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"."
Who assumed the leadership of the Revolt in Kanpur?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Nana Sahib
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.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … Elsewhere, similar scenes were enacted though on a minor scale. 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 was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising.…” |