Which of the following is NOT correctly matched in the context of 1857 uprising? |
Kunwar Singh: Leader of revolt in Bihar Birjis Qadr: Leader of revolt in Bengal Nana Saheb: Leader of revolt in Kanpur Gonoo: rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region |
Birjis Qadr: Leader of revolt in Bengal |
The correct answer is Option 2 - Birjis Qadr: Leader of revolt in Bengal Option 1- Kunwar Singh: Leader of revolt in Bihar (Correct) CORRECTION: Birjis Qadr was a leader from Awadh in the revolt of 1857.
In Kanpur, the sepoys and the people of the town gave Nana Sahib, the successor to Peshwa Baji Rao II, no choice save to join the revolt as their leader. In Jhansi, the rani, Rani Lakshmi Bai was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising. So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar. In Awadh, where the displacement of the popular Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and the annexation of the state were still very fresh in the memory of the people, the populace in Lucknow celebrated the fall of British rule by hailing Birjis Qadr, the young son of the Nawab, as their leader. Gonoo, a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region. |