INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Delhi was seized by the rebels of the revolt of 1857 on
A
13th May
B
12th May
C
10th May
D
11th May
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mughal restoration On 12 May, Bahadur Shah held his first formal audience for several years. It was attended by several excited sepoys who treated him familiarly or even disrespectfully. Although Bahadur Shah was dismayed by the looting and disorder, he gave his public support to the rebellion.

Detailed explanation-2: -A timeline of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 which began as a mutiny of sepoys of British East India Company’s army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The hard-fought recapture of Delhi by the British army was a decisive moment in the suppression of the 1857–58 Indian Mutiny against British rule. It extinguished Indian dreams of recreating the rule of the Mughal Empire. Indian rebellion was captured Delhi on 21 September 1857 at the time of revolt 1857.

Detailed explanation-4: -What happened? The Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the First War of Indian Independence started on May 10, 1857, at Meerut. It was the first major and large-scale rebellion against the East India Company rule, although not the first revolt against the Company.

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