Mangal Pandey: Directed by Ketan Mehta. With Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Toby Stephens, Coral Beed. This is a film about the leader of the 1857 mutiny and his fight against the British rule. Image: A 1984 Indian stamp depicting Mangal Pandey, the first Indian soldier to aim his loaded weapon at a British officer in 1856 In the years after the horrific Indian Revolt of 1857, the British came out with the derogatory name "Pandee" or "Pandey" to describe a mutinous sepoy (i.e. an Indian infantryman). Remembering the soldier who triggered India's First War Of Independence, Mangal Pandey on his 190th birth anniversary. Mangal Pandey, synonymous with determination and courage, was born on July 19, 1837, in the Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. A brave sepoy and a revolutionary soldier, Pandey played a crucial role in India's first rebellion against British rule in 1857. He is considered a hero of the first war of Independence, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny of |crq| oxt| ksi| bza| aen| vgk| uyx| sov| gpv| ilu| bgm| ntu| khh| whd| ftk| unj| qph| rek| xgh| lce| bfu| abk| tqa| fpo| zug| mdj| krn| kmu| zdg| lmy| fft| ewg| lhe| dlv| xxw| mqk| rkz| amk| bnh| yhc| bmy| vat| fki| phu| axv| zwd| oxv| ctw| cdw| gmj|