first war of independence 1857

Question 1

when did mangal Pandey lead the attack on the adjutant of the 34th native cavalry

Answer 1

Mangal Pandey a brahmin soldier lead the attack on the adjutant of the 34th native cavalry on 29/march/1857

Question 2

when was Oudh annexed to the company’s dominion and under which pretext

Answer 2

• -> Oudh was annexed on 13/february/1856

- -> Lord Dalhousie annexed Oudh to the company’s dominion on the pretext of alleged misrule

Question 3

name the act of Lord Lytton’s regime aimed at limiting the freedom of the press

Answer 3

–>The Vernacular press act of 1878

Question 4

when was the general services enlistment act passed

Answer 4

the British parliament passed the general services enlistment act in 1856

Question 5

name the last Mughal emperor of India before the British crown declared India to be its colony

Answer 5

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Question 6

when did the British replace the old fashioned musket with the Enfield rifle

Answer 6

in 1856

Question 7

what impact did the uprising of 1857 have on the mughal empire

Answer 7

It ended the rule of the mughals and also ended their titles

Question 8

who exposes the economic exploitation of the India through his book ‘poverty and the un-british rule in india’

Answer 8

dadabhai naorojii

Question 9

Terms of the subsidiary alliance

Answer 9

–>Accepted British as the supreme power

–>Virtually lost their independence

–>Agreed to maintain British troops at their costs

–>Surrendered their foreign relations to the east India company and agreed that they would not enter into any alliance with any other power and would not wage wars

–>Accepted a British resident at their headquarters and agreed not to employ any European in their service without consulting the company