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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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Arrah. 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. The siege of the fortified house at Arrah followed from 27 July.
Option A is wrong because Gaya saw disturbances in 1857 but was not the destination of the Danapur sepoys. Option C is wrong because Bhagalpur lies far to the east down the Ganga. Option D is wrong because Muzaffarpur, in Tirhut, is remembered for the hanging of the police officer Waris Ali, a separate episode of the same year.
Two details are asked with this question: the river the sepoys crossed on the way, the Son, and the number of regiments that mutinied at Danapur, three. Arrah was then the headquarters of Shahabad district and is today in Bhojpur.
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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 →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.
Read the full explanation →Who was the Commissioner of Patna during the revolt of 1857?
- A.William Tayler
- B.Vincent Eyre
- C.Henry Lawrence
- D.John Nicholson
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Tayler was the Commissioner of the Patna division in 1857, and it was he who arrested the leading suspects of the city, suppressed the rising of 3 July 1857 and ordered the hanging of Pir Ali Khan and others.
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