Find out the name of Awadh as called in North India during 1840s-1850s: |
A Cherry Cradle of Civilisation Nursery of Bengal Army Jan-i-Alam |
Nursery of Bengal Army |
The correct answer is Option (3) → Nursery of Bengal Army Awadh was called the "Nursery of the Bengal Army" in 1857. The large majority of the sepoys of the Bengal Army were recruited from the villages of Awadh and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Many of them were Brahmins or from the “upper” castes. Awadh was, in fact, called the “nursery of the Bengal Army’’. |