HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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Where had civil rebellions against the British initially started?
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Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh
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Bengal and Bihar
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Odisha
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Madras and Calcutta
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Underlying grievances over British taxation and recent land annexations by the English East India Company (EEIC) also contributed to the anger of the sepoy mutineers, and within weeks, dozens of units of the Indian army joined peasant armies in widespread rebellion.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Mutiny, also called Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence, widespread but unsuccessful rebellion against British rule in India in 1857–59. Begun in Meerut by Indian troops (sepoys) in the service of the British East India Company, it spread to Delhi, Agra, Kanpur, and Lucknow.
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