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MANGAL PANDEY, SEPOY NO.1446, 5TH COMPANY,34TH REGIMENT FIRED AT BRITISH OFFICERS AND ATTACKED THEM IN BROAD DAY LIGHT ON 29TH MARCH 1857.THIS HISTORICAL EVENT THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AT BARRACKPORE CANTONMENT IS KNOWN TO HAVE TRIGGERED THE SEPOY MUTINY OF 1857 OR THE FIRST WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. MANGAL PANDEY WAS HANGED BY THE NECK ON 8TH APRIL, 1857 IN BARRACKPORE CANTONMENT BY THE ORDER OF THE COURT MARTIAL.CONSEQUENTLY HE HAS BECOME A MARTYR AND A HERO.

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