MCQ Rebels and Raj Flashcards
(29 cards)
A store room in which weapons are kept
Bell of Arms
When did the sepoys of cantonment of Meerut broke out in mutiny?
afternoon of 10 May 1857
origin of word used to designate foreigners
firangi of Persian origin
When did sepoys arrive at the gate of the Red Fort?
11 May
In major towns like _______ moneylenders and the rich also became the objects of rebel wrath.
Lucknow, Kanpur and Bareilly
when was Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley in Awadh
1801
When was Nawab Wajid Ali Shah deposed and Awadh annexed?
1856
When were Summary revenue settlements introduced in Awadh by the British?
1856-57
When did mutiny start in Meerut?
10 May 1857
When did Delhi garrisons revolt and Bahadur Shah accepted nominal leadership?
11-12 May 1857
When did sepoys mutiny in Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri , Etah?
20-27 May 1857
when was there rising in Lucknow?
30 May
When did Mutiny turn into a general revolt of the people?
May - June 1857
When did British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat?
30 June 1857
When did British forces under Havelock and Outram enter the Residency in Lucknow?
25 Sep 1857
When was Shah Mal killed in battle?
July 1857
When was Rani Jhansi killed in battle?
June 1858
Who was made the leader of the revolt in Delhi?
Bahadur Shah
Who was made the leader of the revolt in Kanpur?
Nana Sahib, successor to Peshwa Baji Rao 2
In jhansi the ______ was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising.
Rani Lakshmi Bai
Leader of Bihar in revolt
Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah
Leader of Awadh
Birjis Qadr, son of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
Local leader in Uttar Pradesh
Shah Mal became the leader of Pargana Barout
Local leader in Chotanagpur
Gonoo, a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region
