Freedom fighter, Mangal Pandey was the first martyr of the Revolt of 1857 and he played a major role in it.
Mangal Pandey was born on July 19, 1827, in an Indian Brahmin family in a town near Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, and later he joined the British East India Company as a soldier at the age of 18 .
He was a sepoy in the 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment of British East India Company.
Mangal Pandey was one of the prominent faces of the revolt of 1857 who was given a death sentence by the British in fear that he would be responsible for the massive outrage during the revolt.
He was sentenced to death and executed by the British authorities 10 days before the scheduled date of April 18, on April 8, 1857, due to large scale outrage by the Indian masses.