In 1857, Mangal Pandey, an Indian Sepoy in the British East India Company's 34th Bengal Native Infantry regiment, was hung at the age of 29.
Pandey was pacing agitatedly in front of the regiment's guard room on the afternoon of March 29, 1857. He seemed overjoyed and was cheering to his fellow sepoys. He threatened to shoot the first European he met that day with a loaded musket. Lieutenant Henry Baugh, the Sergeant-adjutant, Major's rode up on a horse and was fired at by Pandey – the first gunshot at an Englishman during the 1857 Revolt. According to the judgement, Pandey was executed on April 8, 1857, and Prasad on April 21, 1857. On May 6th, the BNI's whole 34th Regiment was dissolved "with dishonour." This was done following an investigation that discovered the troops had failed to control a mutinous soldier.
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