The Rising, a film based on the 1857 Indian revolt against the British East India Company. Directed by Ketan Mehta and ...

In April 1857, Mangal Pandey (Khan), a sepoy (Indian infantryman) in the East India Co.’s army, waits to be hung for mutiny in Barrackpore jail, northern India. (The trading company, with its ...

This incident led to the beginning of the revolt in 1857 when Indian soldiers in the British East India Company's army refused to use new rifle cartridges. On March 29, 1857, Mangal Pandey ...

The British came as traders; their new army was part of the East India ... Text and illustrations excerpted from Mangal Pandey: True Story of an Indian Revolutionary by Amaresh Misra, Rupa.

Mangal Pandey, born in 1827, sparked the Indian Rebellion of 1857 by refusing to use cartridges greased with cow and pig fat. His bravery, trial, and execution made him a symbol of resistance ...

From Mangal Pandey a sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native ... and ignited the flames of the first Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) we wouldn’t be where we are today if not for these heroes ...

Jabalpur: Two of the most powerful reminders of the first soldier of India's fight for Independence, Mangal Pandey, lie preserved at the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) Museum in Jabalpur – his musket ...

Ketan Mehta's "Mangal Pandey - The Rising" was an idea in the ... There is a certain international curiosity about Indian cinema. At the same time, the Berlin wall between so-called art cinema ...

India gained independence with great difficulty and an attempt has been made to show this struggle through several Indian films. India will celebrate its 78th Independence Day on August 15.

Mangal Pandey - one of the many sepoys of the 5th company, 34th Native Infantry Regiment, Barrackpore. A man who was loyal his superiors in the army of British ... of the Indian Mutiny of 1857.