The Revolt of 1857 Flashcards

1
Q

announced that the next prince on

succession after on Prince Faqiruddin’s death in 1856, would have to renounce the regal title

A

Lord Canning

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2
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passed the General Service Enlistment Act 1856 which decreed that all future recruits to the Bengal Army

A

Lord Canning

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3
Q

would not be given the foreign service allowance (bhatta

A

when serving in Sindh or in Punjab.

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4
Q

refused to use the newly

introduced Enfield rifle

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The 19th Native Infantry at Berhampur in Feb

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5
Q

the officer-incharge of the magazine at Delhi, offered some resistance

A

Lieutenant Willoughby

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6
Q

a local villager in Pargana Baraut

A

Shah Mal

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7
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Rulers who did not participate included

A

Sindhia of Gwalior, the Holkar of Indore, the rulers of

Patiala, Sindh and other Sikh chieftains and the Maharaja of Kashmir.

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8
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The Indian War of Independence, 1857

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V.D. Savarkar

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9
Q

Eighteen Fifty- Seven

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Dr S.N. Sen

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10
Q

felt the Revolt was a last ditch stand of feudalism against commercial capitalism

A

M.N. Roy

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11
Q

first combined attempt of many classes of people

to challenge a foreign power.

A

S.B. Chaudhuri

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12
Q

martial’ races of

A

Punjab, Nepal,

and north-western frontier

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13
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in the main a military outbreak, which was taken advantage of by certain discontented princes and landlords, whose interests had been affected by the new political order

A

Dr K. Datta

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14
Q

The Army Amalgamation Scheme, 1861

A

moved the

Company’s European troops to the services of the Crown

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15
Q

linked-battalion’ scheme

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After 1857 revolt the European troops in India were constantly revamped by periodical visits to England

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16
Q

‘conservative brand of liberalism’, after 1857 revolt as it was called by

A

Thomas

Metcalf

17
Q

Delhi

A

General Bakht Khan

18
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Kanpur

A

Nana Saheb

19
Q

Lucknow

A

Begum Hazrat Mahal

20
Q

Bareilly

A

Khan Bahadur

21
Q

Bihar

A

Kunwar Singh

22
Q

Faizabad

A

Maulvi Ahmadullah

23
Q

Baghpat

24
Q

Lieutenant Willoughby, John Nicholson,

Lieutenant Hudson

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Sir Hugh Wheeler, Sir Colin Campbell
Kanpur
26
Henry Lawrence, Brigadier Inglis, Henry Havelock, James Outram, Sir Colin Campbell
Lucknow
27
Sir Hugh Rose
Jhansi
28
Colonel James Neill
Benaras
29
“Not an organised ‘national’ revolt
R.C. Majumdar and S.N. Sen
30
Neither first, nor National War of Independence
R.C. Majumdar
31
Elitist in character”
Eric Stokes
32
Mere sepoy mutiny
Lawrence and Seeley
33
A conflict between civilisation and barbarism
T.R. Holmes
34
“A Mohammedan conspiracy making capital of | Hindu grievances
James Outram
35
Three phases of the revolt
Percival Spear