The British feared that Mangal Pandey’s spark would ignite a nationwide uprising, so they advanced his execution by 10 days, desperate to snuff out the rebellion before it spread.
In 1920, he launched the daily edition of Pratap named Dainik Pratap and it was in this year that he was sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment for championing the cause of the peasants of Rae Bareli.
Baloch Raaji Aajoi Sangar (BRAS) an umbrella organization of Baloch armed groups claimed responsibility for shooting down the low-flying Pakistan military helicopter on Monday.