He was a brave soldier of British army stationed at Barrack pore and was the first soldier who refused to carry on new rifles with greased cartridges.

Bahadur Shah was the Mughal emperor at the time of revolt.

Nana Sahib, Tantiya Tope and Rani Lakshmibai were the leaders of the revolt who actively took part in it.

Delhi, Meerut, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow and Saharanpur were the places related with first war of Independence.

There was many effect of the Revolt of 1857 it bought the Mughal Empire to an end.

On 29 March 1857, a young soldier, Mangal Pandey, was hanged to death for attacking his officers in Barrack pore. Some sepoys of the regiment at Meerut refused to do the army drill using the new cartridges, which were suspected of being coated with the fat of cows and pigs.

Tantia Tope had joined the rebel sepoys and fought the British with Rani Lakshmi Bai and Nana Saheb.

Begum Hazrat Mahal was the Mother of Wajid Ali Shah. She took active part in organizing the uprising against the British.

Subedar Sitaram Pandey completed the writing in 1861 in Awadhi and Norgate translated it into English and had published under the title From Sepoy to Subedar.

Sitaram Pandey was recruited in 1812 as a sepoy in the Bengal Native Army. He served the English for 48 years and retired in 1860.