Which cantonment of the Haryana region saw unrest among its sepoys in May 1857?
- A.Ambala
- B.Hisar
- C.Gurgaon
- D.Rewari
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Ambala. The large cantonment at Ambala, on the road from Delhi to the hills, reported restiveness among its sepoys in May 1857, and some accounts place signs of it even before the outbreak at Meerut on 10 May. The British nevertheless held Ambala, and the siege train that recovered Delhi was sent from there.
Option B is wrong because Hisar saw a rising in which records were burnt and the treasury seized, but it was not a cantonment of this size. Option C is wrong because Gurgaon's revolt was led by the villages of the Mewat tract rather than by a cantonment garrison. Option D is wrong because Rewari was the seat of Rao Tula Ram, who organised a rebel administration there rather than a mutiny in barracks.
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Practice Questions
View allWho led the revolt of 1857 in the Haryana region and fought the battle of Nasibpur?
- A.Raja Nahar Singh
- B.Rao Tula Ram
- C.Nawab Abdur Rahman Khan
- D.Lala Hukam Chand Jain
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The ruler of Rewari in the Ahirwal country took charge of the administration there in 1857, raised troops, cast cannon at Rampura and sent help to the rebel government in Delhi.
Read the full explanation →The battle of Nasibpur, fought on 16 November 1857, took place near which town?
- A.Narnaul
- B.Hansi
- C.Rohtak
- D.Ambala
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Nasibpur lies next to Narnaul in the south of present-day Haryana, and it was there that Rao Tula Ram's forces, with Rao Kishan Singh and contingents from the rebel side, met the British column.
Read the full explanation →Rao Tula Ram died in 1863 at which place?
- A.Rewari
- B.Delhi
- C.Kabul
- D.Rangoon
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After the defeat at Nasibpur, Rao Tula Ram left India to seek foreign help against the British, travelling through Iran and Central Asia, and he died at Kabul on 23 September 1863 while still trying to build an alliance.
Read the full explanation →After the revolt of 1857, the Delhi territory including the Haryana districts was transferred to which province?
- A.Punjab
- B.Awadh
- C.Bengal
- D.Rajputana
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In 1858 the government took the Delhi territory out of the North-Western Provinces and attached it to Punjab, partly as a punishment for the region's part in the revolt and partly because Punjab's administration had stayed loyal and effective.
Read the full explanation →Raja Nahar Singh, executed in January 1858 for his part in the revolt, was the ruler of which state?
- A.Jhajjar
- B.Ballabgarh
- C.Farrukhnagar
- D.Bahadurgarh
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Raja Nahar Singh of Ballabgarh, in the present Faridabad district, sided with the rebels of Delhi, and after the city was retaken he was arrested, tried and hanged in January 1858 at Chandni Chowk in Delhi, his state being confiscated.
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