Floral tributes paid to martyrs of Sepoy Mutiny at Malegarh
The Sepoy Mutiny, regarded as the flash point of beginning of revolt against British tyrannical empire, was first witnessed in northeast at Malegarh near border of Bangladesh in Karimganj.
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SILCHAR: The Sepoy Mutiny, regarded as the flash point of beginning of revolt against British tyrannical empire, was first witnessed in northeast at Malegarh near border of Bangladesh in Karimganj. It was on December 18, 1957 when 150 soldiers who broke through the Chittagong armoury of the British, deserted their camps and moved through the highly difficult mountainous terrain of Tripura and Sylhet and chased by the British army reached Malegarh where they had their first encounter with the enemy contingent led by Major Bing. Along with Major Bing, six of the British soldiers were killed. It was a fierce battle of the soldiers in revolt against the British in which 26 soldiers made the supreme sacrifice of their life. A memorial has been raised and their names immortalised at Malegarh.