INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Mutiny was brought to an end with the fall of ____ into the hands of the British in India.
A
Meerut
B
Awadh
C
Gwalior
D
Rohilkhand
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Gwalior. The Indian Mutiny of 1857 effectively ended in the city of Gwalior.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rebellion posed a military threat to British power in that region, and was contained only with the rebels’ defeat in Gwalior on 20 June 1858. On 1 November 1858, the British granted amnesty to all rebels not involved in murder, though they did not declare the hostilities to have formally ended until 8 July 1859.

Detailed explanation-3: -British public opinion was profoundly shocked by the scale of the uprising and by the loss of life on both sides-involving the massacre by the rebels of captured Europeans, including women and children, and the indiscriminate killing of Indian soldiers and civilians by the avenging British armies.

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