Major Causes and Effects of the Indian Mutiny of 1857
The Indian Rebellion, also known as the Indian Mutiny of 1857, was a major revolt orchestrated by Indians to oppose the authority of the British East India Company (EIC), a...
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Mangal Pandey – the Indian Infantryman who fired the first shot of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
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)....
