[Assam] MNC rule movie: Evangelism behind Indian revolt of 1857? Mangal Pandey video

[umesh sharma]

Here is the full movie Mangal Pandey where an Indian rose against MNC rule (by East India Company and was hanged to death) 
   
  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3936356043474526626&q=video+india+movies
   
  "Commandant Wheler of the 34th BNI was known as a zealous Christian preacher, and this may also have impacted the Company's behaviour. The husband of Captain Wilma Halliday of 56th BNI had the Bible printed in Urdu and Nagri and distributed among the sepoys, thus convincing them that the British were intent on converting them to Christianity [3].
   
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Pandey
   
  The primary motivation behind Mangal Pandey's behavior is attributed to a new type of bullet cartridge used in the Enfield P-53 rifle introduced in the Bengal Army that year.
  The cartridge was rumoured to be greased with animal fat (primarily pig and cow fat, which are not consumed by either Hindus or Muslims, the primary religions of members of the Bengal Army) [1]. The cartridges had to be bitten to remove the cover, and that was abhorrent to the soldiers [2]. The general feeling was that this was intentional on the part of the British, to defile their religions."


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