Soldier No-1446
If we visit Barrackpore, near kolkata, there will be a statue of a person up to his chest part and below the statue there will be some lines written as , " Mangal Pandey, Soldier Number-1446, Regiment 34, attacked British officials on march 29,1857 ". What actually happened on march 29, 1857? Mangal Pandey was a soldier in British army. Why did he attack the British officers?. Reports say that few days before the incident took place, British army started distributing bullets to it's soldiers. The bullets which were supplied by the British army were made from pigs and cows fat, and were dipped in grease, in-order to reduce the friction. When Mangal Pandey got to know about this, he was not able to take the news. He immediately started shouting,"All of you come out, If we open these bullets with our mouth, then we are committing a great mistake which is opposed by our...