HistoryModern India: Rebels and the Raj

Match List-I with List-II (Link with Secundrah Bagh, Lucknow).List-IL…

Match List-I with List-II (Link with Secundrah Bagh, Lucknow).

List-I	List-II
(A) Wajid Ali Shah	(I) Photographed the ruins of the place in 1858
(B) Campbell	(II) Built the place as a pleasure garden
(C) Felice Beato	(III) Held the place against the British in 1857
(D) Rebel sepoys	(IV) Led the British forces that attacked the place

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Wajid Ali Shah	(II) Built the place as a pleasure garden	Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh built Secundrah Bagh as a pleasure garden.
(B) Campbell	(IV) Led the British forces that attacked the place	British forces led by Campbell stormed the place and killed over 2000 rebel sepoys.
(C) Felice Beato	(I) Photographed the ruins of the place in 1858	Felice Beato photographed the ruined garden in 1858, as a warning against rebellion.
(D) Rebel sepoys	(III) Held the place against the British in 1857	Over 2000 rebel sepoys held the place in 1857 and were killed there.

NCERT (2026-27): “4. Repression …
Fig. 10.9 Secundrah Bagh, Lucknow, photograph by Felice Beato, 1858 Here we see four solitary figures within a desolate place that was once the pleasure garden built by Nawab Wajid Ali Shah. British forces led by Campbell killed over 2000 rebel sepoys who held the place in 1857. The skeletons strewn on the ground are meant to be a cold warning of the futility of rebellion.”