Choose the correct statements about Shah Mal.
(A) He belonged to a village in Pargana Barout in U.P.
(B) He mobilised the headmen and cultivators against the British.
(C) He got educated in Hyderabad and was known as Danka Shah.
(D) He was killed in a battle in July 1857.
(E) He fought the famous battle of Chinhat.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) He belonged to a village in Pargana Barout in U.P. Correct. Shah Mal lived in a large village in pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh, in a clan of Jat cultivators.
(B) He mobilised the headmen and cultivators against the British. Correct. Shah Mal mobilised the headmen and cultivators of chaurasee des, moving at night from village to village and urging people to rebel against the British.
(C) He got educated in Hyderabad and was known as Danka Shah. Incorrect. This is Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, who was educated in Hyderabad and was called Danka Shah, the maulvi with the drum, because drumbeaters walked in front of his palanquin.
(D) He was killed in a battle in July 1857. Correct. Shah Mal was killed in battle in July 1857.
(E) He fought the famous battle of Chinhat. Incorrect. It was Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah who fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat, in which the British forces under Henry Lawrence were defeated.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 10: Rebels and the Raj (2026-27)
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