India's first war of independance 1857
MUNGUL PANDY FIRED AT LIEUTENANT BAUGH, THE ADJUTANT, AND WOUNDED HIS HORSE. BAUGH FIRED HIS PISTOL AT HIM BUT MISSED, AND THE SEPOY, DRAWING HIS SWORD, CUT HIM DOWN. PANDY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OF THE SEPOYS TO FIRE ON THE BRITISH, AND FROM THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THE MUTINEERS WERE KNOWN AS "PANDIES."
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