repeatedly referenced and investigated by the novel's characters. Commemoration The Government of India commemorated Pandey by issuing a postage stamp bearing his image on 5 October 1984. The stamp and the accompanying first-day cover were designed by Delhi-based artist C. R. Pakrashi. A park named Shaheed Mangal Pandey Maha Udyan has been set up at Barrackpore to commemorate the place where Pandey attacked British officers and was subsequently hanged. See also Barrackpore Mutiny of 1824 Pandey Bahadur Shah II References Cited sources Further reading Amin, Agha H., The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-59: Reinterpreted, 1998, Strategicus and Tacticus Mukherjee, Rudrangshu, Mangal Pandey: Brave Martyr or Accidental Hero?, 2005, Penguin Books (India), External links Man who led the mutiny Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 1857 deaths People from Ballia district British East India Company Army soldiers People executed by British India by hanging 1827 births Prisoners and detainees of British India 19th-century executions by British India Barrackpore Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh Indian independence armed struggle activists