HISTORY
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Question
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The statement that the revolt of 1857 was “neither the first, nor national, nor war of independence” was made by?
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V. D. Savarkar
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R. C. Majumdar
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S. N. Sen
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Benjamin Disraeli
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Majumdar’s Observations on the Revolt of 1857: R.C. Majumdar tried to summarize the revolt differently. According to him, the revolt was neither the first, nor was it national, nor was it a war of independence.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, a large number of soldiers, civilians, and Indian rulers joined the revolt because of the long term oppression they had faced at the hands of the British. This is why the revolt came to be known as the First War of Independence.
Detailed explanation-3: -Karl Marx was the first Western scholar to call the events of 1857 a “national revolt", although he used the term Sepoy Revolt to describe them.
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