ThisDayThatYear: MUMBAI AND THE MUTINY

Friday October 15,2021 by Team Khaki

The 1857 mutiny mostly unfolded in North India. But a little footnote took place in Mumbai. Superintendent of Police Charles Forjett uncovered a conspiracy by the sepoys of the East India Company’s army to foment a rebellion in the city, and had the principal players - Mangal Gadiya and Sayyed Hussain - executed on the Esplanade (the Azad Maidan today) by tying them to cannons and blowing them away, this day, 164 years ago. The Amar Jawan memorial opposite the CSMT station commemorates these two soldiers.