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"The sepoys began their action with a signal: firing of the evening gun or sounding of the bugle. They attacked Government buildings. Everything and everybody connected with white man became a target. The British had no answer to the actions of the rebels. British rule, as one British officer noted "collapsed like a house made of cards"."

Identify the Jat cultivator from Uttar Pradesh who led mobilisation in the Revolt of 1857.

Shah Mal

The correct answer is Option (2) → Shah Mal

Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh in the revolt of 1857. Shah Mal lived in a large village in pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh. He belonged to a clan of Jat cultivators whose kinship ties extended over chaurasee des (eighty-four villages). Shah Mal mobilized the headmen and cultivators of chaurasee des, moving at night from village to village, urging people to rebel against the British. Shah Mal’s men attacked government buildings, destroyed the bridge over the river, and dug up metalled roads. Locally acknowledged as the Raja, Shah Mal took over the bungalow of an English officer, turned it into a “hall of justice”, settling disputes and dispensing judgments. He also set up an amazingly effective network of intelligence. Shah Mal was killed in battle in July 1857.