Historical person
Mangal Pandey
1827–1857
Mangal Pandey was a sepoy of the Bengal Army whose attack on British officers at Barrackpore in March 1857 became one of the most famous preludes to the Indian Rebellion.
Pandey’s actions at Barrackpore became a powerful symbol in later memory of the 1857 uprising and are central to accounts of the army crisis that preceded the general rebellion. Mangal Pandey also held the offices or ranks of Sepoy, 34th Bengal Native Infantry.
Kim A. Wagner’s Rumours and Rebels follows the controversy over greased cartridges, the disturbances at Barrackpore and Berhampore, Mangal Pandey’s attack, the circulation of chapattis and reports of conspiracy, and the outbreak at Meerut that carried the rebellion to Delhi and the court of Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Mangal Pandey (1 book)
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