WHEN PEOPLE REBEL Flashcards
NANA SAHEB, THE ADOPTED SON OF THE______, PLEADED THAT HE BE GIVEN HIS FATHER’S PENSION WHEN THE LATTER DIED.
PESHWA BAJI RAO 2.
IN 1801, A SUBSIDIARY ALLIANCE WAS IMPOSED ON _______, AND IN 1856 IT WAS TAKEN OVER.
AWADH. GOVERNOR GENERAL DALHOUSIE DECLARED THAT THE TERRITORY WAS BEING MISGOVERNED AND BRITISH RULE WAS NEEDED TO ENSURE PROPER ADMINISTRATION.
STEPS TAKEN BY COMPANY TO BRING THE MUGHAL EMPIRE DOWN?
- THE NAME OF THE MUGHAL KING WAS REMOVED FROM THE COINS MINTED BY THE COMPANY.
- IN 1849, GOVERNOR GENERAL DALHOUSIE ANNOUNCED THAT AFTER THE DEATH OF BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR, THE FAMILY OF THE KING WOULD BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE RED FORT AND BE GIVEN ANOTHER PLACE IN DELHI TO RESIDE IN.
- IN 1856, GOVERNOR GENERAL CANNING DECIDED THAT BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR WOULD BE THE LAST MUGHAL KING AND AFTER HIS DEATH NONE OF HIS DESCENDANTS WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS KINGS- THEY WOULD JUST BE CALLED PRINCES.
- IN 1824 THE SEPOYS WERE TOLD TO GO TO BURMA BY THE SEA ROUTE TO FIGHT FOR THE COMPANY, THEY REFUSED TO FOLLOW THE ORDER, THOUGH THEY AGREED TO GO BY THE LAND ROUTE.
- IN 1856 THE COMPANY PASSED A NEW LAW WHICH STATED THAT EVERY PERSON WHO TOOK UP EMPLOYMENT IN THE COMPANY’S ARMY HAD TO AGREE TO SERVE OVERSEAS IF REQUIRED.
- IN 1850, A NEW LAW WAS PASSED TO MAKE CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY EASIER. THIS LAW ALLOWED AN INDIAN WHO HAD CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY TO INHERIT THE PROPERTY OF HIS ANCESTORS.
TRUE/FALSE.
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MAJHA PRAVAAS IS WRITTEN BY?
VISHNUBHATT GODSE.
BOOK MENTIONS THE LIST OF EIGHTY FOUR RULES.
FROM SEPOY TO SUBEDAR IS WRITTEN BY?
SUBEDAR SITARAM PANDE.
ARRANGE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
1. AT MEERUT REGIMENT SEPOYS REFUSED TO DO ARMY DRILL USING CARTRIDGES, WHICH WERE SUSPECTED OF BEING COATED WITH THE FAT OF COWS AND PIGS. EIGHTY FIVE SEPOYS WERE DISMISSED FROM SERVICE AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN JAIL FOR DISOBEYING THEIR OFFICERS.
2. A YOUNG SOLDIER, MANGAL PANDEY, WAS HANGED TO DEATH FOR ATTACKING HIS OFFICERS IN BARRACKPORE.
3. OVER 3000 REBELS CAME FROM BAREILLY, CROSSED THE RIVER JAMUNA, ENTERED DELHI.
4. THE SOLDIERS MARCHED TO THE JAIL IN MEERUT AND RELEASED THE IMPRISONED SEPOYS. THEY ATTACKED AND KILLED BRITISH OFFICERS. THEY CAPTURED GUNS AND AMMUNITION AND SET FIRE TO THE BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES OF THE BRITISH AND DECLARED WAR ON FIRANGIS.
1.ON 29 MARCH 1857, A YOUNG SOLDIER, MANGAL PANDEY, WAS HANGED TO DEATH FOR ATTACKING HIS OFFICERS IN BARRACKPORE.
2. 9 MAY 1857, AT MEERUT REGIMENT SEPOYS REFUSED TO DO ARMY DRILL USING CARTRIDGES, WHICH WERE SUSPECTED OF BEING COATED WITH THE FAT OF COWS AND PIGS. EIGHTY FIVE SEPOYS WERE DISMISSED FROM SERVICE AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS IN JAIL FOR DISOBEYING THEIR OFFICERS.
3. 10 MAY 1857, THE SOLDIERS MARCHED TO THE JAIL IN MEERUT AND RELEASED THE IMPRISONED SEPOYS. THEY ATTACKED AND KILLED BRITISH OFFICERS. THEY CAPTURED GUNS AND AMMUNITION AND SET FIRE TO THE BUILDINGS AND PROPERTIES OF THE BRITISH AND DECLARED WAR ON FIRANGIS.
4. ON 3 JULY 1857, OVER 3000 REBELS CAME FROM BAREILLY, CROSSED THE RIVER JAMUNA, ENTERED DELHI.
IN ______ BIRJIS QADAR, THE SON OF THE DEPOSED WAJID ALI SHAH, WAS PROCLAIMED THE NAWAB AND A REGULAR ADMINISTRATION WAS ORGANIZED WITH THE IMPORTANT OFFICES SHARED EQUALLY BY MUSLIMS AND HINDUS.
LUCKNOW.
__________, MOTHER OF BIRJIS QADAR TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN THE UPRISING AGAINST THE BRITISH.
BEGUM HAZRAT MAHAL.
AHMADULLAH SHAH, A MAULVI FROM ________ CAME TO _______ TO FIGHT THE BRITISH.
FAIZABAD, LUCKNOW.
TERM GHAZIS MEANING IN MODERN INDIA?
RELIGIOUS WARRIORS THAT CAME TOGETHER IN DELHI TO WIPE OUT THE WHITE PEOPLE DURING 1857 REVOLT.
BAKTH KHAN, A SOLDIER FROM ______, TOOK CHARGE OF A LARGE FORCE OF FIGHTERS WHO CAME TO ______.
BAREILLY, DELHI.
IN ______, AN OLD ZAMIDAR, KUNWAR SINGH, JOINED THE REBEL SEPOYS AND BATTLED WITH THE BRITISH FOR MANY MONTHS.
BIHAR.
RANI AVANTIBAI LODHI CONTRIBUTION TO 1857 REVOLT?
RANI AVANTIBAI LODHI OF RAMGARH GOT INITIAL VICTORY IN KHERI. LATER SHE DIED.
AFTER THE RECAPTURE OF THE DELHI IN 1857 THE REBELLION DIED.
TRUE/FALSE.
FALSE.
THE REBELLION DID NOT DIE DOWN AFTER THAT. PEOPLE CONTINUED TO RESIST AND BATTLE THE BRITISH. THE BRITISH HAD TO FIGHT FOR TWO YEARS TO SUPPRESS THE MASSIVE FORCES OF POPULAR REBELLION.