Mangal Pandey - A Hero of Indian History

The Indian soldier Mangal Pandey played a pivotal role in the Indian rebellion of 1857. He was a sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment of the British East India Company. A postage stamp was issued in his honor in 1984. Here is a look at some of the things that made Mangal Pandey famous and how he influenced Indian history. You might also be interested in learning about Shaikh Paltu and Hewson.Heera
The novel Heera Mangal Pandey is a romantic comedy set in 1857. In this novel, the English explorer Pandey falls in love with an Indian woman, Heera. Pandey is a high-caste Brahman and the daughter of a landowning family. He professes his Hindu beliefs. The British East India Company had been plundering and treating the Indians unjustly. This Company Raj led to a general resentment of the British. In 1849, Pandey joins the British East India Company and is made a sepoy in the 6th Company of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry. He viewed sepoyship as an opportunity to further his career.Shaikh Paltu
A 2005 Hindi movie titled Mangal Pandey: The Rising starred Murali Sharma as Shaikh Paltu, an Indian soldier in the British East India Company. Shaikh Paltu was a Jemadar of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry. On March 29, 1857, Shaikh Paltu rescued an adjutant who was under fire from the sepoys on duty.Hewson
In the year 1857, Lieutenant Baugh and Captain Hewson were attempting to capture Mangal Pandey when they were attacked by Sepoys. The Sepoys attacked them with stones and threatened them. The two officers held back and defended the men, but the Sepoys still fired their muskets, which wounded them. They were later captured. The story behind the capture of Mangal Pandey remains one of the most dramatic incidents of the Indian Revolution.Heera's father
Mangal Pandey, a British soldier, is a character that Heera's mother is deeply in love with. He is planning an attack on the British Army, but Heera is afraid of the British's plan to hang rebel soldiers. After Heera meets Mangal Pandey, she offers him a way to escape, but he declines. Heera's father and mother are very different from each other, and their relationship makes the film interesting.Heera's brother
A British-Indian sepoy, Mangal Pandey served as an officer in the Bengal Army. He belonged to the 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment. Both Pandey and Heera were lovers and were credited with the First War of Independence. In this film, Pandey falls in love with Heera, a woman who is a forced prostitute.