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, also known as the first war of Indian Independence, across the length and breadth of the country.
★ He is still remembered as a brave Indian who raged a war against the British, in a move to make India independent.
★ He joined the British army at the young age of 22 years.
★He revolted against the East India Company for introducing cartridges that were greased with animal fat as it hurt the religious sentiments of the soldiers.
★ This movement of rebels reached other parts of India and led to a mass revolt against the colonial rulers. Common people too came out and opposed anti-India laws.
★It is because of this huge mass movement that the British were forced to recognise the trouble and had passed new rules through Government of India Act 1858.
★ The movement of protest and rebellion came to be known as the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 also called the First War of Independence.
★ He attacked two British officers on March 29, 1857. As a result of this, he was hanged till death on April 8, 1857 in Barrackpore. He was all of 29 when he was executed.
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