Which of the following is NOT correctly matched in the context of the 1857 uprising?

None of the above

The correct answer is Option 4- All are correctly matched.

Option 1- Gonoo: rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region
Option 2- Shah Mal: Rebel leader of villagers of Pargana Baraut
Option 3- Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah: Leader of 22nd Native Infantry
Option 4- None of the above

Not everywhere were the leaders people of the court – ranis, rajas, nawabs and taluqdars. Often the message of rebellion was carried by ordinary men and women and in places by religious men too. From Meerut, there were reports that a fakir had appeared riding on an elephant and that the sepoys were visiting him frequently. In Lucknow, after the annexation of Awadh, there were many religious leaders and self-styled prophets who preached the destruction of British rule.

Elsewhere, local leaders emerged, urging peasants, zamindars and tribals to revolt. Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh; Gonoo, a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region. Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah was one of the many maulvis who played an important part in the revolt of 1857. When released, he was elected by the mutinous 22nd Native Infantry as their leader. He fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat in which the British forces under Henry Lawrence were defeated.