The 'Punch' which published the news related to 1857 was a
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → British Journal of Comic Satire
Punch was a British journal of comic satire, in whose pages one of the cartoons of the time showed Governor General Canning as a looming father figure protecting a sepoy.
NCERT (2026-27): “5.5 No time for clemency … When Governor General Canning declared that a gesture of leniency and a show of mercy would help in winning back the loyalty of the sepoys, he was mocked in the British press. In one of the cartoons published in the pages of Punch, a British journal of comic satire, Canning is shown as a looming father figure, with his protective hand over the head of a sepoy who still holds an unsheathed sword in one hand and a dagger in the other, both dripping with blood (Fig.10.17) – an imagery that recurs in a number of British pictures of the time.…” |