India, July 19 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today paid tribute to the great freedom fighter Mangal Pandey on his birth anniversary. Shri Modi lauded Shri Pandey as country's leading warrior who challenged the British rule.

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