This is Ahmed. He’s nineteen years old. Delhi, India, 1857. Captured as a suspected rebel during the Sepoy Rebellion. The British military court sentences him to death by cannon. They tie him to the mouth of a loaded gun. The fuse is lit. Ahmed is blown to pieces in public as an official warning. This was called “blowing from a gun” — completely legal under British military law. Delhi, 1857. When executing people by cannon was normal British policy. This was legal. Drop a heart for Ahmed and every victim of the Empire’s brutal punishments. Which Empire horror should we expose next? Comment the story you want 👇#britishempire #atrocities #cannonexecution #darkhistory #history