Match the Rebel leader with their region
| List I Rebel leaders | List II Regions | ||
| (A) | Shah Mal | (I) | Singhbhum |
| (B) | Kunwar Singh | (II) | Chinhat |
| (C) | Gonoo | (III) | Barout |
| (D) | Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah | (IV) | Arrah |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Shah Mal — this matches (III) Barout. He mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh and led them against the British.
(B) Kunwar Singh — this matches (IV) Arrah. He was a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar, pushed by popular pressure into leading the uprising.
(C) Gonoo — this matches (I) Singhbhum. A tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, he became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region.
(D) Maulavi Ahmadullah Shah — this matches (II) Chinhat. Elected leader by the mutinous 22nd Native Infantry, he fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat, in which the British forces under Henry Lawrence were defeated.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … 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. So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar.… 1.3 Leaders and followers … Elsewhere, local leaders emerged, urging peasants, zamindars and tribals to revolt. Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh; Gonoo, a tribal cultivator of Singhbhum in Chotanagpur, became a rebel leader of the Kol tribals of the region.”
Two rebels of 1857 |
