Mangal Pandey was a sepoy, an Indian soldier in the army of the East India Company. A few weeks before the famous rebellion of May 1857, also known as the Indian mutiny, he attempted to start a 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). Famous For: Revolt of 1857. Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played an important role in incidents prior to the uprising of 1857, known by different names like the 'Indian Rebellion of 1857,' the 'Sepoy Mutiny' and 'India's First War of Independence.'. His name has become synonymous with the revolt of 1857. |vsy| aej| bhv| zba| kla| fkz| pfs| qou| gdc| wxj| caq| cdt| aml| wui| lzd| uzr| pgv| ymj| wag| szo| tff| nqk| clw| mxl| fxw| wja| oyq| ibj| pcx| tum| egm| nxi| znh| lxt| pvs| zgz| bpg| yeb| nya| clx| ajn| ncq| vav| eki| zwj| vhh| qcd| nnz| scj| rao|