court-martial of Mangal Pandey
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The court-martial of Mangal Pandey was the British military trial that condemned the Indian soldier to death for his role in the 1857 uprising, turning him into an early martyr of the Indian independence movement.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| court-martial of Mangal Pandey canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court-martial
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ legal proceeding ⓘ military trial ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Mangal Pandey ⓘ |
| charges |
attempted murder of British officers
ⓘ
mutiny ⓘ |
| conductedBy |
British East India Company
ⓘ
British military authorities ⓘ |
| date |
1857
ⓘ
early April 1857 ⓘ |
| dateOfExecution | 1857-04-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfSentence | 1857-04-06 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
execution of Mangal Pandey at Barrackpore
ⓘ
wider unrest among sepoys in 1857 ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Mangal Pandey’s attack on British officers at Barrackpore
ⓘ
mutinous behavior against the British East India Company army ⓘ |
| hasConsequence |
elevation of Mangal Pandey as an early martyr of Indian nationalism
ⓘ
increased resentment among Indian soldiers ⓘ symbolic beginning of organized resistance to British rule ⓘ |
| hasSubject | Mangal Pandey ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
considered a catalyst event for the 1857 uprising
ⓘ
contributed to the mythologizing of Mangal Pandey as a freedom fighter ⓘ |
| involves |
34th Bengal Native Infantry
ⓘ
Bengal Army ⓘ
surface form:
Bengal Army of the British East India Company
|
| jurisdiction |
British East India Company forces
ⓘ
surface form:
British East India Company army
|
| languageOfRecord |
English
ⓘ
possibly Persian or Urdu translations for local use ⓘ |
| legalSystem | British military law ⓘ |
| location |
Barrackpore
ⓘ
Bengal Presidency ⓘ British India ⓘ |
| memorializedIn |
Indian nationalist historiography
ⓘ
films and literature about the 1857 uprising ⓘ |
| partOf | events leading to the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Mangal Pandey’s attack on Lieutenant Baugh
ⓘ
Mangal Pandey’s refusal to obey orders ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indian Rebellion of 1857
ⓘ
Indian independence movement ⓘ Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
surface form:
Sepoy Mutiny
|
| result |
conviction for mutiny
ⓘ
death sentence ⓘ execution by hanging ⓘ |
| sentence |
capital punishment
ⓘ
death by hanging ⓘ |
| typeOfPunishment | public execution ⓘ |
| underAuthorityOf |
Governor-General of Bengal
ⓘ
surface form:
Governor-General of India’s military administration
|
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