In the context of the Revolt of 1857, match List-I with List-II
| List-I | List-II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre of Revolt | Leader of the Revolt | ||
| (A) | Delhi | (I) | Tantia Tope |
| (B) | Jhansi | (II) | Begum Hazrat Mahal |
| (C) | Kanpur | (III) | Bahadur Shah-II |
| (D) | Lucknow | (IV) | Rani Lakshmi Bai |
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)
Each centre of the Revolt of 1857 is matched with the leader who led the rising there.
(A) Delhi — this matches (III) Bahadur Shah-II. The sepoys who rose at Meerut reached Delhi on 11 May 1857 and proclaimed the aged Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar their leader.
(B) Jhansi — this matches (IV) Rani Lakshmi Bai. The British had refused to accept her adopted son as heir under the Doctrine of Lapse; she led the revolt at Jhansi and died fighting near Gwalior in June 1858.
(C) Kanpur — this matches (I) Tantia Tope. The rising at Kanpur was led by Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II, with Tantia Tope as his general; Tantia Tope carried on the fight in central India until he was captured and hanged in 1859.
(D) Lucknow — this matches (II) Begum Hazrat Mahal. After the British annexed Awadh in 1856 and deposed Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, his begum led the revolt at Lucknow in the name of her young son Birjis Qadr.