Pandy, Brazier

Mangal Pandi was born July 19, 1827 in a brahmin family from the Bhuinhar caste in Nagva, located near Faizabad in the west of the modern state of Uttar Pradesh . In 1849 he began serving in the army of the East India Company , but his career ambitions conflicted with his religious feelings ^[1] . He served in the 6th company of the 34th Bengal native regiment, was distinguished by high growth (according to legend, had a 2.7-meter growth) ^[2] .

At the beginning of 1857, rumors of new cartridges with a shell soaked in pork and cow fat began to spread in the shelves of the Indian native infantry. To load a weapon, it was necessary to tear it with teeth, which offended the religious feelings of Muslims and Hindus (the cow was a sacred animal in Hinduism , and the pig was unclean in Islam ). In February, the first riot broke out. On March 29, Mangal Pandi openly called for an uprising in Barrakpur, a garrison town near Calcutta ^{[3] [4]} and began shooting at British officers ^[5] . The call found a response among the sepoys and they refused to arrest him on the orders of the general. However, a full-fledged uprising did not work, and Pandy tried to shoot himself, but only wounded himself. On April 6, he was sentenced to death, and hanged on April 8.

Park " Shahid Mangal Pandi Maha Udyan" is named after Mangal Pandi, at the place where he attacked British officers and was hanged in the territory of the Northern District 24 pargans ^[6] . In 2005, director Ketan Mehta directed the feature film The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey with Aamir Khan as Mangal Pandi. In the TV series Queen Jhansi , Arav Chowdhary played a cameo role of Mangala Pandi.