Mangal Pandey, known as India's first revolutionary, is also known as India's first freedom fighter. The fight against the British started on their behalf and spreads like a forest fire all over the country. English's attempt to douse the fire failed because the fire had erupted among the people of the entire country like Mangal Pandey. Due to this, India also got independence on 15th August 1947. On the other hand, this great revolutionary of the country was hanged on this day itself. Today, on the special occasion of his death anniversary, we'll tell you some unheard things about him that you may not know.
Early life: Mangal Pandey was born on 30 January 1831 in Nagwa village in Ballia district of Sanyukta province. Her father's name was Diwakar Pandey and his mother's name was Mrs. Abhay Rani. Being born into a normal Brahmin family, he was forced into a British army job at a young age due to the help of his livelihood. While there, he joined the army of the British East India Company at the age of 22 in 1849. Mangal was a soldier in the infantry of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry in the army cantonment of Barrackpore.
That is why Mangal Pandey was hanged: The East India Company's policy of the princely state and state annexation and then conversion by Christian Egyptians had already created a hatred for the British rule in the minds of the people and when the use of new cartridges in rifles in the Bengal unit of the Company's army When it started, the case started deteriorating. Where these cartridges had to be opened by mouth before putting them in the gun and news spread among the Indian soldiers that cow and pig fat were used to make these cartridges.
There was already discontent among Indian soldiers over discrimination against Indian soldiers and rumors of new cartridges added fuel to the fire. Mangal Pandey has refused to take the 'new cartridge' when it was distributed to the indigenous infantry on February 9, 1857. After which they were ordered to take away their weapons and take off their uniforms. Moreover, he was tried by a court-martial for several attacks and sentenced to death on April 6, 1857. According to the verdict, he was to be hanged on April 18, 1857, but the British government hanged Mangal Pandey ten days before the scheduled date on April 8, 1857.
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