Q. Which of the following statements about Mangal Pandey are not correct?

1. He was a sepoy in the 19th Native Infantry stationed at Berhampur.
2. In March 1857, he single-handedly revolted and killed two English officers.
3. He made a futile attempt to commit suicide when he realized the hopelessness of the situation.
4. He was executed by the British.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer: 1 and 2
Notes: Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played an important role in incidents prior to the uprising of 1857. Pandey served the British East India Company as a sepoy (soldier) in its 34th Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) regiment. He refused to bite off ends of greased cartridges of a newly introduced Enfield rifle after the rumours of use of cow and pig fat as a lubricant in the cartridges. The infuriated man thereafter incited his comrades to rebel against the British officers, and attacked them, when he was restrained from shooting himself, but was overpowered, arrested, and court-martialled. He was asked if he had been under the influence of any substance. To this he replied that he revolted on his own and no one had any hand in influencing him. He was given death sentence. Although the execution of Pandey was set for April 18, 1857, the British authorities fearing an outburst of a bigger revolt hanged him to death on April 8, 1857

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