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title: "Facts to know about Mangal Pandey"  
description: "The man behind the famous 1857 revolt was a mere soldier in the Imperial Army, whom we know as Mangal Pandey. Here's some facts about Mangal Pandey"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-12  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1816/facts-to-know-about-mangal-pandey  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Mangal Pandey", "mangal Pandey facts", "history", "historical facts", "freedom fighters"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Facts to know about Mangal Pandey

![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/45eed912-cf9c-4896-ae7a-ad2bc81262df.jpeg) ![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/ddaea3be-8bf6-4594-ba5b-a867e1e1cd0d.jpeg) It was Mangal Pandey who instigated the first Bharatiya War of Independence in 1857. ![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/168fba8e-7add-4d08-b3c5-eec7e56f3fc5.jpeg) It was Mangal Pandey who was led the group of Indian soldiers to stop the use of the cartridge which was made up of cow and pig fat. ![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/876bef94-3520-4f16-b8db-3e8d9d9c09a1.jpeg) It was believed that Mangal Pandey became so furious at this new move by British that he vouched to kill the very first Englishman he sees. ![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/3de9ad7d-60e1-4aea-950c-5d1c0d781528.jpeg) He kept his vow and fired at Lieutenant Baugh, though he missed the shot. But he overpowered the Lieutenant with such a fury that he to run for life ![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/81380b0b-cb7d-4e3a-a86f-a87c38a4d9a7.jpeg) Mangal Pandey’s effort didn’t go vain. It started the Sepoy Mutiny from Barrackpore to Meerut, Delhi, Cawnpore and Lucknow. ![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/cf1a2882-6e2a-4821-a944-f127a5362f68.jpeg) His genuine efforts forced the British to order the soldiers to use their own greasing over the cartridges. ![Facts to know about Mangal Pandey](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/aedd6a64-023b-499f-9444-0c96daeaaee7/images/83e4b8ac-18d1-4e16-8219-32bd085df6aa.jpeg) For this act of rebel, Mangal Pandey was imprisoned and sentenced to death.

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