Arrange the following major events associated with the Revolt of 1857 in a chronological order.
A. Escape of Nana Sahib to Nepal.
B. Subsidiary Alliance was devised by Lord Wellesley.
C. Takeover of Awadh by the British East India Company.
D. The Azamgarh Proclamation.
E. The sepoys in the Cantonment of Meerut broke out in mutiny.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → B, C, E, D, A
(B) Subsidiary Alliance was devised by Lord Wellesley — in 1798. Those who entered into such an alliance had to accept certain terms and conditions.
(C) Takeover of Awadh by the British East India Company — in 1856; it was expected to complete the process of annexation that had begun with the conquest of Bengal almost a century earlier.
(E) The sepoys in the Cantonment of Meerut broke out in mutiny — late in the afternoon of 10 May 1857.
(D) The Azamgarh Proclamation — issued on 25 August 1857; it is one of the main sources of what the rebels wanted.
(A) Escape of Nana Sahib to Nepal — at the end of 1858, when the rebellion collapsed.
NCERT (2026-27): “Subsidiary Alliance … Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by Lord Wellesley in 1798. All those who entered into such an alliance with the British had to accept certain terms and conditions:
2.1 ‘A cherry that will drop into our mouth one day’ … By the early 1850s, moreover, all the major areas of India had been conquered: the Maratha lands, the Doab, the Carnatic, the Punjab and Bengal. The takeover of Awadh in 1856 was expected to complete a process of territorial annexation that had begun with the conquest of Bengal almost a century earlier.… Late in the afternoon of 10 May 1857, the sepoys in the cantonment of Meerut broke out in mutiny. It began in the lines of the native infantry, spread very swiftly to the cavalry and then to the city.…”
Fig. 10.4 Nana Sahib At the end of 1858, when the rebellion collapsed, Nana Sahib escaped to Nepal. The story of his escape added to the legend of Nana Sahib’s courage and valour.
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