Who among the following participated in the Revolt of 1857?
(A) Danka Shah
(B) Shah Mal
(C) Kunwar Singh
(D) Devi Choudhrani
(E) Siraj ud Daulah
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (B), (C)
(A) Danka Shah Correct. Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah was popularly called Danka Shah, the maulvi with the drum. In 1857 the mutinous 22nd Native Infantry elected him their leader, and he fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat.
(B) Shah Mal Correct. Shah Mal mobilised the villagers of pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh against the British; he was killed in battle in July 1857.
(C) Kunwar Singh Correct. Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar, was forced by popular pressure to lead the uprising there.
(D) Devi Choudhrani Incorrect. She was not a leader of 1857; Devi Choudhrani is the heroine of a Bengali novel by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
(E) Siraj ud Daulah Incorrect. Siraj ud Daulah was the Nawab of Bengal whom the British defeated in the Battle of Plassey in 1757, a hundred years before the revolt.
Note: Devi Choudhrani and Siraj ud Daulah are not in the NCERT book (2026-27); they are explained here for the benefit of the students.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.3 Leaders and followers … Elsewhere, similar scenes were enacted though on a minor scale. 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 … Not everywhere were the leaders people of the court – ranis, rajas, nawabs and taluqdars. Often the message of rebellion was carried by ordinary men and women and in places by religious men too. From Meerut, there were reports that a fakir had appeared riding on an elephant and that the sepoys were visiting him frequently. In Lucknow, after the annexation of Awadh, there were many religious leaders and self-styled prophets who preached the destruction of British rule. 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.”
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