The Khasi uprising of 1829-33 was led by U Tirot Sing against which British project?
- A.A railway line from Calcutta to Dacca
- B.A road from the Brahmaputra valley to Sylhet
- C.A canal through the Khasi hills
- D.A tea plantation in Cachar
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, a road from the Brahmaputra valley to Sylhet. The Company wanted a road joining the Brahmaputra valley with Sylhet through Khasi territory, and brought in outside labour and troops to build it. U Tirot Sing, the chief of Nongkhlaw, first permitted and then resisted the project, and the Khasis fought a guerrilla war from 1829 until his capture. A is wrong because no railway existed in India before 1853 and none was planned through the Khasi hills at this time. C is wrong because no canal project was involved. D is wrong because the tea plantations of Cachar and Assam grew later in the nineteenth century and were not the cause of this particular rising. U Tirot Sing was captured in 1833 and died in British custody, and the Khasi hills passed under the Company's control soon after the resistance ended.
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Practice Questions
View allBankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel Anandamath is based on which of the following uprisings?
- A.The Santhal Hul
- B.The Sanyasi Rebellion
- C.The Paika Rebellion
- D.The Kol Uprising
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Anandamath, published in 1882, draws on the rebellion of wandering monks and fakirs in Bengal and Bihar that ran from about 1763 to 1800, and the song Vande Mataram first appeared in this novel.
Read the full explanation →The Vellore Mutiny, the first large mutiny of the Company's Indian sepoys, broke out in which year?
- A.1801
- B.1806
- C.1824
- D.1844
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The Vellore Mutiny broke out on 10 July 1806 when sepoys of the Madras army in Vellore fort turned on their officers.
Read the full explanation →The Paika Rebellion of 1817 in Odisha was led by
- A.Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar
- B.Buddho Bhagat
- C.Durjan Singh
- D.Gomdhar Konwar
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The paikas were a hereditary militia who held rent-free jagir land for their military service; the Company took that land, raised the revenue demand and abolished the cowrie currency, forcing payment in silver.
Read the full explanation →The Santhal Hul of 1855-56 was led by which pair of brothers?
- A.Sidhu and Kanhu
- B.Tipu Shah and Karam Shah
- C.Chittur Singh and Umaji Naik
- D.Majnu Shah and Bhawani Pathak
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The rising spread through the Damin-i-Koh in the Rajmahal hills against zamindars, mahajans and the Company's police, and the Santhals declared Company rule at an end.
Read the full explanation →The Kol Uprising of 1831-32 took place mainly in which region?
- A.Khandesh
- B.Chhotanagpur
- C.Malabar
- D.The Jungle Mahals
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The Kol Uprising of 1831-32 spread over Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Palamau, Manbhum and Singhbhum in the Chhotanagpur plateau, and was led by Buddho Bhagat.
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