
The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his British commanding officer, William Gordon. Gordon is indebted to Pandey and a strong friendship develops between them, transcending both rank and race.
Mangal Pandey

Heera

Captain William Gordon

Jwala

Narrator (uncredited)

Lol Bibi

Captain Hewson
Bahadur Shah Zafar

Rani Laxmibai

Nana Saheb
Mr. Kent

Lord Charles Canning

Watson

Bakht Khan

Azimullah Khan

Tatya Tope

Jemadar Ishwari Prasad

Shaikh Paltu

Dawar Ali

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Officer Lockwood

General Anson

Yasmin

Parmanand Jha

Kamla Singh, wife of Vir Singh

Old woman, mother of Vir Singh

Kripashankar Singh

Bhujavan Shukla

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