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In the context of the communication of the message of revolt and mutiny, the experience of François Sisten, a native Christian police inspector in Sitapur, is telling. He had gone to Saharanpur to pay his respects to the magistrate. Sisten was dressed in Indian clothes and sitting cross-legged. A Muslim tahsildar from Bijnor entered the room; upon learning that Sisten was from Awadh, he enquired, “What news from Awadh? How does the work progress, brother?” Playing safe, Sisten replied, “If we have work in Awadh, your highness will know it.” The tahsildar said, “Depend upon it, we will succeed this time. The direction of the business is in able hands.” The tahsildar was later identified as the principal rebel leader of Bijnor.

Which statement is incorrect about Captain Hearsey?

A) Captain Hearsey of the Awadh Military Police had been given protection by his Indian subordinates during the mutiny.
B) The 41st Native Infantry insisted that the Military Police should kill Hearsey or deliver him as a prisoner to the 41st.
C) The Military Police instantly decided to deliver him as a prisoner to the 41st.
D) None of the statements is incorrect.

C

The correct answer is Option 3 - C

A) Captain Hearsey of the Awadh Military Police had been given protection by his Indian subordinates during the mutiny.
B) The 41st Native Infantry insisted that the Military Police should kill Hearsey or deliver him as a prisoner to the 41st.
C) The Military Police instantly decided to deliver him as a prisoner to the 41st.
D) None of the statements is incorrect.

The correct version of statement C) The Military Police decided to neither kill Hearsey nor deliver him as prisoner to the 41st.

The pattern of the mutinies and the pieces of evidence that suggest some sort of planning and coordination raise certain crucial questions. How were the plans made? Who were the planners? It is difficult on the basis of the available documents to provide direct answers to such questions. But one incident provides clues as to how the mutinies came to be so organised. Captain Hearsey of the Awadh Military Police had been given protection by his Indian subordinates during the mutiny. The 41st Native Infantry, which was stationed in the same place, insisted that since they had killed all their white officers, the Military Police should also kill Hearsey or deliver him as prisoner to the 41st. The Military Police refused to do either, and it was decided that the matter would be settled by a panchayat composed of native officers drawn from each regiment. Charles Ball, who wrote one of the earliest histories of the uprising, noted that panchayats were a nightly occurrence in the Kanpur sepoy lines. What this suggests is that some of the decisions were taken collectively. Given the fact that the sepoys lived in lines and shared a common lifestyle and that many of them came from the same caste, it is not difficult to imagine them sitting together to decide their own future. The sepoys were the makers of their own rebellion.