Revolt of 1857

* The first war of lndlan Independence broke out at

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* The first war of Indian Independence broke out on

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Ans : May 10,1857

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* The immediate cause of 1857 revolt was the introduction

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of

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* The British Governor General during the revolt of 1857

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Ans : Lord Canning
* First Martyr of 1857 revolt LA
Ans : Mangal Pandey
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* The sepoy of 34th Bengal infantry
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Ans : Mangal Pandey

* Mangal Pandey was hanged to deaths
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Ans : April 8,1857

* Mangal Pandey shot to death the British
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Ans : Military Chief Watson on

March 29 1857 The film 'Mangal Pandey: The rising' was
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directed by
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* The film actor who played the role of Mangal Pandey in

the film
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* The revolt of 1857 was suppressed in the year
Ans : 1858
* The most number of sites of 1857 revolt were located in
Ans : Uttar Pradesh
* Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi and Arrah are
the storm centres of the revolt of
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* The emblem of 1857 revolt

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Ans : Lotus and bread
* The person who is known as the ambassador of 1857

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revolt

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Ans : Azimullah Khan

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* The British suppression of 1857 revolt is described as
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* The person known as the butcher of Delhi in 1857
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Ans : Nicholson
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* The revolt which caused the complete fall of Mughal

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empire
Ans : The revolt of 1857
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* The British Military Chief at the time of 1857 revolt

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Ans : Collin Campbell

* The 150th anniversary of first war of Indian
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Independence was celebrated in

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* Mughal ruler at the time of 1857 revolt
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Ans : Bahadur Shah II

* The leadership of the revolt against British in Delhi was
led by
Ans : Bakht Khan
* Bahadur Shah II was deported to Rangoon
* Bahadur Shah II died at Rangoon in
Ans : 1862
* The revolt in Delhi was suppressed by John Nicholson
The British captured Delhi on
Ans : September 20,1857

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* The revolt in Kanpur was led by
Ans : Nana Saheb

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* Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II

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* The real name of Nana Saheb Dhondu Panth

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* The Satti Chaura Ghat massacre near the river Ganga
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Ans : Nana Saheb
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* The military head of Nana Saheb Tantya Tope The real
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name of Tantya Tope

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Ans : Ramachandra Panduranga

* The revolutionary leader who conducted Guerilla
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warefare against British during 1857 revolt

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Ans : Tantya Tope

* By the end of 1859 the revolutionary leader Nana Saheb
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fled to Nepal
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* Tantya Tope was hanged to death on April

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* The revolt in Kanpur was suppressed by

Ans : Sir Colin Campbell
* The person who is known as the master brain of 1857
revolt
Ans : Nana Saheb

JHANSI- RANI LAKSHMI BAI

* The real name of Rani Lakshmi Bai

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Ans : Manikarnika

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* The real name of Rani Lakshmi Bai

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Ans : Manikarnika

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* "The best and the bravest military leader among the

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Rebels"
* Jawaharlal Nehru in his book 'Glimpses of World History'
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mentioned Rani Lakshmi Bai as "One bright spot against
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the . dark background of the , 1857 rebellion"
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* Rani Lakshmi Bai was also known as

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Ans : Manubai
* Rani Lakshmi Bai was the wife of
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Ans : Raja Gangadhar Rao (Maharaja of Jhansi)

* Rani Lakshmi Bai died while fighting against British at
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Ans : Gwalior (June 18,1858)

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* Jhansi and Gwalior was captured by

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Ans : Sir Hugh Rose

* The person who is known as the 'Joan of Arc' in 1857
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rebellion
Ans : Jhansi Rani
* The name of horse of Jhansi Rani
Ans : Sarangi
* The work ’Queen of Jhansi' was authored by
Ans : Mahasweta Devi
* The statue of Jhansi Rani is situated at
Ans : Agra
* Lakshmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education is
situated at

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Ans : Gwalior
* Lakshmi Bai National College of Physical Education is

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situated at

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(Thiruvananthapuram)
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* Sir Hugh Rose mentioned Rani Lakshmi Bai as Leaders
in the Revolt of 1857
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Barrackpore Mangal Pandey

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Delhi Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan

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Delhi Hakim Ahsanullah (Chief advisor to

Bahadur Shah II)
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Lucknow Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir,

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Ahmadullah (advisor of the ex-Nawab

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of Awadh)
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Kanpur Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of

Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan
(advisor of Nana Sahib)
Jhansi Rani Laxmibai
Bihar Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh
(Jagdishpur)
Allahabad and Maulvi Liyakat Ali
Banaras
Faizabad Maulvi Ahmadullah (He declared the

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Revolt as Jihad against English)

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Farrukhabad Tufzal Hasan Khan

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Bijnaur Mohammad Khan
Muradabad Abdul Ali Khan

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Bareilly LA
Khan Bahadur Khan
Mandsor Firoz Shah
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Gwalior/Kanpur Tantia Tope

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Assam Kandapareshwar Singh, Manirama

Datta
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Orissa Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi

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Kullu Raja Pratap Singh

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Rajasthan Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh

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Gorakhpur Gajadhar Singh

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Mathura Sevi Singh, Kadam Singh

The Revolt Suppressed by:

British Official Places

General John Captured Delhi on 20th

Nicholson September, 1857 (Nicholson
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received during the fighting).

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Major Hudson Killed Bahadur Shah's sons and
grandsons in Delhi.

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Sir Hugh Wheeler Defence against Nana Sahib's

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forces till 26th June, 1857. British
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forces surrendered on 27th on
the promised of safe conduct to
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Allahabad.
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General Neil Recaptured Banaras and

Allahabad in June 1857. At
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Kanpur, he killed Indians as

revenge against the killing of
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English by Nana Sahib's forces.

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Died at Lucknow while fighting

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against the rebels.

Sir Colin Campbell Final recovery of Kanpur on 6th
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December, 1857. Final

reoccupation of Lucknow on 21
st March, 1858. Recapture of
Bareilly on 5th May, 1858.
Henry Lawrence Chief Commissioner of Awadh.
Who died during the seizure of
British residency by rebels at
Lucknow on 2nd July, 1857!
Major General Defeated the rebels (Nana

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Havelock Sahib's force) on 17th July,

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1857. Died at Lucknow in

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December 1857.

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William Taylor and Suppressed the revolt at

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Eye Arrah in August 1857.
Hugh Rose LA
Suppressed the revolt at
Jhansi and recaptured
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Gwalior on 20th June,
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1858. The whole of Central

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India and Bundelkhand was

brought under British
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control by him.
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Colonel Oncell Captured Banaras.

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THE AFTERMATHS OF " SEPOY MUTINY''

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The Prime Minister of Britain at the time of 1857 revolt

Ans : Lord Palmerston
* The proclamation of British Queen Victoria was on
Ans : November 1,1858
* The Act of 1858 was presented in the British Parliament
by
Ans : Edward Henry Stanley
* Lord Canning read out the Queen's Proclamation of 1858
at

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Ans : Allahabad (November 1,1858)
* The British Parliament ended the rule of East India

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Company in India and transferred all administrative

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powers of India to the British Crown as per

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* Queen's Proclamation Act 1958
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1857 revolt related Books & Authors
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* 1857 :The Great Rebellion - Ashok Metha

* 1857 in India - A.T Embree
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* Eighteen fifty-seven- S.N. Sen

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* The Sepoy Mutiny and Revolt of 1857 - R.C. Majumdar

T.R. Holmes
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* The History of Indian Mutiny - T.R. Holmes

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* The Sepoy Mutiny 1857 - H.B.Chadhopadhyay

* History of Sepoy war - John Kayes
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* Civil Rebellion in the Indian Mutinies - S.B. Chaudhary

* The Indian war of Independence - V.D. Savarkar
* The Peasant & The Raj - Eric Thomas Stokes
* 1857 The Real Story of the Great Uprising - Vishnu
Bhakt Godse
* History of the Freedom Movement in India- Thara
Chand
* "Amritam Thedi" was written by - Malayattoor
Ramakrishnan

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1858 QUEEN'S PROCLAMATION IS KNOWN AS

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* The Magna Carta of the People of India

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* The Act for the better Government of India
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* The 'Governor General of India' was redesignated as
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* The official who was made responsible for administration
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Ans : Secretary of State for India

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* First Secretary of State for India

Ans : Edward Henry Stanley
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* The longest serving Secretary of State for India

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Ans : George Hamilton

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ANANDMATH
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* The book known as the Bible of Bengali Nationalism

Ans : Anandmath
* Anandmath was written by
Ans : Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
FAMOUS QUOTES RELATED WITH 1857 REVOLT

* V.D. Savarkar - The first war of Indian Independence

* John Lawrence and Silly R.C Majumdar - Sepoy Revolt

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Neither the first, nor national, nor a war of independence

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* S.B. Choudhary William - Civil Rebellion

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* Dalrymple Benjamin - Uprising

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* Disraeli - National Rising

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* Tara Chand - War of Nation's Independence
* T.R. Holmes - Conflicts between Civilization and
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Barbarism Feudal
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* M.N. Roy - Revolt
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