Who was the Agent to the Governor-General for Rajputana during the revolt of 1857, with his headquarters at Mount Abu?
- A.Major Burton
- B.Monck Mason
- C.George St Patrick Lawrence
- D.General Roberts
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, George St Patrick Lawrence. The whole of Rajputana was supervised by a single Agent to the Governor-General, and in 1857 that post was held by Patrick Lawrence, who worked from Mount Abu and spent the year keeping the princely rulers on the British side.
Option A is wrong because Major Burton was the Political Agent at Kota, a post subordinate to the AGG, and he was killed there on 15 October 1857. Option B is wrong because Monck Mason was the Political Agent at Jodhpur and died at Chelawas in September 1857; like Burton he reported to the AGG rather than holding the office. Option D is wrong because General Roberts was a military commander who recovered Kota in March 1858 and held no political appointment in Rajputana.
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Practice Questions
View allThe revolt of 1857 began in Rajasthan on 28 May 1857 at which cantonment?
- A.Neemuch
- B.Nasirabad
- C.Erinpura
- D.Deoli
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The 15th Bengal Native Infantry stationed at Nasirabad in Ajmer district rose on 28 May 1857, burnt the cantonment and marched towards Delhi, which makes Nasirabad the first centre of the revolt anywhere in Rajputana.
Read the full explanation →Monck Mason, the Political Agent at Jodhpur, was killed in which battle of 1857?
- A.Battle of Bithoda
- B.Battle of Chelawas
- C.Battle of Sanganer
- D.Battle of Kothariya
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Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa met a combined British and Jodhpur force at Chelawas on 18 September 1857 and defeated it, and Monck Mason, the Political Agent posted at Jodhpur, was killed in that fighting.
Read the full explanation →In the revolt of 15 October 1857 the Political Agent Major Burton and his two sons were killed at which place?
- A.Kota
- B.Tonk
- C.Jaipur
- D.Udaipur
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On 15 October 1857 the Kota state troops, led by Jaidayal and Mehrab Khan, turned on the British residency, killed Major Burton and his two sons and held the city for about five months until General Roberts recovered it in March 1858.
Read the full explanation →The Bijolia peasant movement was fought in a thikana of Mewar that lies in which present-day district of Rajasthan?
- A.Chittorgarh
- B.Bhilwara
- C.Udaipur
- D.Ajmer
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Bijolia was a first-class thikana of Mewar and its village lies in Bhilwara district today. The movement of its mostly Dhakar cultivators against some eighty-four kinds of lag-bag ran from 1897 to 1941 and is counted the longest-running peasant movement in India.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the Rajasthan Seva Sangh at Wardha in 1919 and led the Bijolia movement from 1916?
- A.Manikya Lal Verma
- B.Vijay Singh Pathik
- C.Sitaram Das
- D.Jaynarayan Vyas
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Born Bhoop Singh in Bulandshahr, he took charge of the Bijolia agitation from 1916, gave it a press and an organisation, and founded the Rajasthan Seva Sangh at Wardha in 1919 to coordinate the peasant movements of the princely states.
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