Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following was “NOT” a main centre of Revolt of 1857?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Rohtak.
Key Points
- Rohtak
- Not a Main Centre: Rohtak was not classified as a main centre because it lacked large-scale military resources, strategic political importance, and major British administrative establishments compared to key centers like Delhi, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
- Local Leadership: Led by Bisarat Ali (Risaldar in British Army) and Sabar Khan (local worker leader), who mobilized Ranghars and other communities.
- Resistance Actions: Attacks on British properties, government buildings, release of prisoners, and killing of British officials; Deputy Commissioner fled due to uprising.
- Military Engagements: Rebellion suppressed by British forces under Lt. W.S.R. Hodson on August 15, 1857.
- Broader Context: Rohtak’s uprising highlighted the widespread discontent and resistance in Haryana.
- Revolt of 1857
- The 1857 uprising marked the consciously initiated start of the fight for independence from British colonial tyranny.
- The 1857 uprising went by many names, including the Sepoy Mutiny and India's First War of Independence.
- As a sepoy mutiny, the uprising got its start in Meerut on May 10, 1857. Sepoys in the Bengal Presidency started it against the British authorities.
- The British East India Company's era of power came to an end with this Independence War.
Additional Information
- Centres of The Revolt
- From the Patna neighbourhood to Rajasthan's borders, the uprising swept throughout the entire region. The primary rebel strongholds in these areas are in Bihar's Arrah, Lucknow, Bareilly, Jhansi, and Gwalior.
- Lucknow
- The Awadhi kingdom's capital was Lucknow. One of the begums of the former monarch of Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal, assumed control of the uprising.
- Kanpur
- Nana Saheb, Peshwa Baji Rao II's adoptive son, was in charge of the uprising.
- Finally, Tantia Tope was vanquished, taken into custody, and executed.
- Although Nana Saheb managed to flee, his leader Tantia Tope persisted in the conflict.
- Brutal retribution was used to put down the uprising.
- The triumph was fleeting. After receiving further reinforcements, the British were able to retake Kanpur.
- He joined the uprising primarily as a result of the British depriving him of his pension.
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