Mangal Pande

India did not win her freedom from the British without courageously fighting for it. Almost the entire period of colonial rule, from as far back as 1757 till the beginning of the great revolt of 1857, was punctuated by a series of struggles for independence.The revolt itself was triggered by a growing insensitivity on the part of the British to the deeply cherished ideals and beliefs of the people they ruled. The Indian sepoys of the Native Infantry Regiment in Barrackpore protested against cartridges that were greased with fat from cows and pigs. But when their complaint fell to deaf ears, one man resolved to rebel.This Amar Chitra Katha tells the fascinating story of how Mangal Pande, a sepoy attached to the Native Infantry fired the first shot that heralded the great Mutiny of 1857 across India, thereby kindling the initial flames of the freedom movement.