Short Notes - The Revolt of 1857
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The Revolt of 1857
A Brief Survey of the Major Centres of the Revolt of 1857
Centre |
Leaders |
British Officials who suppressed the Revolt |
Fate of the Leader |
Delhi |
Bahadur Shah, Gen- eral Bakht Khan of Bareilly regiment |
Nicholson |
Bahadur Shah deported to Rangoon, Bakht Khan died in battlefield.
|
Lucknow |
Begum Hazrat Mahal of Avadh
|
Colin Campbell |
Escaped to Nepal
|
Kanpur |
Nana Saheb, Tantia Tope, Azimullah |
Colin Campbell |
Nana Saheb escaped to Ne- ~ pal, Tantia tope was hanged Azimullah died of illness.
|
Jhansi |
Lakshmibai |
Hugh Rose |
Died in battle field. |
Arrah |
Kunwar Singh |
William Tyier and Eyre |
Died of wound sustained in the fight
|
Peasant Movement
Movement |
Place |
Year |
Leaders |
Indigo Revolt |
Bengal |
1859 |
Bishnu and Digambar Biswas |
Pabna |
Bengal |
1870 |
Ishwar Roy, Sabu Pal, Khoodi Mollah |
Deccan Riots |
Maharashtra |
1875 |
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Ramosi Movement |
Maharashtra |
1879 |
Vasudev Balwant Phadke |
Bijolia |
Rajasthan |
1913 |
Sitaram Das, Vijay Pathik Singh |
Champaran |
Bihar |
1917 |
Gandhiji |
Kheda |
Gujarat |
1918 |
Gandhiji and Vallabh Bhai Patel |
Moplah |
Kerala |
1921 |
Sayyad Ali and Sayyid Fazi |
Bordoli/Borsad |
Gujarat |
1928 |
Vallabh Bhai Patel |
Tebhaga |
Bengal |
1946 |
Kamparan Singh, Nyamat Ali |
Punnapra-Waylar |
Kerala |
1946 |
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Telengana |
AndhraP. |
1946 |
Kumaraiya and Sundaraiya |
UP Kisan Sabha |
UP. |
1918 |
Indra Narayan Dwivedi and Gauri Shankar Mishra |
Avadh Kisan Sabha |
UP. |
1920 |
Baba Ramachandra |
Eka Movement |
Avadh |
1921 |
Madari Pasi |
Forest Satyagrah |
South India |
1931 |
NV Rama Naidu, N G Ranga |
All India Kisan Sabha |
Lucknow |
1936 |
Sahajanada Saraswati |
Important Books on 1857
Book |
Year |
Author |
The First Indian War of Independence-1857-59 |
1859 |
Karl Marx |
Causes of Indian Revolt |
1873 |
Sayed Ahmad Khan |
The India War of Independence |
1909 |
V.D. Savarkar |
The Sepoy Mutiny and the rebellion of 1857 |
1957 |
R.C. Mazumdar |
Civil Rebellion in Indian Mutinies |
1957 |
S.B. Chowdhury |
Rebellion, 1857 : A Symposium |
1957 |
P.C. Joshi |
1857 |
1957 |
S.N. Sen |
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