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The reason for the similarity in the pattern of the revolt in the different places lay partly in its planning and coordination. It is clear that there was communication between the sepoy lines of various cantonments. After the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry had refused to accept the new cartridges in early May, they wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that “they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th’s orders”. Sepoys or their emissaries moved from one station to another. People were thus planning and talking about the rebellion.
The passage is talking about which rebellion in Indian history?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 1857 Rebellion
The passage talks about the sepoy lines, the cantonments, the refusal of the new cartridges in early May and the planning of the rebellion. These are the events of the revolt that broke out in the cantonment of Meerut on 10 May 1857 and spread across North India.
Hence, the answer is the 1857 Rebellion.
NCERT (2026-27): “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. The ordinary people of the town and surrounding villages joined the sepoys. The sepoys captured the bell of arms where the arms and ammunition were kept and proceeded to attack white people, and to ransack and burn their bungalows and property.… 1.2 Lines of communication … The reason for the similarity in the pattern of the revolt in different places lay partly in its planning and coordination. It is clear that there was communication between the sepoy lines of various cantonments. After the 7th Awadh Irregular Cavalry had refused to accept the new cartridges in early May, they wrote to the 48th Native Infantry that ‘they had acted for the faith and awaited the 48th’s orders’. Sepoys or their emissaries moved from one station to another. People were thus planning and talking about the rebellion.” |