The rebel leaders issued Proclamations and few ________ to propagate their ideas during the 1857 revolt.

Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the options given below:

Ishtahars

The correct answer is Option (2) - Ishtahars

The rebel leaders issued Proclamations and few Ishtahars to propagate their ideas during the 1857 revolt.

In the context of the Revolt of 1857:

As victors, the British recorded their own trials and tribulations as well as their heroism. They dismissed the rebels as a bunch of ungrateful and barbaric people. The repression of the rebels also meant silencing of their voice. Few rebels had the opportunity of recording their version of events. Moreover, most of them were sepoys and ordinary people who were not literate. Thus, other than a few proclamations and ishtahars (notifications) issued by rebel leaders to propagate their ideas and persuade people to join the revolt, we do not have much that throws light on the perspective of the rebels. Attempts to reconstruct what happened in 1857 are thus heavily and inevitably dependent on what the British wrote. While these sources reveal the minds of officials, they tell us very little about what the rebels wanted.