Who was the famous poet who described Delhi occupied by the British forces in 1857, in the following words: “For two to three days every road in the city, from Kashmiri Gate to Chandni Chowk, was a battlefield”.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Mirza Ghalib
The famous poet Mirza Ghalib wrote these lines while describing what the people of Delhi did when the British forces occupied the city in 1857.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Colonial Cities’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 12: Colonial Cities (Pre-rationalised)
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