The Santhal rebellion of 1855-56, which preceded the revolt of 1857 in the region, was led by which pair of brothers?
- A.Sido and Kanhu
- B.Kunwar Singh and Amar Singh
- C.Tilka Manjhi and Jatra Bhagat
- D.Birsa Munda and Gaya Munda
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Sido and Kanhu. The Santhal rebellion, the Hul, broke out in 1855 in the Damin-i-Koh region of the Rajmahal hills, then in Bihar, and was led by the brothers Sido and Kanhu Murmu against moneylenders, zamindars and the Company's officers. It was suppressed by 1856, only a year before the sepoys rose at Danapur.
Option B is wrong because Kunwar Singh and Amar Singh were the brothers of Jagdishpur who led the revolt of 1857. Option C is wrong because Tilka Manjhi belongs to the eighteenth century and Jatra Bhagat to the Tana Bhagat movement of 1914, and they were not brothers. Option D is wrong because Birsa Munda led the Ulgulan of the eighteen nineties.
Two more details of the Hul are asked: the region it broke out in, Damin-i-Koh in the Rajmahal hills, and the fact that the area was later placed under a separate administration as a non-regulation tract after the rebellion was crushed.
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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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