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| Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct? a) Rebels were generally unable to record their version of events as they were illiterate. b) Only a few proclamations and ishtahars (notifications) issued by rebels throw light on their perspective. |
Only statement a is correct. Only statement b is correct. Both statements are correct. None of the statements is correct. |
| Both statements are correct. |
| Few rebels had the opportunity of recording their version of events. Moreover, most of them were sepoys and ordinary people who were not literate. Thus, other than a few proclamations and ishtahars (notifications) issued by rebel leaders to propagate their ideas and persuade people to join the revolt, we do not have much that throws light on the perspective of the rebels. Attempts to reconstruct what happened in 1857 are thus heavily and inevitably dependent on what the British wrote. |
