Which of the following statements are correct about the Revolt of 1857?

A. The Sepoy Mutiny began at Meerut Cantonment.
B. Shah Mal mobalised Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh.
C. In Kanpur, Peshwa Baji Rao II led the uprising.
D. British were not able to capture principalities like Jhansi and Satara.
E. In Chotanagpur, Gonoo, a tribal cultivator became leader of the Kol tribals of the region.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, B, E only

The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B, E only

Given statements about the Revolt of 1857:

A. The Sepoy Mutiny began at Meerut Cantonment. (Correct)
B. Shah Mal mobalised Pargana Barout in Uttar Pradesh. (Correct)
C. In Kanpur, Peshwa Baji Rao II led the uprising. (incorrect)
D. British were not able to capture principalities like Jhansi and Satara. (incorrect)
E. In Chotanagpur, Gonoo, a tribal cultivator became leader of the Kol tribals of the region. (Correct)

Correction in the incorrect statements:

C. In Kanpur, NANA SAHIB, not Peshwa Baji Rao II led the uprising.

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, Rani Lakshmi Bai was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising.

D. British were able to capture principalities like Jhansi and Satara (through doctrine of lapse).

On a variety of pleas, like misgovernment and the refusal to recognise adoption, the British annexed not only Awadh, but many other kingdoms and principalities like Jhansi and Satara. Once these territories were annexed, the British introduced their own system of administration, their own laws and their own methods of land settlement and land revenue collection.