GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The great revolt was termed as “First war of Indian independence” by V.D. Savarkar in his book. No worries!

Detailed explanation-2: -The book describes the Indian Rebellion of 1857 as a unified and national uprising of India as a nation against British authority. Savarkar states that both the British and the Indians committed cruel and brutal acts during the uprising, but characterizes such acts by Indians as justifiable acts of vengeance.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer 1: V.D. Savarkar named the struggle in 1857 as the War of Independence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Veer Savarkar was the first man who called the mutiny of 1857 ‘A War of Independence’. Until his time; no Indian had dared to say so. The martyrs of 1857 are really fortunate that they got such a historian to tell their history who himself was both a historian and a creator of history.