Pir Ali Khan, hanged in July 1857 and remembered as the martyr of Patna, worked as a
- A.bookseller
- B.police officer
- C.sepoy of the Danapur regiments
- D.zamindar of Shahabad
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, bookseller. Pir Ali Khan kept a bookshop at Patna which served as a meeting place for those planning the rising, and he led the attack of 3 July 1857 in the city. He was captured, refused to give up his companions, and was hanged on the orders of Commissioner William Tayler, which is why he is called the martyr of Patna.
Option B is wrong because the police officer of this chapter is Waris Ali of Muzaffarpur, hanged in Tirhut for corresponding with the rebels. Option C is wrong because the Danapur sepoys were soldiers of the Company's own regiments, and Pir Ali was a civilian. Option D is wrong because the zamindar of Shahabad was Kunwar Singh himself.
The date of the Patna rising is asked with his name as well, 3 July 1857, and so is his reply at the gallows, in which he is said to have refused mercy and told Tayler that others would take his place.
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Practice Questions
View allVeer Kunwar Singh, the leader of the revolt of 1857 in Bihar, was the zamindar of which place?
- A.Jagdishpur
- B.Danapur
- C.Rohtas
- D.Munger
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Kunwar Singh belonged to the Ujjainiya Rajput house of Jagdishpur in Shahabad district, a district since divided, so that Jagdishpur now falls in Bhojpur district of Bihar.
Read the full explanation →The sepoys who mutinied at Danapur on 25 July 1857 marched to which town, where Kunwar Singh took their command?
- A.Gaya
- B.Arrah
- C.Bhagalpur
- D.Muzaffarpur
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The three regiments of Indian sepoys at Danapur cantonment near Patna rose on 25 July 1857, crossed the Son river and reached Arrah, the headquarters of Shahabad district, where Kunwar Singh joined them and took command.
Read the full explanation →Which British officer relieved the besieged garrison at Arrah in August 1857?
- A.Major Vincent Eyre
- B.William Tayler
- C.Captain Le Grand
- D.Vicars Boyle
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A first relief column sent towards Arrah was ambushed and driven back, and it was the column under Major Vincent Eyre that defeated Kunwar Singh at Bibiganj in early August 1857, raised the siege of the house at Arrah and then went on to destroy Jagdishpur.
Read the full explanation →On 23 April 1858 Veer Kunwar Singh defeated which British officer in the forest at Jagdishpur?
- A.Major Vincent Eyre
- B.Captain Le Grand
- C.General Lugard
- D.Herwald Wake
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Returning to his own district in the spring of 1858, Kunwar Singh met and defeated the force under Captain Le Grand in the forest near Jagdishpur on 23 April 1858 and re-entered his capital.
Read the full explanation →When did Veer Kunwar Singh die?
- A.3 August 1857
- B.23 April 1858
- C.26 April 1858
- D.9 May 1858
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Kunwar Singh was wounded in the fighting of his last campaign and died at Jagdishpur on 26 April 1858, three days after his victory over Captain Le Grand.
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