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Why was Mangal Pandey hanged by the British?


• Mangal Pandey, was a devoted Hindu Brahmin, and rejected the use of fat in the cartridges and decided to take violent action against the British.


• He was a sepoy under the British army.


• At the Barrackpore near Kolkata, on the afternoon of 29 March 1857, Pandey attacked and injured his British officers.


• His actions against the British created a series of revolts all over India, resulted in India's First War of Independence.


• Mangal Pandey was hanged to death on April 8, 1857.


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