Modern India 8 - Pre 1857 Revolts

Question 1

What were the different rebellions witnessed by the Britishers collectively called as

Answer 1

Civil Rebellions

Question 2

List the important civil rebellions

Answer 2

1. Tribals
2. Zamindars
3. Peasants
4. Civilians

Question 3

Tribal rebellions

Answer 3

Tribal rebellions

Question 4

Who were the first to rebel against the company’s rule?

Answer 4

Tribals

Question 5

List the reasons which led to tribal rebellions

Answer 5

Banning of practices such as human sacrifices

Reserving areas of the forest for shooting practice which made them in insecure

Christian missionary activities were seen as interference into personal matters

Forest laws

Banning of shifting cultivation

Question 6

Who were the first tribals to rebel against the British and when did they do so

Answer 6

The Churas of West Bengal in 1768

Question 7

Which other tribal community rebelled against the Britishers

Answer 7

Santhals of Bihar

Question 8

Who led the Santhals of Bihar?

Answer 8

Sidhu and Cunhu

Question 9

Who established the first independent tribal kingdom in modern Indian history?

Answer 9

The Santhals

Question 10

Which tribal rebellion is called as PROTO 1857 REVOLT?

Answer 10

The Santhals rebellion

Question 11

Singbonga movement was later taken up by

Answer 11

Santhals

Question 12

Zamindars

Answer 12

Zamindars

Question 13

What is interesting regarding the zamindars rebellions

Answer 13

Zamindars were a community created by British policies. It was interesting to see them revolt against the British for this reason.

Question 14

Which zamindari was the first to rebel

Answer 14

Bobbili zamindari

Question 15

Against whom did the bobbilli zamindari rebel against

Answer 15

The French

Question 16

Which was the first zamindari to rebel against the British

Answer 16

Gumsur zamindari

Question 17

Which was the most famous zamindari rebellion

Answer 17

Kattaboman’s rebellion

Question 18

Where did Kattabomans rebellion take place

Answer 18

In Panchalakuruchi near Tinniveli

Question 19

Who led the Kattabomans rebellion

Answer 19

Pandya brothers

Veerapandya and Marudupandya

Question 20

Peasants

Answer 20

Peasants

Question 21

Which rebellions are most famous in this regard

Answer 21

The indigo rebellions of Bengal and Bihar

Question 22

The indigo planters exploited the peasants with what system

Answer 22

Teenkathiya system

Question 23

Who led the rebellion against Teenkathiya system

Answer 23

Biswas brothers

Question 24

With indigo rebellion as the theme , who authored the book NEEL DARPAN in Bengali

Answer 24

Deenabandhu mithra

Question 25

Which is the Bengali book credited to be the first book in modern history with ‘ social issues ‘ as theme?

Answer 25

Neel darpan

Question 26

Civilians

Answer 26

Civilians

Question 27

Which was the most famous civilian rebellion

Answer 27

The Sanyasi rebellion

Question 28

Who wrote a book keeping Sanyasi rebellion as theme

Answer 28

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee wrote ‘Anandamath’ in Bengali

Question 29

Which are the other two books written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee?

Answer 29

Durgesh Nandini and Kapala kundala

Question 30

Which form did the culmination of these civilian rebellions take

Answer 30

The Sepoy Mutiny

Question 31

Which was the first sepoy mutiny

Answer 31

The first sepoy mutiny occurred against Robert Clive in 1765 called as White Mutiny

Question 32

Which was the first “Indian” sepoy mutiny

Answer 32

Vellore mutiny in 1806 against dress code and haircut

Question 33

What was the Vizag mutiny against

Answer 33

It was because of the discrimination against Indian soldiers , it took place in 1824

Question 34

Who was Lord Dalhousie’s successor

Answer 34

Lord Canning

Question 35

What did Lord Canning proclaim wrt to the Mughals?

Answer 35

He said that the ‘Red Fort’ does not belong to the Mughals and hence asked them to vacate it.