Read the passage and answer the question :
"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.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Shah Mal
Shah Mal, who belonged to a clan of Jat cultivators of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh, mobilised the headmen and cultivators of chaurasee des, moving at night from village to village and urging people to rebel against the British.
NCERT (2026-27): “Shah Mal … 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). The lands in the region were irrigated and fertile, with rich dark loam soil. Many of the villagers were prosperous and saw the British land revenue system as oppressive: the revenue demand was high and its collection inflexible. Consequently cultivators were losing land to outsiders, to traders and moneylenders who were coming into the area. Shah Mal mobilised the headmen and cultivators of chaurasee des, moving at night from village to village, urging people to rebel against the British.…” |