"History"-Chapter 5-"When People Revolt 1857 and After"
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Why the revolt happened?
Because the nawabs, peasants , zamindars and everyone were being despised
Explain "Nawab loses their power" with the Nawab of Awadh
The Nawab of Awadh had been lured to sign the Subsidiary alliance and then his kingdom was annexed by the British
When did the Nawab of Awadh signed the Subsidiary alliance?
1801
When was Awadh annexed?
1856
Explain the situations of peasants
to pay high tax - farmers take loans from moneylenders - and when not able to pay the loan they lose their lands to the moneylenders
What did Dalhousie announced in 1849?
That after the death of Bahadur Shah , the Mughal family will be removed from the Red fort and be given another place in Delhi.
What did Canning declared in 1856?
That Bahadur Shah will be the last of the Mughals and his sons will never be called kings
What was the immediate cause of the Indian rebellion?
The greased cartridges.
How was the Religious practice were being interfered?
Sati was banned , the remarriage of Widows was legal and after 1850 conversion to Christianity allowed Indians to own property.
Explain the "Greased cartridges"
The gun's cartridges were rumored to be made from cow and pig's fat and this ,started by Mangal Pandey, was soon being refused to use
Why did the Sepoys rebelled beside the Cartridges?
Because they were treated inferior to the British soldiers and were being told to go to Burma by sea route to fight.
When was Mangal Pandey hanged?
8 April 1857
Who did the sepoys chose as their leader?
Bahadur Shah Jafar
When did 85 sepoys were jailed as they refused to open the greased cartridges by mouth?
9th May 1857
Who are firangis?
Britishers
When was the war declared?
On 10th May 1857
Where did Nana Saheb live, what did he proclaimed himself as?
He lived in Kanpur and proclaimed himself Peshwa
Who fought from Lucknow?
Bijris Qadir ,his mother , Begam Hazrat Mahal and Ahmadullah Shah - a maulvi from Faizabad
Who fighted from Jhansi?
Rani Laxmibai and Tantia tope , the chief in commander of Nana Saheb
Who fighted from Ramgarh , MP?
Rani Avantibai Lodi
Who fighted from Delhi?
Ghazis
Who fighted from Bareilly?
Bhakt Khan
Who fighted from Bihar?
Kunwar Singh
When was Delhi recaptured?
September 1857
Bahadur Shah was jailed to Rangoon in?
October 1858
Bahadur Shah died in?
In Rangoon's jail (November 1862)
Lucknow was taken in?
March 1858
Rani Laxmibai was killed on?
June 1858
Tantia tope was tried an killed on?
April 1859
A new act was passed in?
1858
What did the act contained?
The British crown will rule directly over India
The Governor-General was replaced by?
Viceroy
Who were to be chosen as Indian soldiers as they were loyal to the Britishers?
Gurkhas,Pathans and the SIkhs.